Rosinson & Kuoss: Birds of West Sumatra. 319 
CORVIDAE. 
298. Corvus enca compiiator Richmond. 
IR te IGS joy 2PAUE 
6. Buo, Padang Highlands, 280 M. 
?. Aur, Kumanis, Padang Highlands. 
36. Fort de Kock, Padang Highlands, 920 M. 
6, 22. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang Highlands, 
0 M. 
6. Kamang, Agam, Padang Highlands, 880 M. 
Iris dark brown, bill, feet and claws black. 
Wings, ¢ 322, 320, 317, 314, 305, 298; 9 309, 305, 
300 mm. 
Contents of stomach in one examined : a young bird, 
Coleoptera and fruit seeds. 
Fairly common in open country, villages, towns, 
plantations ; usually in small flocks of four to six birds. 
They nest in village gardens and plantations, often on 
thorny trees (Erythrina); the nests are not made in each 
others neighbourhood. 
(Dr. Koningsberger says in his book “De Vogels van 
Java,” Vol. i, p. 59, that the two Java species C. macrorhyn- 
chus and C. enca can be distinguished from each other, 
apart from the difference in size, by their voice, the one 
being identical with that of the European C. frugilegus L.., 
the other reminding more of C. corone L. Moreover, with 
C. macrorhyuchus the hairlike feathers covering the 
nostrils “ continue along the culmen.” Perhaps he means, 
that the hairs in C. macrorhyuchus cover entirely the base 
of the culmen. In all my specimens the base of the culmen 
is bare). 
299. Platysmurus leucopterus leucopterus (Temm.). 
29 ad., @ imm. Aur, Kumanis, Padang High- 
lands, 200 M. 
28, 9. Muara Kiawai, Ophir Districts, 40 M. 
Iris dark crimson ; bill, feet and claws black. 
Wings, ¢ 199,192; 2 195, 192, 186, 196 (imm.) 
A female (28th May) had developed ovaries. 
Lives in pairs in bush country, secondary and light 
swampy forest. Its call note sounds like a penny tin 
whistle. 
300. Cissa chinensis minor (Cab.). 
Re ake Laps 23k. 
$, 2,26 nestlings, 2? nestlings. Andalas, Tand- 
jung, Padang Highlands, 720 M., 22-31 May. 
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