241 



Remarks. — -One male taken by Mjoberg on Pulu Derawan, an 

 island situated between Maratua and the main island of Borneo, 

 is smaller than birds from Maratua, and agrees wholly in color 

 with Bornean examples. 



In six males of borneensis from northern Borneo, the wing varies 

 from 64 to 67; and in one female it is 61. 



Aplonis panayensis suggrandis, subsp. nov. 

 Seven specimens, both sexes, all adult. 



Type. — No. 235888, Museum of Comparative Zoology, adult male, from 

 Maratua Island. Collected- March, 1926, by E. Mjoberg. 



Characters. — Similar in color to A. p. strigatus (Horsf.), of Tenasserim, Java, 

 Sumatra, and Borneo, but much larger with a much heavier bill. Similar also 

 to A. p. panaijensis (Scopoli), of the Philippines, but larger. 



Measurements. 



No. 



Sex 



Wing 



Tail 



Tarsus 



Bill to base of forehead 



235888 



Male 



113 



78 



23 



25 



235889 



« 



114 



77 



24 



25 



235890 



it 



111 



76 



25 



24 



235891 



u 



113 



75 



24 



25 



235892 



Female 



109 



73 



24 



25 



235893 



a 



115 



81 



24 



25 



235894 



tt 



111 



74 



24 



25 



Remarks. — Aplonis panayensis is a species of wide distribution 

 in India, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the 

 Philippines, and many of the smaller islands. It has a marked 

 tendency to break up into island races whose main criteria are 

 size, color characters being noticeable in only two or three races. 

 The form here described is one of the larger ones. . It is larger 

 than affinis (Calornis affinis A. Hay, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. 

 15, 1846, p. 36, Tipperah), whose wing measurement, according to 

 Stresemann (Nov. Zool., vol. 20, 1913, p. 375-377), ranges from 

 103 to 109 (average 105.9), but it is smaller than leptorrhynchus 

 (Aplonis panayensis leptorrhynchus Stresemann, loc. cit., p. 375) 

 from Pini Island, whose wing measurement varies from 111 to 116. 

 To neither of these, of course, can it bear any close genetic rela- 

 tionship. 



Mjoberg took one female on Pulu Derawan Island. This 

 specimen, with a wing of 107, while smaller than examples from 

 Maratua Island, is so much larger in all particulars than birds 

 from Borneo that we refer it to our new form. 



Chibia bracteata suluensis (Hartert) . 

 Three adult males. 

 This drongo, of which Mjoberg sent three males from Maratug, 



