428 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds [Ibis, 



52. Cyanops oorti annamensis, subsp. nov. 

 Cyimops oorti Oustalet (nee MiilLj, p. 2-i8. 



Separable at a glance from typical Cyanops oorti from 

 Sumatra (many specimens examined) by having crown and 

 the throat much paler, varying from ''pale greenish 

 y^ellow '^ to '^ picric-yellow ^' of liidgway, against pale " cad- 

 mium-yellow. '^ The crown of the Sumatran bird is also 

 deeper, less greenish y^ellow. The featliers in front of the 

 eye and the periocular region are blue, like the cheeks, or' 

 at most slightly tinged with green anteriorly, not distinctly 

 apple-green. 



Types. Ad (J . Dalat, 5000 ft., S, Annam. 6 April, 1918. 

 Ad ? . Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 4 May, 1918. 



Dimensions. S • T. L. 218 ; W. 97 ; Ts. 25 ; bill from 

 gape 32 mm. ? . T. L. 228; W. 97 ; T. 65 ; Ts. 25 ; bill 

 from gape 32 mm. 



lcJ,4.$. Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 10-17 May, 1918. 



3c?,2?. Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 5-9 April, 

 4 May, 1918. 



" Iris brown, orbital skin brownish olive ; bill black, base 

 grey ; feet olive. ^^ 



Males. T. L. 220, 233, 218, 215 ; W. 94, 97, 97, 94 ; 

 T. 6i, 68, 64, 65 mm. 



Females. T. L. 220, 230, 222, 224, 223, 228; W. 89, 90, 

 93, 90, 91, 97; T. 63, 62, 65, 67, 65, 65 mm. 



The Malay race also differs, but very sliglitly and only in 

 average characters, from the typical Stimatran form. 



53. Cyanops franklini auricularis, subsp. nuv. 



Differs from typical C. franklini Jranklini from the eastern 

 Himalaya in having beneath the yellowish grey of the lower 

 throat an incomplete goiget of black blue-tipped feathers ; 

 ear-coverts black tipped with violet- white posteriori y% bor- 

 dered behind with a broken line of bluish violet. 



Types. ^ V • Langbian Peaks, 5500-6500 ft., S. Annam. 

 26 April, 1918. 



c?. T L. 230; W. 92; T. 63 ; Ts. 255; bill from gape 

 32*5 mm. 



