Roprinson & Kross : Birds of West Sumatra. 303 
261. Cyanoderma erythroptera erythroptera (Blyth). 
Cyanoderma erythroptera pyrrhoptera R. & K., Il, p. 106. 
6, @. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang Highlands, 
480 M. 
é. Bencoolen town. 
Iris crimson with an outer blue ring, skin of orbits and 
of the entire head pale greyish blue, upper mandible black, 
lower plumbeous, feet pale sepia. 
Wings, ¢ 58,62; 9 58 mm. 
Lives in secondary jungle near the ground. 
These three birds exhibit as much variation as does 
a Malayan series ; two have the abdomen whitish, just tinged 
with brown, the third has as brown an abdomen as has the 
well-marked Bornean race C. e. bicolor (Blyth). 
262. Mixornis rubricapilla sumatrana (Bp.). 
Referee pel IOs Re ce Ken, poinh7. 
é, 2. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 500 M. 
6. Fort de Kock, Padang Highlands, 920 M. 
2. Padang Tarap, Agam, Padang Highlands, 
740 M. 
Andalas, Tandjung, Padang Highlands, 720 M. 
8, 2, 2 juv. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang High- 
lands, 480 M. 
6. Pangkalan Koto Baharu, Pajokumbuh, Pad- 
ang Highlands, 120 M. 
$. Bencoolen town. 
Iris dark yellowish brown or pale yellow, orbital skin 
bluish grey, upper mandible blaekish with grey tomia, 
lower mandible greyish, bluish grey or pale plumbeous, feet 
brownish yellow with a greenish cast. 
The young bird had blackish eyes, upper mandible 
brownish black, lower mandible brownish with yellowish 
tip and base, feet yellowish pink. 
Measurements in the flesh. 
Wings, ¢ 5d, 56, 56, 58, 58, 58, 60, 61; 2 55, 56, 58. 
The young bird (wing 50) is brown all over except on 
foreneck and breast which are dirty white and the median 
abdomen which is white. 
Contents of stomach : insects (Coleoptera) and fruits. 
(Laportea stimulans). 
Common in secondary jungle, bushes, plantations, and 
village gardens. 
Its nest contains generally three eggs. 
The Bencoolen specimen is an actual topotype of the 
sub-species. 
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