1918. ] H. C. Ropinson & C. B. Ktoss: Birds. 145 
certain that no mistake has been made in the sexing. In 
other respects the sexes are identical. 
The dimensions of the three females are: Total length, 
307-333; Wing, 129-141; tail, 110-120; bill from gape, 45-55; 
tarsus 28-29.5 mm. Those given for the type are, wing, 135; 
tail, 100; culmen, 37, tarso-metatarsus, 25 mm. 
According to our Dyak collectors, who alone came across 
the bird, it was very scarce and frequented very lofty trees 
only. 
lyngipicus auritus (Eyton). 
Iyngipicus auritus (Eyton); Nicholson, Ibis, 1883, p. 242; 
Buttikofer, Notes Leyden Mus. ix, p. 18 (1887); Vorderman, 
Nat. Tijd. Nederl. Ind. xlix, p. 390, no. 48 (1889); Hargitt, 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xvii, p. 325 (1890); Salvad. Ann. Mus. 
Civ. Gen. (2), xil, p. 44 (1891). 
Iyngipicus fusco-albidus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv, 
p. 180 (1879); Nicholson, Ibis, 1882, p. 55. 
Iyngipicus moluccensis (Gm.); Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Philad. liv, p. 679 (1902). 
a. 1. Pasir Ganting, West Sumatran Coast, Lat. 
2°S. igth June, 1914. [No. 2045.] 
“Tris Indian red, bill dark horn, paler beneath, feet olive 
green.” 
Shot among the Casuarinas bordering the sea; the only 
specimen seen in over a week. 
The bird is in very worn plumage but agrees well with 
four specimens obtained on the coast of Selangor in the Malay 
Peninsula and with a specimen from Java. 
61. Lepocestes porphyromelas (Bole). 
Lepocestes porphyromelas (Boie); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 
Gen. xiv, p. 181 (1879); Buttikofer, Notes Leyden Mus. 1X, 
p. 23 (1887); Vorderman, Nat. Tijd. Nederl. Ind. xlix, p. 390, 
no. 51 (1889); Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xviii, p. 382 
(1890). 
Blythipicus porphyromelas (Boie); Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1x, 
p. 198 (1902). 
Pyrrhopicus porphyromelas (Boie); Robinson & Kloss, Ibis, 
IQII, p. 46. 
i 26 tse «Siolak Daras, gkormehi Valley, 
Sumatra, 3,000 feet. r1gth-28th March, 1914. 
[Nos. 264, 487, 489.] 
d. 16%. Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi, Sumatra, 4,700 
feet. 7th April, 1914. [No. 730.] 
e. « ¢@. Korinchi Peak, Sumatra, 7,300 feet. 5th 
May, 1914. [No. 1371.] 
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