596 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker : A reply [Ibis, 



4^ Chalcoparia singalensis koratensis. 

 Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 218. 

 I cannot confidently confirm Mr. Kloss's diagnosis of this 

 new subspecies. Mr. Herbert's fine series of sixteen speci- 

 mens agreed so well witb Mr. Kloss's description that when 

 I first examined them I, without hesitation, put them down 

 under his name. Later on I again examined those and the 

 Museum specimens, and I find that the apparent differences 

 are mostly the result of make-up of the skins. Tenasserim 

 birds, again, do not appear to be diflFerent from others. 



Kloss points out Oates's mistake in his description of the 

 young bird. As the former shows, the young bird, differs 

 in having; no rufous on the throat as well as in other minor 

 particulars. 



Buchanga atra longus. 

 Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 227. 



Buchanga leucophsea. 

 Id., ibid. 



Dissemurus paradiseus paradiseus. 



Dissemurus paradiseus malayensis (Jerdon) ; Kloss, Ibis, 

 1918, pp. 228-229. 



I have dealt witli these Dicruridse at length in a recent 

 article in ' Novitates Zoologicse ' and need not comment 

 further here. / 



+- Graucalus macei macei. 



Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 192. 

 This should be my G.m.siamensis. The Siamese bird differs 

 from the Indian in that the female has a unicoloured throat 

 and upper breast instead of being barred on these parts. 



A^ Volvocivora koratensis. 



Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 193. 



This is nothing but Hume^s intermedia. A specimen 



obtained by Mr. Herbert at Pakjong is very pale with 



pure white under tail-coverts and a wing of 121 mm. 



It agrees exactly with some specimens in the British 



