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igi7-] II. (". Robinson: Birds from Pulati Langkawi. 155
This species [with the exception of C. gigas, Hartert and
Butler, which isonl) known from two specimens, thetypefrom
the Semangko Pass and another from Java (wing 157 mm.)],
is tin' largest ! the local species. The two specimens listed
above have wings of 129 and 131 mm. It is common on the
mountains from Larut in Perak to Selangor and has also been
obtained on the coast of Selangor at Tanjong Karang.
50. Cypselus subfuri mis. Blyth.
xvi. p. 456 (1891).
Micropns subfurcatus, Hartert, Cat. Birds Hut. Mus.
Apus affinis subfurcatus, Hartal, Vog. Pal. Faun, ii,
p. 843 (191c).
a-b. 2 Koh Mnk (Pulau Muntia), Trang, S. W.
Siam. 5th January, 1917. Nos. 3855. 6.
black."
"his. and bill black, feet dark purplish Hesh, toes
This species was exceedingly common on the cliffs of Koh
Mnk, where it built its untidy nests made of feathers ami K'ass
stems in the cracks of overhanging rocks at varying heights
above the sea while the Collocalia built far inside the caves in
total darkness.
While dealing with this genus it may be mentioned that
the male of Cypselus pacificus obtained on Kedah Peal; in
December, 1915 (antea vol. vi, p. 226) agrees in all its characters
with the subspecies C. pacificus cooki, described by Major
Haringtont from Goteik, Northern Shan States, where it
found breeding.
was
Our bird has the
against 170 and 75 111
wing 1(13 and outer tail feathers 83
the type, the white rump band very
narrow with black shaft stripes and the white of the throat
much restricted with marked shaft stripes, the mantle deep
glossy black. These characters however occur also, though
to a lesser degree, in a bird from the Semangko Pass shot
in February, 1908.
It appears to me not improbable that Harington has compared
a verv adult bird in fresh pelage 'his specimen was
breeding) with younger birds. The size is not materially more
than that of Malayan specimens, which vary from 163-176,
while Hartert (loc. citi Rives 176-184. 5 for the wing of the
species as a whole.
Specimens from Koh Pennan, shot in May, are much
browner and duller.
51. CACOMANTIS SEPULCHRALIS SEPULCHRALIS (S. M till. I.
Cacomantis sepulchralis iS. Mtill.): Finsch, Notes
Lpyden Museum XXII, p. 82 (1900).
Cacomantis merulinus (part.) Shelley, torn. at. p. 268.
Bull. Brit. Orn Club. XI. p 65(1901).
Bull Brit. Orn. Club. XXXI. p. 57 (191 3).