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2. Haleyon coromanda minor (Temm. & Schl.). 
This is recognised as inhabiting Borneo with various 
coastal islands, and also Singapore. Pontianak is selected 
as the typical locality. 
It is a darker bird, particularly below |and aiso much 
more washed with magenta on head and upper parts 
generally |: it is also smaller, the wings ranging from 99 to 
104 mm. | Five adult specimens examined by Oberholser, 
three from Borneo, two from Singapore |. 
We have no examples of West Sumatran birds which 
are named by Oberholser coromanda neophora (type 
locality, Tapanuli Bay, Western Sumatra. opposite Nias Id.) : 
they are characterised as being like c. coromanda, but 
smaller ; lower parts darker and breast more washed with 
magenta, wings 100-111 mm. _ /|Five practically adult 
specimens examined by Oberholser, two only from Western 
Sumatra). The habitat is given as Sumatra ; and probably 
Banka Id. This race appears on the characters given to be 
very like minor, but a little larger {and perhaps paler 
above| : but Obserholser’s material was small in both cases. 
It has already been pointed out that all! Sumatran birds 
are nol neophora ; four examples from Deli in the North- 
east of Sumatra being undoubtedly c. coremanda, (though 
Oberholser regards his only specimen from N. E. Sumatra, 
a juvenile female from Aru Bay, a little to the north of 
Deli, as neophora). This is not surprising as birds taken 
on Pulau Jarak, the Aroa Islands and the One-fathom Bank 
Lighthouse in the Straits of Malacca are c. coromanda and 
it is highly improbable that they were resident on any of 
these places. 
Thus the range of c. coromanda must be extended to 
North-east Sumatra. 
To the distribution area of minor must be added 
Johore, birds from the south of that State being indistin- 
guishable from those of Singapore Island adjacent.2 
The wing measurements of our specimens are :— 
H. c. coromanda :— 
Malay Peninsula, Langkawi and Terutau Ids. 
(8 spms.) : ate .. 105—116 mm. 
Straits of Malacca (17 Spe. eenee .. 112—118 ,, 
North-east Sumatra (4 spms.) .. oo LIM 5, 
Jal, (Oy iUNOIR F— 
Borneo (2 spms.) ne ae .. 100—102 ,, 
Singapore (4 spms.) .. aus so HOPES 
Johore (4 spms.) a 3 .. 103—111 
” 
Dr. Oberholser’s measurements for the wings of his 
two topotypes of neophora are ; 3100, 9 vix ad. 111 mm. 
‘Halcyon aononnemnaa Domenie Robie & Kloss, Journ. 
Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. No. 80, 1919, p. 87. 
*Hartert has already stated that birds from the southern part 
of the Malay Peninsula are minor (VO6g. pal. Fauna, II, 1912, p. 887). 
