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Scops rufescens 15 from the same general region. From the 

 latter it can be separated by its strongly mottled undersurface 

 and from the two former by its strongly marked collar and 

 much darker general tone. The characters of the facial 

 plumes are similar to those of II. luciae. 



Type: — Adult female, Xo. 1097, collected on Korinchi 

 Peak, at 7,300 feet, West Sumatra, on April 23rd 1914, by 

 H. C. Eobinson and C. Boden Kloss. 



Specimens examined'. — One, the type. 

 EURYLAEMIDAE. 



Serilophus lunatus intensus, subsp. no v. Differs 



from the Malar Peninsula form Serilophus hi mil us rothschildi, 

 in the same way as that does from the typical race From Tenas- 

 serim. General colour of the mantle and the chestnut of the 

 inner secondaries and rump very much richer in tone, and 

 under surface a darker grey. Greyish white of the crown, 

 stopping somewhat abruptly at the level of the eyes and the 

 ear-coverts washed with clay brown as in the typical race and 

 not so grey as in S. /. rothschildi. 16 



Dimensions: — (i & . Total length. 167-171 : wing. 80-86; 

 tail, 66-70; tarsus, 17.5-19; bill from gape. 20.5-22.5 mm. 

 (measured in the flesh). 4 2 . Total length, 165-178; wing. 

 78-87; tail, 67-69; tarsus, 18.5-20.5; bill from gape, 20.5- 

 22.5 mm. (measured in flesh). 



Types: — Male Xo. 256 ; female Xo. 36 ; collected at Siolak 

 Dras, Korinchi A^allev, 3,100 feet, West Sumatra, on 10th and 

 24th March 1914, by EL C. Eobinson and C. Boden Kloss. 



Specimens examined :- — Ten. 

 TIMELIIDAE. 



-f Turdhmlus epilepidotus dilutus, subsp. now Differs 

 from T. epilepidotus 1 ' from Java in being considerably lighter 

 (less blackish) above and in having the feathers of the throat 

 more decidedly tipped with black, those of the Javan form 

 being almost immaculate in the centre of the throat. Dimen- 

 sions slightly different from those of the Javan bird, the tail 

 and tarsus being slightly longer and the bill decidedly shorter. 



Dimensions: — -Of type; Total length. 110; wing, 57 ; tail, 

 36 ; tarsus, 23 ; bill from gape, 19 mm. Range of eio'ht adult 

 males. Total length, 108-120 ; wing, 55-58 ; tail 36-40 ; bill 

 from gape, 17-19; tarsus 22.5-27 mm.- Eange of six Javan 

 specimens. Total length, 116-125 ; wing, 52-59 ; tail, 31-35 ; 



15. Strix rufescens, Horsfteld, Trans. Linn. Soc, xiii, p. 140 (1S20). 



16. Seriloplms rothschildi, Hartest, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vii, p. 50 

 O»08>. 



17. Myiothera epilepidota, Temmincl; PI. Col. ii, pi. 448, fig. 2 (1827). 



Jour. Straits Branch 



