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chestnut between tlie black apices and the white bases ; the 

 band across the chest posterior to the white band is black 

 in B. I. hurmanus and ruEous in B. L lophotes. In size the 

 two forms do not appear to differ. 



Types in the British Museum, ^ ? . Malewoon on the 

 Patchan Estuai-y in the extreme south of Tenasserim Province 

 in British Burma, 9.i.75, collected by W. Davison. Hume 

 Coll., B.M. Reg. Nos. 85.8.19.2061-2. 



Distribution. Burma (Shan States and Tenasserim), 

 Cambodia and the Malay Peninsula. 



Dimensions of tyj^es. Wing, ^ 229 mm., ? 246 ; tail, 

 SVIh, ? 13.5; tarsus, S 26, ? 26. 



The type-locality of the typical race described by Temminck 

 (PI. Col. livr. 2, pi. 10, 1824) is Pondicherry. Birds from 

 Southern India, Ceylon, and the Nepal terai all have the red 

 on the scapulars, those from Burma and the Malay Peninsula 

 are without it. Assam birds are intermediate. 



A bird from the Mi Nam Kabren, Siam, obtained 12.xi.l5 

 by C. Chunggat, Mr. E. Gr. Herbert's Siamese Collector, and 

 now in the Museum, approaches the Ceylon form in having 

 some rufous on the scapulars, but has the black band across 

 the chest. The variation probably depends on climaial 

 conditions. 



On behalf of Count Nils Gyldenstope, Mr. Sclater gave 

 the following description of a new Tree-Pie from Siam: — 



"V- Dendrocitta rufa sakeratensis, subsp. nov. 



Similar to D. rufa rufa, Scop., from Bengal, but differs in 

 having the brownish-black area on the head and neck sharply 

 defined from the colour of the upper back, never blending 

 with it as in the typical form ; remainder of upper parts of 

 the body bright ochraceous buff, only slightly washed with 

 clay-colour on the up[)er back ; abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts ochraceous buff, instead of cinnamon-buff". Total 

 length 415 mm., wing 153 mm., tail 236 mm., 

 culmen 27 mm., bill from gape 33 mm., tarsus 31 mm. 

 Iris dark brown, bill black, legs black. 



