A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM N. E. SUMATRA. 133 



1 $ ad., Laoe Goembah, near Brastagi, Simeloengan, X. 

 E. Sumatra, 30th June 1918 [Xo. 10431. 



1 8 vix. ad., 1 $ imm'., 1 $ ad., Brastagi, 19th June 



1917 [Nqb. 517, 516, 512]. 

 The last three specimens were unfortunately described by 

 us as distinct under the name Diceum vault eysti. The advent 

 of another specimen which is perfectly identical with the type 

 of D. beccarii, convinces us that the later named birds merely 

 represent a juvenal stage. 



241. Prionochilus ignicapillus(Evton). 



$ . Deli Toewa, Deli, X. E. Sumatra, 5th May 1917 [Xo. 



344]. 

 Wing, 6 , 5-1 mm. 



ZOSTEROPIDAE. 



242. Zosterops atricapilla, Salvad. 



Eobinson and Kloss, p. 250. 



2 S , Laoe Goembah near Brastagi, Simeloengan, X. E. 



Sumatra, 1390 metres, 30th June 1918 [Xos. 1050, 

 1051]. 

 Wing, 54, 54 mm. 



These birds resemble specimens from Korinchi and we have 

 already given our reasons for regarding Z. clara, Sharpe, of 

 Kinabalu as distinct from them. 



ADDEXDA. 



155. Pyenonotus aurigaster(Vieill). 



antea, p. 40. 



We stated that this bird was new to Sumatra. In this we 

 were incorrect as we find that a specimen collected by Martin 

 in 1894 from an unspecified locality has been recorded by 

 Parrot (Abhandl. der Konigl. Aaver. Akad. der Wissensch. II. 

 Kl. XXIV, Bd. 1. p. 239 (1907)". This author noted certain 

 apparent differences between this specimen and descriptions 

 and other specimens from West Java and gave it the pro- 

 visional name of Pycuonotus aurigaster martini. 



Comparison of Mr. Van Heyst's two skins with eleven 

 freshly collected specimens from East and West Java show no 

 difference whatever between the birds from the two islands 

 either in size or colour. 



211. Bhringa remifer (Temm.). 



antea, p. 54. 



Our name Bhringa remifer attenuata for the Malayan 

 form of this Drongo has been antedated by Mr. Stuart Baker 

 who has described birds from Telom, Perak — Pahang bound- 

 ary, collected by ourselves, as Bhringa remifer peracensis (Bull. 

 Brit. Orn. Club XXXIX, p. 18 (November 30th 1918). 



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



