108 A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM X. E. SUMATRA. 



Wing, 91 mm. 



This example agrees with specimens from the Malay 

 States: further north in the Peninsula (about lat. 7°) this 

 race merges into L. f. neglecta (Hume). 



133. Lalage terat(Bockl.). 



Eobinson and Kloss, p. 173; Hartert, p. 207. 

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



March 1917 [Xo. 162]. 

 4 $ , $ imm.. 3 9 , Polonia, Deli. X. E. Sumatra. 16th 

 June 1916— 3rd February 1917 [Xos. 657, 707, 758, 

 780, 788, -, -, — ]. 

 Wing, $ , 83, 8-1, 86, 86, 87 : 9 , 83, 82, 86 mm. 

 An open country bird probably partially migratory : in the 

 Malay Peninsula it is certainly commoner during the winter 

 months. 



134. Graucalus sumatrensis sumatrensisf S. MuelL). 



Hartert, p. 207. 

 $ . Xo exact locality. 

 Wing, £ , 150 mm. 



A very adult bird with not the slightest trace of barring 

 on the under tail-coverts. 



135. Artamides meIanocephaIus(Salvad.). 



Eobinson and Kloss, p. 170. 

 $ 9, Tengkeh. Deli. X. E. Sumatra. 20th June 1917 



[Xos. 529, 530]. 

 Wing, $ , 147; 9, 141 (worn) mm. 



A rare species of which comparatively few specimens from 

 the mountains of West Sumatra are on record. 



136. Pericrocotus xanthogaster(Eames). 



Eobinson and Kloss, p. 171 ; Hartert, p. 207. 



2 $ , Deli Toewa, Deli, X". E. Sumatra, 16th October 1916 

 —6th March 1917 [Xos. 125, 710]. 



$ , 2 9 , Toentoengan, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 21st Novem- 

 ber 1917 [Xos. 622-624]. 



£ 9 . Xo exact locality, 7th May 1916. 



Wing, S , 87, 83, 82, 83 ; 9 , 88, 80, 81 mm. 



Eepresented in the Xorthern parts of the Peninsula by 

 Pericrocotus fiammifer, Hume, which is only a slightly differ- 

 entiated subspecies. 



137. Pericrocotus montanus, Salvad. 



Eobinson and Kloss, p. 172. 



S , Bandar Baroe, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 24th May 1917 

 [Xo. 409]. 



Wing, $ , 78 mm. 



Found at high elevations in Sumatra, Borneo and the 

 Malay Peninsula. A very variable species, the colour of the 

 +hroat varying from light grey to almost black. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



