322 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. | Vor. XI, 
We have, for the present, referred the Sumatran bird 
to borneensis Sharpe, which it closely resembles : though 
both are undoubtedly only forms of some earlier described 
species. 
304. Chaptia aenea picinus (Bp.). 
Chaptia aenea malayensis R. & K., II, p. 125. a 
346 ad, ¢ imm., 2¢. Muara Kiawai, Ophir Dis- 
tricts, 40 M. 
6. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 400 M. 
2¢ imm., @. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang High- 
lands, 480 M. 
6. Serapei, Korinchi, 800 M. 
é. Bencoolen town. 
Iris brown to crimson, bill and feet black. 
Wings, ¢ 112, 110, 109, 108, 108, 105; ¢ 113, 111, 
109 ; Immature males 100, 105, 107 mm. 
(The last bird was still being fed by the parents). 
Contents of stomach : insects. 
In secondary and swampy light forest, and at the edge 
of clearings. 
The young birds are largely blackish brown and have 
only partly acquired the steely plumage of the adults. 
305. Dissemurus paradiseus platurus (Vieill.). 
ate Gy IE ids ave det sg 1S HII yoy5 Talal, 
6, 2. Buo, Padang Highlands, 280 M. 
29° ad, 2? imm. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang 
Highlands, 480 M. 
é, @. Andalas, Tandjung, Padang Highlands, 
720 M. 
. Aur, Kumanis, Padang Highlands, 200 M. 
, 2. Muara Kiawai, Ophir Districts, 40 M. 
. Sukamenanti, Ophir Districts, 200 M. 
. Muara Sako, Indrapura, 300 M: 
8. Talang Ampat, Bencoolen, 40 M. 
Iris brownish red to crimson, bill and feet black. 
Wings, 6 143, 143, 143, 142, 142, 138; 92 139, 136, 
135, 135, 131, 127 (subad.), 133 (imm.), mm. 
Contents of stomach : insects. 
In old and secondary forest. in plantations, and some- 
times on isolated clumps of high trees in open country. 
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