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ally of T. dumasi from Buru, which, however, has the 

 entire upperside rufous-brown, two white bars across 

 the wings, the flanks olivaceous, under tail-coverts pure 

 white, and olivaceous under wing-coverts ; also a distinct 

 white base to the secondaries and brownish flesh-coloured 

 legs and feet. 



Mr. H. C. Robinson read the following communication 

 on behalf of Mr. 0. Boden Kloss : — 



On p. 32 of the present volume of the ' Bulletin ' 

 Mr. Sclater recorded an example of Baza lophotes burmana 

 from " Mi Nam Kabren, Siam.^^ Since no such place-name 

 occurs in Siam, and therefore cannot be found (as I pointed 

 out so recently as in Vol. xxxviii. p. 65), it is advisable to 

 note in this volume that the locality for the specimen is the 

 " Banks of the Bangpakong River near Krabin, Siam.'* 



Further, as touching the type-localities of the new genus, 

 species (?), and subspecies of birds {Nigravis, etc.) described 

 by Mr. Baker from Mr. E. Gr. Herbert's collection (antea, 

 pp. 10, 11), the details given are such that very few readers 

 indeed could trace the places recorded, and it would have 

 been advisable if Mr. Baker had indicated that the birds 

 were obtained during an expedition along that part of the 

 Mekong River which borders, or is adjacent to, Siam. 

 As it happens, the type-localities are not even in Siam as 

 stated : that of Nigravis herberti, Ban Sao (or Ban Na Sao), 

 is in French Laos about 40 miles north-east of the town of 

 Pak Hin Bun (lat. 17° 35' N.) on the Mekong. 



The localities of the co-types of Pints rubricollaris are : 

 $ , Ban Hoi Mak, about 10 miles north-east of Pak Hin Bun; 

 and ? , Muang Liep on the Mekong (lat. 18° 20' N.), both 

 also in French Laos. 



[I submit for consideration that even to obtain a type of 

 each sex, it is scarcely legitimate to cite as co-types of a 

 species two specimens from localities so far apart — in this 

 case twenty-four days' jouruey, or roughly 200 miles.] 



The type-locality of Schoeniparus rujigularis major is 



