FARIDA .“SITTIDi* . 
Parus major ambiguus (Raffls.). 
T urdus ambiguus Baffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, 1821, p. 313 : 
Sumatra. 
Parns major Malay orum Robinson and Kloss, Jo urn. Fed. Malay States 
Mus. viii, pt. 2, 1918, p. 226: Korinchi, West Sumatra. 
Distr , — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra. 
Parus major cinerascens Slater. 
Parus cinerascens H. H. Slater, Ibis, 1885, p. 122, pi. 4 ; Sarawak. 
Parus sarawacensis H. H. Slater, Ibis, 1885* p. 327 : new name only. 
Diyfr. — Borneo. 
Genus PSALTRIA Temminck. 
Psaltria exilis Temni. Pygmy Tit. 
Psaltria exijis Temminck, PI. Col. 600, 1S36 : Java. 
Distr. — Java. 
Family SITTID^E. 
Genus SITTA Linn. 1 
Sitta frontalis (Swains.). Velvet-fronted Nuthatch. 
Sitta frontalis frontalis (Swains.). 
Orthorhynchus frontalis Swainson, Zool. 111 . i, 1820, pi. 2 : Ceylon, 
Sitta frontalis Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, 1821, p, 162 : Java. 
Sitta velaia Temm., PL Col. 72, 1821 : Java. 
Sitta frontalis hageni Parrot, Abh. Kon. Bay. Akad. Wiss. xxiv, 1907, 
p. 244 : Banka. 
Distr,— Peninsular Siam (north). 
Sumatra (south); Lingga; Banka. 
Java. 
Sitta frontali* saturatior Hart. 
Sitta frontalis saturatior Hartert, Nov, Zool. ix, 1902, p. 573 : Mt. 
Tahan, Malay States. 
Distr , — Peninsular Siam (south); Malay States, 
Sumatra (north). 
Sitta frontalis corallipes (Sharpe), 
Dendrophiia corallipes Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 479 : Mt. Kinabalu, 
North Borneo. 
Distr.— Borneo; Maratua Islands, East Borneo, 
* Sitta longirostra Lath., Index Orn, 1790, p. 264 (Batavia) is a puzzle. 
It may be the earliest name for the bird now known as Sitta frontalis, but 
the description, taken from a drawing, is not good and the size too large. 
The description fits Tephrodornis gutaris fairly well, but Latham surely 
knew a nuthatch ! 
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