A COLLECTION OF BIEDS FEOM N. E. SUMATRA. 117 



175. Stachyris poIiocephaIa(Temm.). 



Sharpe, t.c, p. 534. 



2 9 , Deli Toewa, Deli, N". E. Sumatra, 28th— 30th April 

 1917 [Nos. 222, 330]. 



Wing, 67, 69 mm. 



The Malayan and Bornean races both differ slightly from 

 the Sumatran form which is that originally described by 

 Temminck. 



176. Stachyridopsis chrysaea bocagei(Salvad.). 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 193. 



2 $ , Bandar Baroe, Deli, N". E. Sumatra 6th — 7th June 

 1917 T^os. 463, 4]. 



Wing, 49, 50. 



Widely distributed all over the higher hills of Sumatra. 

 Represented by several closely allied races in the hill ranges 

 from the Himalayas to the south of the Malay Peninsula. 



177. Sibia picaoides simillima(Salvad). 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 202. 



4 4,2$, Bandar Baroe, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 12th April 

 —12th June 1917, 27th Januarv 1918 [Nos. 276-8, 

 290; 485, 942]. 

 Tengkeh, Simeloengoen, N". E. Sumatra, 20th June 1917 



[No. 523]. 

 $ , Laoe Goembah, Brastagi, Simeloengan, N. E. Suma- 

 tra, 25th June 1918 fNo. 1046]. 

 Wing, $, 117, 114, 117,. 112; 9, 110, 110. 

 Closely allied forms are found in Tenasserim (Sibia pica- 

 oides picaoides) and in the mountains of the Malay Peninsula 

 (Sibia picaoides wrayi, Grant). The present bird is widely 

 spread in the hill regions of Sumatra. 



178. Macronus ptilosus ptilosus, Jard. and Selby. 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 196. 



Macronus ptilosus, Hartert, p. 213. 



$ , Tandjonff Morawa, Serdang, N". E. Sumatra, 11th 

 Mav 1917 [No. 355]. 



Wing, 66 mm. 



This bird with others from the west coast agrees with a 

 series from the Malay Peninsula whence it was originally 

 described and not with the recently separated from Macronus 

 ptilosus reclusus, Hartert, from Borneo which differs in having 

 a slaty grey patch in the middle of the abdomen and the head 

 of a lighter rufous chestnut.* 



179. Mixornis rubricapillus sumatrana, Bp. 



Robinson, Jonrn. Fed. Malay States Mns. VII, p. 177; 

 Robinson and Kloss, p. 196. 



* Bull. Brit. Orn Club, XXXVI, p. 36 (1915). 

 R. A. Soc, No. 80, 1919. 



