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lui". H. C. Robinson: Birds from Pulau Langkawi. 171<br />

,,. i. imm. W. side Pulau Telibun, Trang, SW.<br />

Siam. 2nd Janunry, 1917. [No. 3817.;<br />

b. 5 . imm. l'asir Raja. Pulau Lontar, SW. Siam.<br />

10th January, icj 1 7. [No. 3881.]<br />

" Ins dark hazel, bill, feet arid orbits Payne's grey,<br />

rhese specimens, are apparently birds <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> year with<br />

tbe mantle and tail very pale cinnamon rufous but with a<br />

ra<strong>the</strong>r large bill, so that <strong>the</strong>y are probably not <strong>the</strong> far Eastern<br />

form, T. p. incii (Gould 1 which<br />

Wing 83, 84 mm.<br />

winters in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong> peninsula.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> white plumage T. p. incii and T.p. affinis are with<br />

difficulty separated by <strong>the</strong> greater amount <strong>of</strong> black in <strong>the</strong><br />

edgings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tail feathi rs and wing coverts and by difference<br />

in size. Birds in <strong>the</strong> second year plumage are however easily<br />

distinguished bv <strong>the</strong> rich maroon mantle and darker undersurface<br />

(especially throatl <strong>of</strong> T. />. incii.<br />

77.<br />

Cyanoptila cyanomelana iTemm.i.<br />

Xanthopygia cyanomelaena, Sharpe, tout. cit. p. 251.<br />

Cyanoptila bella, Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xv,<br />

p. 328 (1892) : Robinson antea, vol. II, p. 189 (1909).<br />

Cyanoptila cyanomelasna. Robinson anil Kloss, p. 53.<br />

Muscicapa cyanomelana, Hartert, Vog. Palaarkt.<br />

Faun. 1, p. 492 (1909!.<br />

a. 1 . ad. Sungei Udang, Terutau. 19th March<br />

rgog. F.M.S. Mus. No. 372/09.<br />

No fur<strong>the</strong>r specimens <strong>of</strong> this beautiful Flycatcher have<br />

been obtained in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong> Peninsula since <strong>the</strong> above bird was<br />

secured. We have it. however, both from Borneo (Ulu Paku,<br />

Seribas, November, and from Korinchi, Sumatra, March).<br />

78. Aegithina viridissima (Bp.).<br />

and Klost, p. 55.<br />

Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mm. vi, p. 55 (1881) ; Robinson<br />

a-c. 3

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