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Ropinson & Kuioss : Birds of West Sumatra. 27: 
181. Hypothymis azurea prophata Oberholser. 
1s ee IME got ae 
@. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 500 M. 
é. Muara Kiawai, Ophir Districts, 40 M. 
6,292. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang Highlands, 
480 M. 
6. Kumanis, Padang Highlands, 200 M. 
@. Penatei, Korinchi, 300 M. 
6. Muara Sako, Indrapura, 300 M. 
Iris very dark brown (black), bill cobalt, light green 
inside, tomia and tip black, feet slaty blue, claws black. 
Wings, ¢ 67, 69, 70, 75; 2? 65, 67, 69, 70 mm. 
A female (24th July) had well developed ovaries. 
Contents of stomach : insects. 
182. Rhipidura albicollis atrata Salvad. 
Ihig CG INGS Us TOs Al 
6. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 1400 M. 
6 imm., 1 ad. unsexed. Alahan Pandjang, Padang 
Highlands, 1500 M. 
é imm. Mt. Singgalang, Padang Highlands, 
1200 M. 
6, 6 imm. @. Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi, 
1400 M. 
? imm. Suban Ajam, Mt. Kaba, Bencoolen, 
1200 M. 
@. § wim, ©, Aie Njuruk, Mt. Dempu, Palem- 
bang, 1400 M. 
é. Mt. Dempu, Palembang, 2200 M. 
Iris very dark brown, bill black, base of lower mandible 
brownish, feet blackish. 
NUL SHG wi Gan hose OOnOoes 1S) 1 LO) SOX ITC. Oo; 
immature birds 72-78. 
Immature birds lack the white on the throat, the colour 
being confined to a narrow band across the foreneck : they 
are browner, less grey than adults and have many feathers 
tipped with fulvous. 
A mountain form, living in old forest and ascending 
in isolated pairs to 2200 metres, where the forest is 
thinning out. 
A lively bird with jerky movements. It often heads 
the mixed flocks of birds, so often met in the forest. 
183. Rhipidura perlata S. Mull. 
2. Muara Sako, Indrapura, 300 M. 
$, @.  Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Bencoolen, 
1000 M. 
