Ropinson & Kxioss : Birds of West Sumatra. 259 
Wings, ¢ 121 (imm.), 125, 127, 129, 130 (imm.), 131, 
132s © 12 128, WB WAG Ww Ble wel Ws trea, 
A female (5th June) had a developed ovary. 
The immature birds have brown crowns and very 
coarsely barred underparts. 
Contents of stomach : insects, chiefly ants. 
This species is very common and to be met in dense 
and secondary jungle, plantations, villages and even in 
towns. Its vertical distribution is very wide, ranging from 
the coast up to 1400 M. 
142. Chrysophlegma mentale humei Hargitt. 
6, @. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang Highlands, 
A480 M. 
Aur, Kumanis, Padang Highlands, 200 M. 
2, 2 imm. Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Ben- 
coolen, 1000 M. 
2. Pasumah, Mt. Dempu, Palembang, 900 M. 
Iris dark crimson, orbital skin dirty olive, upper 
mandible black, yellowish green at the gape, lower mandible 
pearly white, base greenish grey, tomia and sometimes the 
tip blackish. 
Wings, ¢ 130; ? 127 (imm.), 130, 131, 134, 139 mm. 
In the immature bird the black feathers of the throat 
are only slightly edged with white and the chestnut of the 
cheeks and breast is paler and duller. 
143. Chrysophlegma flavinucha mystacale Salvad. 
IB 6S To, Uy yo, 1AI7/, 
6, 6 imm., 2¢. Tanangtalu, Ophir Districts, 
1000 M. 
26, 32. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 1200- 
1500 M. 
32,1imm., unsexed. Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi, 
1400 M. 
6, ?. Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Bencoolen, 
1000 M. 
é, 2. Suban Ajam, Redjang, Bencoolen, 1200 M. 
6, 6 imm.,4¢. Air Njuruk, Mt. Dempu, Palem- 
bang, 1400 M. 
Iris dark crimson or dark yellowish brown, orbital 
skin dark olive, bill pearly grey with a greenish cast, tip 
horny transparent, feet dull greenish grey, soles yellowish 
brown, claws blackish. 
Wings, ¢ 137, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 148, 149; 2 134, 
136, 136, 138, 140, 141, 142, 142, 142, 145, 145, 145, 146, 
146 ; imm. unsexed, 141 mm. 
