604 Messrs. Kobinson and Kloss on Birds [Ibis, 



2 c?, 1 ?. Daban, 650 ft,, S. Annara. 17-27 March, 

 3918. 



4^. Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 30 March-11 May, 

 1918. 



1 (^ imin. Le Bosquet, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 7 May, 

 1918. 



2 (J, 1 c? iram., 3 ? , 2 ? inim. Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 

 10 April-5 May, 1918. 



" Iris dark, bill blackish, feet brownish fleshy." 



Males. T. L. 325, 330, 320, 316, 315, 325, 321, 300; 

 W. 171, 173, 170, 171, 170, 170. 174, 170 mm. 



Females. T. L. 310, 318, 322, 330 ; W. 165, 166, 172, 

 165 mm. 



Immature birds differ from tiie adults in having a less 

 extent of white on the forehead with the black stripes less 

 conspicuous. 



190. Cissa hypoleuca Gigl. & Salvad. 

 Atti Accad.. Torino, xx. 1885, p. 427. 



Cissa gabriellce Ogilvie-Grrant, Bull. Brit. Oi n. Club, xix. 

 1906, p. 12. 



1 c?, 1 ? . Trang Bom, Cochin China. 3-6 June, 1918. 



Male. T. L. 315; W. 155; T. 157 mm. 



Female. T. L. 315, \N . 149; T. 114 mm. 



Mr. Grant, in describing C. gabriella, has evidently over- 

 looked the bird from Cochin China described by Salvadori 

 and Giglioli (in an unusual publication for Oriental birds), 

 of which the above specimens are practically topotypes. 



191. Cissa margaritse, sp, nov. (Plate XVII.) 



Differs from all knoAvn species of the genus in having 

 the whole of the head above the black auricular area rich 

 golden-yellow (brighter than light cadmium, Ridgway), 

 much brighter and deeper than in the under surface of 

 C. hypoleuca. Longest feathers of the crest and of the 

 forehead faintly tinged Mith green. Secondaries with 

 subtermiual black bars and greenish-white ti|)S decreasing 

 towards the outer ones. Longest tail-feathers tipped with 

 greenish-white, the others with dirty yellowish-white. 



