1918. ]} H. C. Rosinson & C. B. Ktioss: Birds. 227 
Differs from the Javan race Parus major cinereus Vieill 
(=atriceps Horsf., eight specimens examined), in haying the 
flanks, abdomen and breast much greyer, especially the two 
latter, and with the inner web of the outer tail feathers largely 
black. Terminal white spot on the tips of the remaining tail 
feathers either much reduced or absent: white nape markings 
much reduced or absent when compared with Javanese birds. 
Types :—Adult male and female from Sungei Kumbang, 
Korinchi, 4,500 feet, W. Sumatra. Collected on Ist and 6th 
April, 1914, by H. C. Robinson and C. Boden Kloss. Original 
numbers 556 and 684. 
Total length ¢, 126; W. 66; T.64; Bill from gape, 13; 
Tarsus 17.5. 
Total length ?, 122; W.61; T.60; Bill from gape, 14; 
Tarsus 17.5. 
In addition to the series cited from Sumatra we possess 
two others from the same island, viz:—a female from Suban 
Ayam on the Bencoolen Mountains, 4,000 feet, collected by 
Mr. E. Jacobson and a male from Beras Tagi, Batak Lands, 
obtained by Mr. A. van Heyst: and also five adults and two 
young birds from the mangrove swamps of Perak and Selangor, 
west coast of the Malay Peninsula (September and December). 
Young specimens from Sumatra have no trace of yellowish 
green on the mantle, which is slightly in evidence in an 
immature specimen from Selangor. All agree in having the 
penultimate tail-feathers almost uniform black or grey, with 
only a slight white tip, while in two birds from Central India, 
the penultimate feathers are largely white, and there is also a 
good deal of white on the next pair inwards; the white nuchal 
spot is also larger and the lower parts paler. 
These latter specimens are from the Pranhita River, South - 
Central India, and are examples of P. m. mahrattarwm Hart. 
(Nov. Zool., xii, p. 499 (1905). 
This Tit first appeared at our camp on the Sungei 
-Kumbang and was very tame and inquisitive. From that 
locality up to the limits of the forest at over 10,000 feet it was 
fairly common, being especially numerous on the trunks of 
the tree-Vaccinium between 9,500 and 10,500 feet. 
Dendrophila frontalis (Horsf.). 
Sitta frontalis, Hersf., Trans. Linn. Soc. xi, p. 162 (1821). 
Sitta frontalis, Horsf.; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. viii, 
p- 358 (1883). 
Dendrophila frontalis (Sw.); Vorderman, Nat. Tijd. Nederl. 
Ind. xlix, p. 400, No. 204 (1889) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix, p. 212 
(1902). 
Sitta frontalis hagem, Parrot, Abh. Konig]. Akad. Bayer. 11, 
xxiv, Bd. 1, p. 244 (1907). 
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