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166 <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VII,<br />
These specimens have <strong>the</strong> wing. 84.5 mm. and I do not<br />
see how <strong>the</strong>y are to be separated from typical specimens from<br />
<strong>the</strong> Philippines, with which <strong>the</strong>y agree in size. In any event<br />
however <strong>the</strong>re is a name available for <strong>the</strong> continental bird,<br />
viz. Buccii indicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i., p. 205 11790) which must<br />
be applied to <strong>Malay</strong>an birds, although Parrot has separated <strong>the</strong><br />
Sumatran bird on <strong>the</strong> strength <strong>of</strong> a slightly smaller size which<br />
is not altoge<strong>the</strong>r bome out by our large series from West<br />
Sumatra and on certain differences in colour, some <strong>of</strong> which<br />
we can confirm, <strong>the</strong> most noticeable being <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
conspicuous orange yellow collar beneath <strong>the</strong> scarlet pectoral<br />
patch, which is very noticeable in all <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong>an but barely<br />
indicated in any Sumatran specimens, which in addition have<br />
<strong>the</strong> green centres to <strong>the</strong> fea<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> abdomen and flanks<br />
more restricted and <strong>the</strong> margins <strong>of</strong> a creamy ra<strong>the</strong>r than a<br />
sulphury yellow. Parrot's name for this form Megalaema<br />
haemacephala delicti, (Ablnindl. der Konigl. Bayer. Akad. der.<br />
Wissensch. (II) xxiv. Bd. 1, p. i6q (19071 is however antedated<br />
by Bucco rafflesius Boie, Brief. Ost. Ind. No. 15 (1832),<br />
<strong>of</strong> which our Korinchi and Padang coast birds may be<br />
regarded as topotypes.<br />
65. Hirundo bAdia, Cass.<br />
Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 166: Robinson and KIoss. p. 50;<br />
Robinson, antea, vol. V, p. 98.<br />
a. Telok Wan, Terutau, 23rd December, 1916.<br />
No. 3721.<br />
" Iris and bill dark, feet dark maroon brown."<br />
Very common indeed both on Langkawi and Terutau and<br />
probably all over <strong>the</strong> Peninsula where <strong>the</strong>re are precipitous<br />
limestone hills. Resident throughout <strong>the</strong> year and not known<br />
outside <strong>the</strong> limits <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Peninsula. A closely allied, but paler<br />
and considerably smaller form, H. hyperyfhra, Layard, is<br />
resident in Ceylon.<br />
66. Hirundo javanica, Sparrm.<br />
Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. p. 142 (1885) ; Robinson<br />
and Kloss, p. 50.<br />
a. Koh Muk (Pulau Muntia) Trang, S.W. Siam,<br />
5th January, 1917. No. 3854.<br />
" Iris dark, bill and feet black."<br />
Found breeding on <strong>the</strong> cliffs <strong>of</strong> Koh Muk toge<strong>the</strong>r with<br />
Cypselus subfurcatus and Collocalia sp. Also common on Pulau<br />
Terutau, P. Langkawi and P. Tengah between Langkawi and<br />
P. Langkawi.<br />
Common and resident all along <strong>the</strong> coasts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong><br />
Peninsula, according to Hume and Davison rare in Tenasserim<br />
but very common in Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Malava. Curiously enough not<br />
hi<strong>the</strong>rto recorded from Siam proper, though it is mentioned<br />
in a List <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Birds <strong>of</strong> Lower Cochin China by Tirant. Occurs<br />
also in <strong>the</strong> Philippines.