622 Messrs. HobinsoM and Kloss on Birds [Il)is, 



length 117; wing 51"5 ; tail 49 ; tarsus 14; bill from gape 

 16 mm. 



Types. (^ ? . Langbian Peaks, 6500 ft., S. Annam. 19 & 

 26 April, 1918. 



"Iris dark; male, maxilla black, mandible brown and 

 fleshy ; female, maxilla blackish brown, mandible brown ; 

 male, feet blackish brown : female, feet brown.'' 



7 (J, 2 ? . Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 6 April-1 May, 

 1918. 



4 (^, 2 ? . Langbian Peaks, 6000-7000 ft., S. Aunam. 

 19-27 April. 



Males. T. L. 158, 165, 139, 150, 150, 131, 160, 162, 149, 

 168, 118; wing 57, 59, 54, 55, 54, 57, 58, 57, 56, 55, 

 59 mm. 



Females. T. L. 110, 116, 118, 117: wing 50, 52, 50, 

 51 5 mm. 



Very common among tlie pines and exceedingly tame. 



229. Chalcoparia singalensis koratensis Kloss. 

 Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 218. 



2cT , 1 ? . Draw, 3000 ft.. S. Annam. 11-16 May, 1918. 



1 ? juv. Trang Bom, Cochin China. 2 June, 1918. 



" Iris dark, bill black, feet yellowish olive." 



Males. T. L. Ill, 110; W.'51, 52 mm. 



Females. T. L. 108, 107; W. 50, 51 mm. 



Amongst a large series from the Malay Peninsula of the 

 typical Ch. s. singalensis we have found no young birds with 

 a pure green throat as is the case with a proportion of 

 immature birds from more northern localities. 



230. Arachnothera magna aurata Blyth. 

 Arachnothera magna Oustalet, p. 11 ; Kuroda, Annot. 



Zool. Japon. ix. 1917, p. 351. 



1 cJ, 5 ? . Drau, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 1 April-16 May, 

 1918. 



1 S . Arbre Broye, 5400 ft., S. Annam. 1 May, 1918. 



"Iris brown; maxilla black; mandible brown, toraia 

 yellow; feet ochreous." 



