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Family GRACULIDAE 



GLOSSY STARLINGS 

 42. LAMPROCORAX PANAYENSIS ALIPODIS Oberholser 



Lamprocorax panayensis alipodis OsiaiHOLSER, Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci., vol. 16 



1926, p. 516 (Pulo Pandjang, Borneo). 

 Aplonis panayenis suggrandis Bangs and Petess, Occasional Papers Boston 



Soc. Nat, Hist., vol. 5, 1927, p. 241 (Maratua). 



Two males and two females, Pulo Pandjang, May 2 ; one male, Pulo 

 Derawan, July 26 ; two males, Pulo Maratua, May 13-24. 



All the above appear to belong to one form. L. f. alipodis is 

 intermediate between L. p. panayensis of the Philippines and L. p. 

 neglectus of Celebes, but in color nearer the latter; it is somewhat 

 larger than either. The difference is not great, however. The five 

 males measure: Wing, 110-115.5 (113) ; tail, 73-82.5 (77.7) ; culmen, 

 19-21.5 (20.5). Ten males of L. f. neglectus: Wing, 106-112.5 

 (109.2) ; tail, 71-77.5 (74) ; culmen, 19-22 (20.5). L. p. panayemis 

 is of about the same size as Z. p. neglectus but it is a brighter, more 

 coppery green above. L. p. alipodis is duller above possibly even 

 than L. p. neglectus^ but the difference is very slight. 



Family ORIOLIDAE 



OEIOLES 

 43. ORIOLUS XANTHORNUS TANAKAE Kuroda 



Oriolus xanthornus tanaTcae Kuroda, Tori, vol. 4, No. 19, 1925, p. 3 (Tawao, 

 Brit. N. Borneo). 



One adult male and one adult female, Pulo Raboe Raboe, May 6 

 and July 27; one adult male and one adult female, Pulo Eraban, 

 June 12. 



The principal difference between this form and OHolus xan- 

 thornus oeanthornios is the much smaller size of tandkae; the two 

 males of the latter measure: Wing, 128-130; tail, 75.5-77; culmen, 

 28-28.5. The two males have no yellow at the tips of the primaries, 

 but the female has a slight yellow margin at the tip from the fifth 

 inwards. Otherwise the female is much like the male, except there 

 is more black in the tail, the black beginning on the fourth feather 

 instead of the fifth. 



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