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wing-coverts somewhat mixed with black ; female with upper ])arts 

 and throat paler and duller, and the buff of sides and flanks lighter. 



Type. — Adult male, No. 95306, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Kankarit, Houn- 

 draw Branch, Tenasserim, June 27, 1879, C. T. Bingham. 



Measurements of type. — Wing, 94 mm. ; tail, 84 ; exposed culmen, 

 17; tarsus, 30; middle toe without claw, 17.5. 



COPSYCHUS SAULARIS HALIBLECTUS, subsp. nov. 



Subspccific cJiaracters. — Similar to Copsychus saulai-is erinielas, 

 of northern Tenasserim, but somewhat larger, and with the fourth 

 rectrix entirely black ; female with upper parts darker, brighter, less 

 grayish (more metallic bluish) ; and throat paler. 



Type. — Adult female. No. 173179, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Domel Island, 

 Mergui Archipelago, February 27, 1900; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Measurements of type. — Wing, 93.5 mm. ; tail, 83 ; exposed cul- 

 men, 17.8; tarsus, 28.5; middle toe without claw, 18.5. 



This race appears to be confined to the Mergui Archipelago. 



COPSYCHUS SAULARIS EPHALUS, nom. nov. 



Subspeciflc characters. — Resembling Copsychus saularis andaman- 

 ensis, from the Malay Peninsula, but larger, with a smaller bill ; and 

 with more black on the lining of the wing. 



Type. — Adult male. No. 180979, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Tarussan Bay, 

 Northwestern Sumatra, January 15. 1905; Dr. W^ L. Abbott. 



Measurements' of type. — Wing, 105 mm. ; tail, 91 ; exposed culmen, 

 20; tarsus, 31 ; middle toe without claw, 19. 



This is the bird that is commonly called Copsychus saularis miisicus 

 (Raffles).' The basis of this name is merely a renaming of Gracula 

 saularis Linnaeus, of India, as is evident from the opening sentences 

 of Raffles' account of this bird : 



" Lanius musicus. 



" The Dial Bird, or Tardus Mindanensis of Gmelin and Gracula 

 saularis of Linnaeus ; now with more propriet}' placed under Lanius. 



" It is one of the few singing-birds of India, and its note is 

 pleasing." 



The name Tardus musicus Raffles is thus a pure synonym of 

 Gracula saularis Linnaeus, and the Sumatran race of the species 

 requires a new name, which we have accordingly provided above. 



^Lanius musicus Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., XIII, pt. 2, 1822, after 

 October, p. 307. 



