188 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



1854, p. v). Amongst these was a male, locaiitv unspecified, of Tiga 

 tntermedia, which is claimed by those autliors as the tj-pe of the race 

 [op. cit. ii, 1856-8, p. G58], and is also recorded as such by Hargitt 

 (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii, 1890, p. 410, spm. ir). There is no evi- 

 dence, however, that this is tlie case, and in the absence of definite 

 locality, it would be extremely inconvenient to regard it as such. 



Finally, we think that the very large size of birds from the 

 north of Burma would fully have justified the description of yet 

 another subspecies. The Zoological Survey of India possesses a male 

 from, Yebok, South Shan States, collected by the late Col. Bingham 

 on 15th December 1899, having a wing measurement of 153.5 mm. 

 and bill from gape of 86 mm. 



283. Callolophus miniatus malaccensis (Lath. ). 



Picfis malacensis, L^^tham, Ind. Orn. i, 1770, p, 241 (Malacca). 

 CItrysophlegma malaccensis, E., p. 100 (Pativni) ; E., p. 46 (Trang^ ; 



H., p. 9*5 (Bandon). 

 Gallolophits walaccensis, A , p. 140 partim (Bopyin to Malewoon) ; 



B., p. 68 (Junk Seylon). 

 Calloloj>hus miniatus malaccensis, L., p 101 (Ghirbi and Pnket). 



2. Tapli, Pakchan Estuary, Peninsular Siam, 2 March 1919 

 (Xo. 4346). 



2. Tasan, Chumporn, Peninsular Siam, 14 March 1919 

 (No. 4591). 



2. Khao Tong, 300 ft., Nakorn Sri Tamarat, Peninsular Siam, 

 20 February 1922. 



" Iris red ; upper mandible black, lower slate ; feet greenish 

 slate." 



Total length 247, 262,— ; wing 128, 127, 129 ; tail 88, 90, 92 ; 

 tarsus 24, 23, 22 ; bill from gape 30, 28, 28 mm. 



The transition from typical G. m. tnalaccensis to the northern 

 form discussed below is, of course, gradual ; but we consider the above 

 birds nearest to the typical Malaccan race. All have the crest and 

 mantle strongly barred. 



A. Hume, & Davison, Stray Veathere, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 190.5 



B. Miiller, Die Omi.s der InselalanKa, 1882. F. Robinson and Kloss. Ibis, 1910-11. 



C. 0:it«s, llirils Brit. Bunnah. Vols. i. 4: ii883. C. Gairduer, Journ. X. H. S(k'. Siam, i, 191.5. 



D. l!.ii.l.,)t.-. I'.Z.S. lilOi. Vol. i. H. Robinson, Journ. F. M. S. Museums, V, 1915. 



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