338 MESSRS ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



xix, 1906, p. 9; Journ. Fed. Malay States Museuma, iii, 1908, p. 16. 

 pi. iii, fig. 1 : Gunong Tahan, Pahang) a name no one questioned until 

 we ourselves did so (Journ. F. M. S. Mus. viii, 1918, p. 231). 



Baker considers that C. c. "minor should be suppressed : there 

 is no doubt whatever as to its validity as a subspecies of G. chlnensis. 

 Au)ong the three names the only question that arises is whether C. c. 

 roblm.sonl is distinct from G. c. minor: our own opinion is that it 

 " can only be maintained as a somewhat thin subspecies based on 

 average characters only " (I. c. s.). 



No question arises, however, as to minor and rohinsoni, with 

 wings not exceeding 140 mm. being distinct from the Hat Sanuk 

 specimen. 



We suggest that Mr, Herbert's juvenile female from Hup 

 Bon, S. E. Siam, with " the whole of the underparts a brilliant lemon- 

 yellow," recorded by Baker as an example of this species, is probably 

 an example of Gissa Itypole^ica Gigl. & Salvad., known hitherto only 

 from Cochin-China and South Annam. 



487. Crypsirhina varians Lath. 



Gorvus varians, Lath., Ind. Orn. tSuppl., 1801, p. xxvi (Java). 



G?'i/psirhina variant, A., p. 386 (Tavoy to Mergui) ; C. i, p. 404 

 (Tenasserim south to Mergui) ; E., p. 66 (Pataui); Williamson, 

 Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, i, 1914, p. 76 (Koh Lak) ; I., p. 18 (Koh 

 Lak) ; K., p. 233 (Koh Lak and Tachin) ; M., p. 181 (Klong 

 Wang Hip, Tung Song) ; M. 2, p. 36 (S. Tenasserim ; Siam). 



6,2- Namchut, Pakclian, P. Siam, 26 Feb. 1919 [Nos. 

 4242-3]. 



2 c? , 8 $ , 1 sex inc., Koh Lak, S. W. Siam, 3-18 April 1919 

 [Nos. 4944-5, 4974, 4977-9, 5030, 5308, 5086, 5094, 5373]. 



" Iris china blue ; bill and feet black." 



Total length d , 335, 288, 322 ; $ , 335, 306, 308, 309, 318, 

 312, 317, 312, 331 ; wing 6 , 113, 112, 119 ; $ , 113, 117, 113, 112, 

 115, 117, 117, 115, 116; tail d, 210, 177, 198; 2, 212, 198, 188, 

 199, 190, 198, 193, 180, 193; tarsus J , 27, 27, 28.5 ; $ , 28, 27, 28, 



A. Hiimc iS: Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. (). Grant, Fasciculi Malayonses, iii (Birds), 1905. 



B. Miillor, nio Ornis dor Insol SalanKa, 1882. F. Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910-11. 



C« Oatos, Birds Brit. Burmah, Vols, i & ii, 1883. C (jairdncr, Journ. N. H. Woe. Siam. i, 1915. 



D. Bonhole, T. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. liobinson, Journ. F. M. S. Museums, v, 191j. 



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