Ropinson & Kxioss : Birds of West Sumatra. 321 
The series varies considerably in the intensity and tone 
of the colours : the immature male only differs from adults 
in having whitish tips to some of the blackish crown 
feathers, ochraceous tips to the wing-coverts and a deep 
ochraceous, instead of a grey, rump. 
Contents of stomach : fruit. 
Common in secondary and old forest and in plantations, 
in pairs or small families. The bird has different call notes, 
one being a harsh cry, the other some whistling notes 
reminding Platysmurus leucopterus. 
DICRURIDAE. 
302. Dicrurus stigmatops phaedra (Rchnw.). 
Buchanga leucophaea phaedra R. & K., I, p. 233. 
36, @. Fort de Kock, Padang Highlands, 920 M. 
January and March. 
@. Koto Tuo, Mt. Singgalang, Padang Highlands, 
1000 M. March. 
36, 2. Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Bencoolen, 
1000 M. June. 
Iris reddish brown (terracotta), bill and feet black. 
Wings, ¢ 132, 131, 128, 128, 125, 120 (very worn); 
Sigs. 1225122 mm. 
A very common bird, lives in open country, village 
and town gardens, plantations, secondary forest, and at the 
edge of old forest. It is generally seen sitting on some 
projecting bough, telegraph wire or other elevated point, 
from where it sallies out to catch its prey, consisting of 
insects, returning always to its perch. 
303. Dicrurus borneensis sumatranus (Wardl.-Rams). 
Dicruropsis sumatranus R. & K., I, p. 232, R. & K., Il, p. 124. 
?. Tanangtalu, Ophir Districts, 1000 M. 
6, 22. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 1200- 
1300 M. 
2°. Bimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Bencoolen, 
1200 M. 
29. Suban Ajam, Mt. Kaba, Bencoolen, 1200 M. 
Iris dark crimson, bill, feet and claws black. 
Wings, ¢ 153; 2 154, 152, 147, 145, 143, 140, 140 mm. 
Contents of stomach: imsects (Coleoptera, grass- 
hoppers, etc.). 
Lives in old forest, and at the edge of clearings. 
During life the feathers of the back of the head are standing 
up backwards in the shape of two horns. 
