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186 <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VII,<br />
Muscicapa panayensis, Scop. Del. Flor et Faun. Insubr. ii, p. 96,<br />
(1783) from <strong>the</strong> Philippines.<br />
He is also correct in stating that <strong>the</strong>re is a gradual transition<br />
from A. p. strigatus to A. s. a flints from Tipperah and<br />
Cachar, which is a larger bird with a more reddish violet<br />
sheen on <strong>the</strong> lower surface. It should be mentioned however<br />
that Hume (Stray Feath. vi, p. 394) absolutely denies that<br />
<strong>the</strong>se differences exist.<br />
The species is evidently extremely plastic and varies<br />
greatly in many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> small islands in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong>sian area<br />
principally in size, in <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bill and in <strong>the</strong><br />
degree and tinge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> metallic sheen on <strong>the</strong> plumage, some<br />
forms being almost dull black.<br />
109. Anthus richardi malayensis (Eyton.)<br />
Anthus malayensis, Eyton P. Z. S. 1839, p. 104.<br />
Anthus richardi malayensis, Stresemann, Nov. Zool.<br />
xix, p. 316 (1912).<br />
Anthus malayensis, Robinson and Kloss. Ibis, 191 1,<br />
p. 74; Robinson J., F.M.S. Mas. V, p. 151 (1914).<br />
Anthus rufulus (part.) Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas..<br />
x> p. 574-<br />
Corydalla malayensis, Hume, S. F. viii, p. 65 (1879).<br />
a. ?.ad Pulau Langkawi. 17th February, 1909.<br />
b. V. ad Pulau Langkawi. 27th 5ei tember, 1915.<br />
Wings 82, yj; Tarsi 29, 27.<br />
This is a resident bird in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong> Peninsula, whence no<br />
reliably identified examples <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r races have been recorded.<br />
Stresemann's method <strong>of</strong> treating rufulus as a race <strong>of</strong> richardi<br />
and malayensis as its <strong>Malay</strong>an representative seems <strong>the</strong> most<br />
satisfactory way <strong>of</strong> regarding this bird.<br />
110. DlCRURUS ANNECTANS (HodgS.)<br />
Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 231; Robinson and Kloss, p. 72;<br />
Robinson, Ibis, 1915, p. 761.<br />
a. ? . imm. Telok Wau, Terutau. 20th December<br />
1916. [No. 3680.]<br />
b-c. 2