A COLLECTION OF BIKDS FROM N. E. SUMATRA. 99 



Females of all races seem to differ from the male in the 

 absence or less intensity of the black ventral patch in addition 

 to the absence of the red malar stripe. 



97. Micropternus brachyurus badius (Raffles). 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 146. 

 Micropternus brachyurus, Hartert, p. 197. 

 $ , Deli Toewa, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 3rd April 1917 [No. 



232]. 

 $ , Tandjong Morawa, Serdang, X. E. Sumatra, 3rd 



March 1917 [Kos. 117, 605]. 

 2$, 2 , Toentoengan, Deli, M". E. Sumatra, 12th— 17th 

 November 1917 — 1th February 1918 [Xos. 585, 

 969]. 

 2 2 , Polonia, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 26th October 1916— 



9th January 1917 [Xos. 689, 786]. 

 S , 2 imm. Xo exact locality, 18th April — 9th May 



1916. 

 Wing, $, 112, 109, 111, 109; 2, 103, 102, 109, 117. 

 Comparison of this series and others from the Malay 

 Peninsula show that the former are more chestnut bay, but 

 we are unable to say whether Sumatran and Javan birds differ, 

 the latter locality being the type locality of M. brachyurus 

 brachyurus, Yieill. For the present we leave the Sumatra 

 birds under Raffles' name, while those from the Malay Penin- 

 sula must be called M. b. squamigularis, Sundev., if distinct. 



Even in the present series there is much variation in the 

 amount of squamulation of the throat which seems to be most 

 pronounced in females and in- the younger birds, very old 

 specimens having a tendency to uniformity. 



98. Tiga javanensis javanensis(Ljung). 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 147 : Hartert, p. 198. 

 $ , Tandjong Morawa, Serdang,, X. E. Sumatra, 18th 



March 1917 [Xo. 163]. 

 3,4$, Toentoengan, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 23rd Xovem- 



ber— 23rd December, 1917 [Xos. 823-5, 832, 875]. 

 4£,3$, Polonia, Deli, X E. Sumatra, 19th April— 25th 



May 1917. 

 Wing, 6, 130, 128, 126, 127, 126, 125; 2, 125, 125, 

 127, 127, 126, 126. 122 mm. 



99. Chrysophlegma miniatum malaccense(Lath.). 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 148 ; Hartert, p. 197. 

 $, Tandjong Morawa, Serdang, X. E. Sumatra, 27th 



February 1917 [Xo. 91]. 

 2 , Toentongan, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 25th November 



1917 [Xo. 832]. 

 2 $ ad., 2 pull, Polonia, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 2nd May— 

 27th June 1916. 



K. A. Soc, No. 80, 1919. 



