212 Joiirmtl of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. X, 



HcmicerGUs concretus coccometopus Reichenb, 



2 6 from Simpang Toba, Asahan, 10.5.20, and Batani> 

 Koois, I3cli, 16.6.20. Wings 83, 84 mm, 



Cyornis elegans Tenini., subsp.? 



1 $ from Soengci Tassik, Langkat, 8.7.20. Wing 72 

 mm. 



Since 1 returned .Tonkheer van Heurn's collection I have 

 received Dr. Oberholser's description of Ciforms elegans 

 rupatensis (Froc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 33, 1920, p. 87) 

 from Hupat Strait, about 250 miles down coast from 

 Langkat. Tliis is stated to be like C. e. elegans from 

 Northern and Western Sumatra, but mnch darker above 

 and on the throat, breast (iarker, posterior lower parts more 

 ochraceous. The bird from Langkat (Lat. 4"^ N.) belongs 

 to the typical race. 



Eupetes macrocerus macrocerus Temm. 



1 s Soengai Tassik, Langkat, 30.6.20. Wing 97. 



Not differing in any way from specimens in a Malayan 

 series. 



Ai)parantly a new record for Snmatra : — 

 Hemichelidon sibirica fuliginosa. 



1 6 Karolanden, 1.000 metres, 8.11.19. Wing 78 nnn. 



New subspecies : — 



1. Pitta granatina vanheurni subsp. nov. 



J'iilti uroiKiliiKi dc IJcaulort and do Bussy, Hijdr. tot de Dierk. Atl. 

 \X1, iai8 {•>), P- ^"ii* (N.K. Sumatra) ; Sciiouckaert, Club van 

 Nedfil. Vogelk. .laarb. No. 10, 1920, p. 11.'. (N.E. Sumatra). 



Like PHIa gramUimi cocrinea Kyton, of the Malay 

 Peninsula but developing a markedly larger bill. The large 

 bill and the narrower black frontal area in addition still 

 more clearly distinguish it from P. <). qianatina Temm. 

 of Western Borneo. 



Wing 89, tail 37, tarsus 40, bill from gape 30, from 

 anterior edge of nostril 18 mm. 



Tijpe. Adult male from Soengai Tassik, Langkat, N.E. 

 Sumatra. (Collected by .Jonkheer F. C. van Heurn on 7th 

 July, 1920. (>)mpared with 25 examples of P. g. cocrinea 

 and 25 of P. g. granalina. 



Jonkheer van Heurn has also sent a second male from 

 Alas Teurba near Lho Seumaweh, Acheh (Kith September, 

 1920) ; but it is an immature bird with red tips to many of 

 the breast feathers : wing 95 ; tail 43 ; tarsus 38 ; bill from 

 gape 27, from anterior edge of nostril 14 mm. 



2. Thringorhina striolata umbrosa subsp. nov. 



More russet and much darker above than T. s. striohitii 

 (S. Midler) from West Suipatra south of Padang (18 



