442 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on lUinU [Ibis, 



"■ Iris dark, orbital skin livid red ; l)ill livid red tip[)ed 

 with blnish grey ; feet black,'" 



Males. T. L. 255, 285, 270, 280. 270 : W. 130. 134, 131, 

 135, 137 mm. 



Females. T. L. 250, 270 ; W. 127, 132 nun. 



Tiie concealed back sp(jt in all these specimens is orange- 

 red or flame-colonr, whereas in most M ahiyan and Snmatran 

 specimens it is pale yellow, scmietimes tinged with orange, 

 bnt deep-coloured patches also occur. The ditl'erence is not 

 associated eitiier with sex or with locality. 



81. Cymborhynclms macrorhynclius malaccensis Salvad. 

 Kloss, Ibis, 1918,, p. 114. 



Cymborhynchus macrorhynchas Oustalet, p. 63. 



1 J ad. Trang Bom, Cochin China. 2 June, 1918. 



T. L. 215 ; W. 97 mm. 



Tail with tiie outer three pairs of feathers barred Avith white 

 on the inner webs, tiie wiiite reaching to the sliaft on the 

 outer jniir. 



82. Pitta nipalensis soror Wardl. Rams. 

 Sclater, Cat. xiv. 1888, p. 415. 



1 imm. Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 21 March, 1918. 



1 (1^ , 1 ? . Langbian Peaks, 6-7500 ft., S. Annam. 15-18 

 April, 1918. 



"Iris dark; bill (male) deep fleshy streaked with dark 

 brown, (female) maxilla dark brown, mandible pinkish fleshy 

 washed with brown; feet salmon washed Avith I)roA\n. Bill 

 of young bird pale fleshy throughout."' 



Male. T. L. 210; W. 132 mm. 



Femuk. T. L. 230; W. 109 mm. 



The adult male only difffei's from that sex in P. nipalensis 

 doii.yldsi. Grant, as described by Hartert (Nov. Zool. xvii. 

 1910, p. 224), in having the whole of the occiput and nape 

 rich rufous, not merely with cinnamon-rufous snperciliaries. 

 The feathers of the crown are dark and have very faint 

 obscure black edgings ; black bases to the feathers of the 

 fore-neck form an irregular gorget. Rump aud upper tail- 

 coverts dull peacock-greeu not blue. The female differs from 



