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Type. — Adult female, No. 180538, U. S. Xat. ^lus. ; Tanjong 

 Bedaan, Banka Island, southeastern Sumatra, June 7, 1904, Dr. W. 

 L. Abbott. 



Measurements of type. — Wing, 86 mm. ; tail, 104; exposed culmen, 

 15 ; height of bill at base, 6; tarsus, 24; middle toe without claw, 15.5. 



KITTACINCLA MALABARICA ZAPHOTINA, subsp. nov. 



Siibspecific characters. — Similar to Kittacincla malabarica abbotti, 

 from the island of Banka, but female with throat and upper parts, 

 including wings and tail, much darker more blackish (less slaty) ; 

 rufous of posterior lower surface somewhat darker and duller. 



Type. — Adult female. No. 178140, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; central Bor- 

 neo, 1899; Dr. A. W. Nieuwenhuis. 



Measurements of type. — Wing, 95.5 mm.; tail, 109; exposed cul- 

 men, 16; height of bill at base, 6.5; tarsus, 26.5; middle toe without 

 claw, 17. 



This race occupies the central and southwestern portion of Borneo. 

 From Kittacincla malabarica suavis, of southeastern Borneo, its 

 female differs in having the upper parts and throat lighter, with less 

 metallic sheen, and the rufous of lower surface somewhat lighter. 



SYLVIIDAE 

 ORTHOTOMUS ATROGULARIS EUMELAS, subsp. nov. 



Subspccific cJiaracters. — Similar to Orthotomus atrogularis atro- 

 gularis, from the Malay Peninsula, but with upper parts darker and 

 throat more solidly black. 



Description. — Type, adult male. No. 180597, U. S. Nat. Mus.; 

 Tanjong Bedaan, Banka Island, southeastern Sumatra, June 3, 1904 ; 

 Dr. W. L. Abbott. Pileum dark cinnamon rufous, the remaining 

 upper parts warbler green ; tail huffy olive, the feathers edged with 

 pyrite yellow, their tips sulphine yellow ; wings fuscous, edged with 

 warbler green ; upper half of the sides of the head, together with 

 the lores, dark cinnamon rufous; auriculars, chin, and upper throat, 

 dull white, a little mixed with blackish; sides of neck warbler green; 

 the rest of the throat, together with the jugulum, black ; upper breast 

 neutral gray, streaked and mixed with white ; crissum, citrine yellow ; 

 remainder of lower parts white, but the sides and flanks washed with 

 greenish yellow; thighs between ochraceous tawny and buckthorn 

 brown ; edges of wing and lining of wing, anteriorly amber yellow, 

 posteriorly white, a little washed with amber yellow. 



