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Irenidae Stoliczka, 1870. Type germs Irena Horsfield. 

 Genus Irena Horsfield, 1821, Genotype Irena turcosa Walden 

 (Irena puella Horsf. nee. Latham). 



Even if any ornithologist is prepared to follow Oberholser 

 and recognise two genera, Glauconympha cannot be used, since 

 Oberholser himself regards turcosa and cyanea as congeneric. 



366- Ixos cinereus cinereus (Blyth). 



lole cinerea, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xiv, 1845, p. 573 



(Malacca). 

 lole terricolor, Hume, Sti-ay Featli., vii, 1878, pp. 141, 451 (Malacca): 



id. op. cit., viii, 1879, p. 02. 

 Hemixus cinereus^ E., p. 88 (Patani) ; F., p. 56 (Trang) ; M., p. 194 



(Tung Song). 



Our series of 22 specimens from Kedah to near Malacca show 

 the variations in tint typified by H. cinerea and H. terricolor from 

 one and the same localitj^. We have, on former occasions, compared 

 specimens from Trang and Patani with the southern birds and have 

 been unable to discern any difi'erences. Sumatran birds, which have 

 been named Trichophorus pulverulent us (Bp. Consp. i, p. 262), do 

 not appear to be separable either. 



367. Ixos malaccensis (Blyth). 



Hypsipetes mcdaccensis, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xiv, 1845, 

 p. 574 (Malacca) ; A., p. 298 (Tenasserim Town to Bankasoon). 



Hemixus inalaccensis, 0. i, p. 177 (Mergui to Victoria Point) ; F.. 

 p. 56 (Trang) ; H., p. 102 (Bandon) ; J., p. 173 (Telibun Island), 



lole malaccensis, M. p. 196 (Tung Song) ; M. 2, p. 404 (Tenasserim, 

 Siam and the Malay Peninsula). 



2 c? , $ imm. ? imm, Tasan, Chumporn, P. Siam, 14-24 March 

 1922 (Nos. 4574, 4683, 4726, 4823). 



" Iris red or reddish ; bill horn, culmen black ; feet blackish 

 or brownish". 



Total length 6 , 224, 231 ; wing, 103, 102 ; tail, 100, 102 ; 

 tarsus, 17.5, 17.5 ; bill from gape, 26.5, 26 mm. 



I. Gyldenslolpe, Kirngl. 8v. Vet, Akad. Handl. M. Baker, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



56, No. 2, 1916. (first and second parts). 



J. Robinson. Journ. F. M.S. Mils, vii, 1917 M. 2. Baker, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i, 1922. 



K. KIoss, Ibis, 1918. 



L. Robinson and KIoss, Jom'n. N.H. .Soc. Siam, 



iii, 1919. 



VOL. V, NO. 3, 1924. 



