A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM N. E. SUMATRA. 97 



Bornean birds are given a name, G. f. oomeonensis, as 

 being smaller, having the wing 125.5-135 mm. against 139-147 

 in the two other races. - 



A male and a female from Sarawak measure 123 and 130 

 mm. respectively, while a male and four females from the 

 Peninsula are 139, 139, 140, 144 and 138 so that this race 

 also is probably valid. The Sarawak birds are also darker 

 above. 



91. Brachylophus puniceus observandus(Hartert). 



Gecinus puniceus obserxandus, Hartert, p. 198. 



$ imm., Tandjong Morawa, Serdang, N. E. Sumatra, 



23rd April 1917 [No. 307]. 

 28 , 9 , Toentoengan, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 16th— 19th 



November 1917 [Nos. 963, 600, 614] |. 

 $, Polouia, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 20th November 1916 



[No. 708]. 

 $ , Gambir, Deli, N". E. Sumatra, 8th December 1917 



[No. 845]. 

 6,2, Deli Toewa, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 3rd April 1917 



[No. 230]. 

 Wing, $ , 115, 123, 118, 122, 119; 2 , 116, 117 mm. 

 Malayan and Sumatran birds differ from the typical 

 Javan form in having the mantle and back flecked with bright 

 yellow and not uniform olive green. 



92. Brachylophus chlorolophus vanheysti, subsp. nov. 



$ vix. ad. 2 , Bandar Baroe, Deli, N". E. Sumatra, 12th 



April 1917— 27th January, 1918 [Nos. 254, 941]. 

 2 ad., Gunong Talaman (M-t. Ophir), Padang^ W. Suma- 

 tra, 1300 m., 11th June 1917 [No. 1081]. E. Jacob- 

 son [C]. Types of the subspecies Nos. 254 and 

 1081]. 

 S . Intermediate between B. chlorolophus chlorolophus 

 from the Himalayas and Burma and B. c. rodgeri (Hart, and 

 Butler) from the mountains of the Malay Peninsula. Differs 

 from the former in its smaller size and from the latter in its 

 much brighter colour above and below; ear coverts distinctly 

 greenish not dark ashy brown as in eight specimens of B. c. 

 rodgeri examined. G-reen of the upper surface with a very 

 distinct golden tinge, not uniform olive. Wing, 132 : bill 

 from gape, 29.5 mm. 



2 . Differs from the 2 of B. c. rodgeri in the same way 

 as the male. Measurements in flesh : — Total length, 249 ; tail, 

 104; wing, 124; bill from gape, 29.5; tarsus, 20 mm. "Iris 

 brownish-strawberry red, bill strawberry yellow, culmen grey- 

 ish black, tarsi greyish olive green" (Jacobson). 



On comparison this race is sufficiently distinct from B. 

 c. rodgeri but is closer to B. c. chlorolophus. It has been re- 

 corded from Sumatra by Hesse under the former name. 



H. A. Soc, No. 80, 1919. 



