56 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [ Vor. XI, 
B. a. atriceps has wings ranging from 75 to 81 mm. 
and occurs in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo : 
and also the Philippines (fide McGregor, Man. Philippine 
Birds, 1909, p. 513 : wings 75-77 mm). 
The wings of six topotypes measure 75-79 mm. ; of 
thirteen Sumatran specimens 74-80 mm.; of twelve 
Bornean 74-78 mm. ; of twenty-six from the Malay States 
75-81 mm.; of eighteen from Peninsular Siam, south of 
Lat. 9° N., 77-81 mm. 
With regard to the specific name Oberholser has 
pointed out (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 52, 1917, p. 193) that 
Lanius melanocephalos Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, p. 309, 
is preoccupied by Lanius melanocephalus Gm. t. c. p. 301, 
and that the next available name is Turdus atriceps 
Temminck, Pl. Col. No. 147, 1822: Sumatra and Java. 
Malayan birds have been named /xos metallicus by Eyton 
and Bornean Brachypodius immaculatus by Sharpe. 
Henicurus velatus sumatranus subsp. nov. 
Differs from the typical Javanese form H. v. velatus 
in having a larger white frontal area in the males and a 
paler, brighter brown cap in the females. Size the same : 
five Jayanese examples, wings 73-80 mm.;_ eleven 
Sumatran birds, wings 77-80 mm. 
Types. Adult male and female collected at Siolak 
Dras, Korinchi Valley, Sumatra 3,000 ft., on 27th March 
and 19th May, 1914, by H. C. Robinson and C. Boden Kloss. 
Nos. 458 and 1600. 
Phyllergates cucullatus thais subsp. nov. 
Like P. cucullatus cinereicollis Sharpe, but the crown 
Jess rufous and paler, being raw sienna (Ridgway) tinged 
with golden, rather than pale amber brown (Ridgway). 
The Bornean and Peninsular races differ from 
P. cucullatus cucullatus (Temm.) of Java and Sumatra 
(syn. sumatranus Salvad., based on an immature olive- 
crowned bird) in having the nape pure grey instead of grey 
suffused with dark brown and washed with olive. 
Specimens examined. P. c. cucullatus: four from 
Java and eight from Sumatra. P. c. cinereicollis : twenty 
from the Federated Malay States. P: c. thais: five 
from Peninsular Siam (Kao Luang, Nakon Sri Tamarat, 
5,000-5,800 ft.). 
Type. Adult male from Kao Luang, 5,000-5,800 ft. 
collected on 30th March, 1922, by H. M. Pendlebury. Total 
length, 108, wing 44 mm. 
Oriolus cruentus malayanus subsp. nov. 
The largest of all the forms of O. cruentus (Wagler). 
Ten adult males from the mountains of the Malay 
Peninsula have wings 133-145 mm. Eleven adults of 
