ART. 12 BIKDS FEOM ISLANDS NEAR BOENEO EILEY 17 



* The above small series agrees with a small series from the main 

 island of Borneo. An adult male from Java has the top of the 

 head much less deeply black (more of a chaetura black) than 

 Bornean males and the back is also lighter. 



Family CAMPEPHAGIDAE 



CATEHPILIAR SHRIKES 



28. LALAGE NIGER MITIFICA Bangs 



Lalage niger mitifica Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoology, vol. 45, No. 4, 1922, p. 

 80 (Lubang, near Luzon, Philippines). 



One male and one female, Pulo Derawan, July 26; one female, 

 Pulo Samama, April 21 ; one immature male, Pulo Maratua, May 21 ; 

 one male, Pulo Bakungan, May 18 ; five adult males, five immature 

 males, five females, and one unsexed, Pulo Bilang Bilangan, May 

 30- June 3. 



The adults of the above series do not appear to differ appreciably 

 from Philippine specimens; in size the Bornean island birds are a 

 trifle smaller, but the difference is not great enough to distinguish by 

 name. Seven males from islands off northeast Borneo measure: 

 Wing, 88-93 (91) ; tail, 65-70 (68.2) ; culmen, 14.5-16 (15.2). Six 

 males from the Philippines : Wing, 92.5-96 (94.2) ; tail, 67-72.5 

 (69.6) ; culmen, 14.5-16 (15.2). 



Family PYCNONOTIDAE 



BULBTJLS 

 29. AEGITHINA TIPHIA ZOPHONOTA Oberholser 



Aegithina tipJiia zophonota Oberholseb, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 76, No. 6, 

 1923, p. 8 (Laham, east-central Borneo). 



Three adult females and one immature (sex?), Pulo Eraban, 

 June 12 and 13. 



These agree with the form occurring on the opposite shore of 

 Borneo. The three measure: Wing, 57.5-61 (58.8); tail, 44-46.5 

 (44.8); culmen, 14.5-15 (14.7). Doctor Oberholser, in the paper 

 cited above, gives a synopsis of the forms of the species as worked out 

 by him. 



30. BRACHYPODIUS HODIERNUS (Bangs and Peters) 



Microtarsus Iwdiernus Bangs and Petees, Occasional Papers of the Boston 

 Soc. of Nat. Hist., vol. 5, 1927, p. 238 (Maratua). 



One adult female, Pulo Maratua, May 16. 



This specimen agrees with the original description, except the 

 colors of the head are reversed, purplish reflections above and 



