112 ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM N. E. SUMATRA. 



Of the above series, which are fully adult, three have no 

 black whatever on the outer pairs of tail featber and three have 

 more or less black on all the tail feathers and both forms would 

 therefore be represented. The species is not improbably 

 migratory in Sumatra, the above locality being on the sea-coast. 



126. Oriolus cruentus consanguineus(Wardl. Earns.). Antea. 



p. 126. 



4 S ad., 1 S inim., 2 $ , Bandar Baroe, Deli, X. E. Suma- 

 tra, 20th August, 1918— 20th January.' 1919. 



Wing, $, 128, 136 (imm.), 134, 135, 136; 9, 128, 

 127 mm. 



The immature male has the scapulars and feathers of the 

 breast and flanks with fulvous edges and lacks the crimson 



wing patch. The females have the breasts very slightly washed 

 with pink. 



STURMDAE. 



127. Sturnia sturnina(Pall.) . Antea, p. 127. 



2 ' S , 19. Toentoengan, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 28th No- 

 vember, 1918 [Xos. 1223-5]. 



Wing, $, 103. 103; ?, 107 mm. 



128. Gracula javana javana(C uv.). Antea, p. 126. 



1 $ , 1 $ , Toentoengan, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 8th No- 

 vember. 1918 [Xos. 1152, 3]. 



Wing, $ , — : $ , 176 mm. 



PLOCEIDAE. 



129. Munia acuticauda, Hodgs. Antea, p. 128. 



1 2 , Bandar Baroe, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 21st December, 

 ' 1918 [Xo. 1315]. 



Wing, $ , 51 mm. 



130. Munia atricapilla(YieilL). 



de Beaufort and de Bussy, p. 273. 



1 $ , 3 $ , Brastagi, Simeloengoen, X. E. Sumatra, 1390 

 metres, 25th-28th January, 1919 [Xos. 1393-6]. 



Wing, $ , 50 ; 2 , 50, 49, 50 mm. 



The above series is very pale when compared with a series 

 from Southern Tenasserim which presumably represent M. a. 

 rubronigra Hodgs. (Asiatic Eesearches XIX, p. 153 (1836). 

 They can however be matched by birds from the neighbourhood 

 of Taiping, Malay States, though dark individuals also occur 

 there and in the Dindings. The bird however is very local in 

 the Malay Peninsula and our series is extremely small. 



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