Rosinson & Kuioss : Birds of West Sumatra. 271 
The immature male had the bill brownish black and 
the feet sepia. 
Wings, ¢ 91, 92, 92, 93, 94, 95, 95, 95, 97, 98; 2 90, 
91, 91, 92, 94, 96 mm. 
The young bird (wing 96) is beginning to assume the 
blue colour on mantle wings and tail; but the contour 
feathers are brownish black spotted with tawny, the latter 
colour predominating on the throat and abdomen. 
Contents of stomach : insects and fruits, which latter 
food was found on both the occasions the stomachs of this 
species were examined. One of them contained fruit seeds, 
coleoptera and a Sphingid caterpillar. The bird lives in 
dense forest and on some mountains is fairly numerous. 
175. Erythromyias dumetoria mueileri (Temm.). 
é. Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Bencoolen, 
1000 M. 
?. Suban Ajam, Redjang, Bencoolen, 1200 M. 
Iris dark, bill sepia brown, feet pinkish flesh. 
Wings, ¢ 61; ? 56 mm. 
The male shows no trace of the postocular white streak 
present in nearly all of a large series of Malayan specimens 
and in three Bornean birds. 
Obtained in old forest. 
176. Pcliomyias mugimaki (Temm.). 
Ie Ge Ikon IIs os Ilys ; 
2. Koto Tuo, Mt. Singgalang, Padang Highlands, 
1000 M., 11th March, 1917. 
Iris black ; maxilla blackish brown ; mandible sepia 
brown, base pinkish fleshy ; feet sepia brown. 
Wing 72 mm. 
Shot in secondary forest. A migrant in Malaysia. 
177. Dendrobiastes hyperythra malayana (Grant). 
IRs G2 Ike, 1h [os Tae) 
3¢. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 1200 M. 
¢, 392. Air Sarasah, Mt. Talamau, 1850 M. 
36 ad., ¢ subad., 24 juv.,22-juv. Sungei Kum- 
bang, Korinchi, 1400 M. 
g juv., 2 subad. Air Njuruk, Mt. Dempu, Palem- 
bang, 1400 M. 
6. Air Gaung Ketjil, Mt. Dempu, 1800 M. 
é. Mt. Dempu, 2200 M. 
Maie : iris very dark brown, bill black, feet purplish 
grey. The female has the bill blackish brown. 
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