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28. Dicrurus cineraceus wallacei (Walden). 



U. wallacei Walden, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, v. 5 (1870). The ashy grey 

 Drongo of Lombok has been separated by Walden from D. cineraceus typicus of 

 Java, but it was not recognised as distinct afterwards. The remarkably darker tail 

 above and below, however, distinguishes it without difficulty if compared. The 

 difference in the colour of the tail below is almost as obvious as in Megaloprepia puelia 

 and poliura, which look alike above (see Salvad., Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXI. pp. 169, 

 170). Some of the Lombok specimens have also very long wings, but this seems 

 to be very variable in the species. I measure the wings of the specimens now in 

 the Tring Museum as follows : Java, 139, 134, 137 mm. ; W. Sumatra, 129 mm.; 

 Bali, 131, 135, 132 mm. ; S. Tenasserim, 130 mm. ; Palawan, 129 mm. ; while the 

 Lombok form has the wing 128, 129, i31, 133, 133, 135, 135, 135, 138, 145 mm. 



The distribution of D. cineraceus typicus is peculiar. I cannot distinguish the 

 Palawan bird. With regard to the name, I agree with Gates (Fauna Brit. Ind. 

 Birds, I. p. 311) that it is best to accept the name D. cineraceus (Horsf.), 

 as Vieillot's name was based on Levaillant's " Drongris," Ois. Afr. PI. 170, which, 

 though probably the Java bird (but, as Gates seems to think, his D. nigrescem, 

 which is not likely at all), is said to have come from Ceylon ! 



D. cineraceus (or leucophaeus) typicus extends to Tenasserim, while another 

 form, D. nigrescens Gates, is found in Lower Pegu, Tenasserim, and the Malay 

 Peninsula. A large series in the Tring Museum, collected in North Cachar by our 

 friend E. C. Stuart Baker, are all Gates' D. nigrescens, as a careful comparison with 

 Gates' types shows beyond doubt. In the Himalaya is found the darkest form, 

 D. longicaudatus. This latter, D. nigrescens, D. cineraceus, and D. wallacei are 

 perhaps all subspecies of one species. 



29. Chibia bimaensis (Bp.). 



At elevations of from 1000 to 5000 feet. Wings generally distinctly longer 

 than in (typical) specimens from Sambawa. 



30. Oriolus broderipi Bp. 



Shot at 1000 and 5000 feet. There is a great variation in colour, from yellow 

 to orange-yellow, and also in the markings on the wings, the secondaries being 

 largely tipped with yellow, while in one (probably an older bird) there are only 

 narrow yellow fringes. In that same bird the primary-coverts are quite black, while 

 as a rule they are broadly tipped with yellow. " Iris scarlet; bill purplish pink." 

 Younger birds have the maxilla blackish. 



31. Lanius bentet Horsf. 



Shot at elevations of 2000 and 4000 feet. This is the Lanius schah of 

 Wallace's list. 



32. Pachycephala grisola (Bl.). 



Met with frequently at heights of 1000 to 6000 feet. " Iris deep brown ; feet 

 slate-colour ; bill black." Younger birds with rufous edges to the outer webs of 

 the quills. 



