1 91 8.] A reply to Messrs. Robinson and Kloss, 593 



XXX. — A replij to Messrs. Robinson arid Kloss, with some 

 further critical remarks by E. C. Stuart Baker, M.B.O.U. 



U.VDER the title " Notes on recently described Races of 

 Siamese and Malayan Birds " Messrs. Robinson and Kloss 

 have written some criticisms to which I feel a reply is 

 necessary, in so far as they concern certain races which 

 have been described as new by myself and by the authors 

 of the criticisms. As regards the remarks made anent the 

 laxity of certain authors in reference to localities, the making 

 of types, and full information on various points no one can 

 take objection, but we may all hope that Messrs. Robinson 

 and Kloss having realized the importance of these features 

 will, in future, practise with the same wisdom as that with 

 which they preach. 



'f^Eupetes macrocercus griseiventris. 



Stuart Baker, Bull. B. O. C. xxxviii. 1917, p. 8. 

 It is said that this race cannot be maintained because it 

 is founded on three specimens only from Slam, and this 

 assertion is made on the examination of one adult specimen 

 only from the same country. Messrs. Robinson and Kloss 

 admit that this is the case, so perhaps it is unnecessary for 

 me to say more ; but it may be as well to record the fact 

 that the three Siamese specimens in Mr. Herbert's collection 

 examined by me are all fully adult fine skins, and they show 

 well the differences as given by me in comparison with a 

 very large number, over forty specimens, from elsewhere. 



-^ Corythocichla brevicaudata herberti. 

 Stuart Baker, loc. cit. p. 10. 

 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss are perfectly right, and my 

 name becomes only a synonym of C. b. leucosticta — a very 

 regrettable oversight on my part. 



■'^Stachyridopsis rufifrons obscnra. 

 Stuart Baker, loc. cit. p. 10. 

 I cannot agree with Messrs. Robinson and Kloss's con- 

 clusions in regard to this subspecies. The birds described 



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