FROM KORINCHI, W. SUMATRA. 277 



bill from gape, 19.5-21 ; tarsus, 21-24 mm. All measurements 

 taken in the flesh. 



Type : — Adult male, collected at Sungei Ivumbang, 

 Ivorinchi, 4,700', West Sumatra, on 13th April 1914, by H C. 

 Robinson and C. Boden Kloss. 



Specim ens exam ined :— T wenty - one. 

 TURDIDAE. 



" Tardus indrapurae, sp. nov. Very closely allied to 

 Turd-us fumidus 18 from the Gedeh Volcano, West Java, but 

 distinguished by having the general colour of the upper purls 

 and of the throat and upper breast dark earthy brown, distinct- 

 ly paler on the cap ; whereas in T. fumidus, the mantle is dark 

 bronzy grey, tinged with olivaceous, with the cap blackish, dis- 

 tinctly darker than the rest of the upper parts. Belly and 

 flanks earthy chestnut richer in tint than the corresponding 

 parts of T. fumidus, centre of belly and anal patch whitish, 

 under tail coverts blackish brown with narrow shaft stripes, 

 white, tinged with buff, these shaft stripes being narrower than 

 in T. fumidus but broadening to the tip. 



Dimensions: — Male: Total length, 242; wing, 122; tail, 

 110; tarsus, 32: bill from gape 25 mm. (measured in flesh). 

 Female: Total length, 242; wing, 122; tail, 103; tarsus, 30; 

 bill from gape, 2T mm. (measured in flesh). 



Types: — Male, Xo. 1196; female, Xo. 1274; collected on 

 Ivorinchi Peak, at 10,000 feet, West Sumatra, on April 27th 

 and April 29th 1914, , by H. CY Bobinson and C. Boden lvlosSo 



Specimens examine d:^ Twenty seven. 



MUSCICAPIDAE. 



' Cryptolopha sumatrensis, sp. nov. Closely allied to 

 Cryptolopha grammiceps (Strickl.) 10 of Java, from which it 

 differs in having the mantle and back clear grey, not light ashy 

 brown and in the absence of the white on rump, which is uni- 

 form with the lower back. 



Dimensions: — Male: Total length, 107; wing, 54; tail, 

 48; tarsus, 17.5; bill from gape, 12.5 mm. Female: Total 

 length, 107; wing, 52; tail, 43; tarsus, 18; bill from gape, 

 12.5 mm. (taken in the flesh). 



Types : — Male, Xo. 538 ; Female, Xo. 529 ; collected at 

 Sungei Kumbang, Ivorinchi, at 4,700 feet, on 31st March and 

 1st April 1914 7 by H. C. Bobinson and C. Boden Kloss. 



Specim ens examined : — Seventeen. 



18. S. Mueller, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. Ind. p. 201 (1839). 



19. Pycnosphys grammiceps, Yerreaux, Mss ; Stricll. Contrib. Orn. 

 1849 p.—. Jardine, Memoir of Hugh Strickland, p. 323 (1858). 



$. A, Soc, No. 73, 1916. 



