'Q'fQ-] from South Annam and Cochin China. 577 



130. Stactocichla merulina annamensis, subsp. nov. (Plate 

 XIII. fig. 1.) 



Differs from S. merulina in being apparently more oliva- 

 ceous above, the supraorbital stripe commencing at the 

 forehead and being ochraceous, not white ; the chin and 

 throat and malar region black. Under surface deeper in 

 tone, rich ferruginous, slightly paler in the middle of the 

 abdomen, the black breast-markings much smaller and 

 narrower. Under tail-coverts deepest in colour. 



Types. S ? . Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 11-12 May, 

 1918. 



Male. T. L. 240 ; W. 97 ; T. 105 ; tarsus 36-5 ; bill from 

 gape 31'5 mm. 



Female. T. L. 235 ; W. 92 ; T. 103 ; tarsus 36-5 ; bill 

 from gape 28*5 mm. 



" Iris hazel, eyelids black ; bill of male leaden ; bill of 

 female, maxilla black, edges grey at tip, mandible blackish 

 plumbeous, edges pale ; feet dark brown.^' 



We have compared the Annamese birds with a co-type of 

 the typical subspecies from Cherrapunji, Assam, and a female 

 from Hungrum, North Cachar Hills, collected on 10 July, 

 1893, by E. C. Stuart Baker, and find that they constitute 

 an excellent local form. 



131. PomatorhinTis olivaceus annamensis, subsp. nov. 

 A member of the schisticeps-olivaceus-nuchalis group. 

 Differs from P. olivaceus olivaceus and P. olivaceus ripponi 



(specimens examined) in the darker head, defined from the 

 mantle, and in having the maroon-chestnut of the neck- 

 patches carried more or less down the flanks. From 

 P. 0. fastidiosus Hartert (topotypes examined), it differs in 

 the darker tail and the richer colour of the flanks, which are 

 streaked with white. 



Type. $ ad. from Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 13 May, 

 1918. 



T.L. 225; W. 94; T. 113; bill from gape 28; tarsus 

 33*5 mm. 



" Iris crimson ; bill yellow, posterior culmen, nostril, and 

 extreme base of maxilla dark brown ; feet dull plumbeous, 

 tarsi brownish." 



