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



206. Dicrurus annectens(Hodgs.). 



$ imm., Deli Toewa, Deli, X. E. Snmatra, 8th March 



1917 [No. 126]. 

 2 S , 2 $ , Tandjong Morawa, Serdang, N. E. Sumatra, 



27th February-^16th October 1917 [Noe. 92, 106, 



559]. 



2$, Toentoengan, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 13th November 

 1917 [No. 591, 874]. 



Wing, 8, 137; 9, 140, 137, 138, 138, 136 mm. 



As is the case with most Malayan birds none of these 

 specimens are fully adult as is indicated by the white tips to the 

 feathers of the breast, abdomen and under tail-coverts. The 

 bird is largely migratory in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula 

 and is very common in the winter months on the small islands 

 of the Straits of Malacca. For the present we have not used 

 a subspecific name for the Sumatraii and Malayan bird as the 

 material available is not really sufficient to discriminate the 

 vajious races if any such really exist, which is a very opein 

 question. 



207. Dicruropsis sumatranus( Wardl. Rams.). 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 232. 



2 $ , 9 . juv., Bandar Baroe, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 18th — 



19th May 1917 [Nos. 390-393]. 

 Wing, 2 , 151, 147; 9, 143 mm. 

 Confined, to the island of Sumatra. 



208. Dissemurus paradiseus platurus(VieilL). 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 232. 

 Dissemurus platurus, Hartert, p. 210. 

 S $ , Polonia, Deli, N . E. Sumatra, 1st — 3rd November 



1916 [Nos. 727, 785]. 



2 $ , Toentoengan, Deli. N. E. Sumatra, 11th — 22nd 



November 1917 [Nos. 581, 629]. 

 $ , 2 , Deli Toewa, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 1st November 



1917 [Nos. 571-2]. 



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

 March— 16th October 1917 [Nos. 182, 560]. 

 1 $ , $ . No exact locality, 24th February — 26th April 

 1916. 

 Wing, S, 141, 143, 146, 145, 148, 141; 2, 138, 140, 



137, 145 mm. 

 These birds are fairly uniform, with small crests and not 

 very large tail rackets : they agree with birds from the central 

 and southern parts of the Malay Peninsula and are best placed 

 under the above subspecific name originally applied to Javan 

 birds. 



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