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



Himalayan birds belong to another race Bin. r. tectirostris, 

 Hodges while S. Tenasserim and Malayan birds represent a 

 third subspecies, B. r. attenuata, Robinson and Kloss (t. c. p. 

 235) vide postea, p. 61. 



212. Oriolus cuentus consanguineus(Wardl. Earns.). 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 230. 



8 $ ad., 3 $ imm., 5 9 ad., Bandar Baroe, Deli, X. E. 



Sumatra, 12th April— 10th June 1917, 20th— 23rd 

 January 1918 [Xos. 273-5, 292-7, 383, 384, 406, 489, 

 933-5]. 

 Wing, S, 124, 131, 129, 130, 132, 131, 129, 132; 9, 

 126, 128, 129, 128, 131 mm. 



213. Oriolus maculatus( Vieill.). 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 235 ; Hartert, p. 215. 



2$ imm., Toentoengan, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 10th Nov. 



—12th December 1917 [Xos. 579, 608, 852]. 

 2 S ,29 , Polonia, Deli, N". E. Sumatra, 31st October 1916 



—28th October 1917 [Xos. 551, 782]. 

 $ ad., 9 imm., Brastagi, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 19th — 



21st June 1917 [Xos. 511-532]. 

 $ . X T o exact locality, 23rd August 1916. 

 Wing, $ , 138, 138, 140, 141, 139; 9, 141, 133 mm. 

 Females appear to be distinguished from the males by the 

 greenish olive tinge of the interscapnlnm and by having the 

 two median tail feathers greenish olive and not glossy black as 

 in the adult males. Immature birds of both sexes lack the 

 clear black collar from lores to lores behind the head and have 

 the breast striped. 



214. Artamus leucogaster (Yalenc). 



Robinson and Kloss, p. 237; Hartert, p. 207. 



9 , Bandar Baroe, Deli, X". E. Sumatra, 9th June 1917 



[Ko. 483]. 

 $ , 2 ? Polonia, Deli, X r . E. Sumatra, 6th— 19th Novem- 

 ber 1916 [X T os. 761, 762, — ]. 

 $, Toentoengan, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, [Xo. 872]. 



Xo exact locality. 

 Wing, $ , 133, 139; 9, 136, 135 mm. 

 Very common all over Sumatra though the species has not 

 yet been met with anywhere in the Malay Peninsula. 



215. Gracula javana(Cuv.). 



Hartert, p. 215. 



$ , Sungei Boeloe, Serdang, X. E. Sumatra, 27th Novem- 

 ber 1916 [X T o. 696]. 



2$, Deli Toewa, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 11th March— 3rd 

 April 1917 [X T os. 143, 208]. 



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