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BULLETIN
20 JUL 1927
PURCHASED
OF THE
BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS CLUB
EDITED BY
N. B. KINNEAR.
VOLUME XLVII,
SESSION 1926-1927.
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LONDON:
WITHERBY & CO., 326 HIGH HOLBORN.
1927.
PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
PREFACE,
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THe total number of attendances at the meetings of the
Club for 1926-27 was 338 members and 99 guests, making
a total of 437—a slight increase from the previous year.
During the past session Monsieur J. Delacour described
in the ‘ Bulletin’ seventy-one new species and subspecies,
which were obtained by the second and third Franco-British
Expedition to that ornithologically little-known part of Asia,
French Indo-China.
Mr. Sclater and Mr. Stuart Baker have continued to
bring to the notice of the Club their researches in the avi-
fauna of Ethiopia and the Indian Region-respectively, while
Mr. D. A. Bannerman, the Hon. M. Hachisuka, Mr. H. C.
Robinson, Mr. G. M. Mathews, Prof. Suskin, and others
have contributed to our knowledge of systematic ornithology
in different parts of the globe.
In a short note Dr. C. B. Ticehurst drew the attention of
Members to a neglected aspect of distribution of birds, e.7.,
the relation which a species has to the soil upon which it
breeds. The factors governing the anomalous distribution
of certain Short-toed Larks was taken as an instance.
Mr. Bunyard gave an account of some further investi-
gations, which he and Mr. Scholey had made in regard to
the breeding-habits of the Cuckoo, and at a later meeting
gave an exhibition of eggs, illuminated from within, to show
the pigmentation.
An interesting address on the habits of the Australian
Bower-Birds was delivered by Mr. W. B. Alexander, Vice-
President of the R. A. O. U., and his remarks were illustrated
by a number of objects collected by these birds.
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At the concluding meeting of the session Lord Rothschild
read some notes on the formation of dark races by mutation,
and explained his theory by means of a number of water-
coloured drawings and a large series of specimens from
different families.
We should like to take this opportunity of expressing to
Lord Rothschiid how much the members of the Club appre-
ciate the exhibits he from time to time brings to the Club,
in the preparation of which he spares neither time nor
trouble.
We regret to record the death of Mr. Dennis Cox and
Mr. Henry Munt during the past session. Mr. Munt will
be much missed—he was one of the original members of the
Club and was a regular attendant at the meetings. For
many years he acted as honorary Auditor and served on the
Committee from 1917 to 1920.
N. B. KINNEAR,
Editor,
London, July 1927.
RULES
OF THE
BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS CLUB,
(As amended, October 8th, 1924.)
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I. This Club was founded for the purpose of facilitating the
social intercourse of Members of the British Ornithologists’
Union. Any Member of that Union can become a Member
of this Club on payment (to the Treasurer) of an entrance
fee of One Pound and a subscription of One Guinea for
the current Session. Resignation of the Union involves
resignation of the Club.
II. Members who have not paid their subscriptions before
the last Meeting of the Session, shall cease, ipso facto, to be
Members of the Club, but may be reinstated on payment of
- arrears.
III. Ordinary Members of the British Ornithologists’
Union may be introduced as Visitors at the Meetings of
the Club, but every Member of the Club who introduces
a Member of the B. O. U. as a Visitor (to the dinner or
to the Meeting afterwards) shall pay One Shilling to the
Treasurer on each occasion.
IV. No gentleman shall be allowed to attend the Meetings
of the Club as a guest on more than three occasions during
any single Session ; and no former Member who has been
removed for non-payment of subscription or any other cause
shall be allowed to attend as a guest. Ladies are not
admitted as cuests..
V. The Club shall meet, as a rule, on the Second
Wednesday in every Month, from October to June inclusive,
at such hour and place as may be arranged by the Committee.
But should such Wednesday happen to be Ash Wednesday,
the Meeting will take place on the Wednesday following.
At these Meetings papers upon ornithological subjects shall
be read, specimens exhibited, and discussion invited,
VI. An Abstract of the Proceedings of the B. O. C. shall
be printed as soon as possible after each Meeting, under the
title of the ‘ Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club,’
and distributed gratis to every Member who has paid his
subscription. Copies of this Bulletin shall be published and
sold at Two Shillings each to Members.
Descriptions of new species may be added to the last
page of the ‘ Bulletin,’ although such were not communi-
cated at the Meeting of the Club. This shall be done at
the discretion of the Editor and so long as the publication
of the ‘ Bulletin’ is not unduly delayed thereby.
VI
Any person speaking at a Meeting of the Club shall be
allowed subsequently to amplify his remarks in the
‘Bulletin’; but no fresh matter shall be incorporated with
such remarks.
VII. The affairs of this Club shall be managed by a
Committee, to consist of the Chairman, who shall be elected
for three years, at the end of which period he shall not be
eligible for re-election for the next term, the Editor of the
‘ Bulletin,’ who shall be elected for five years, at the end of
which period he shall not be eligible for re-election for the
next term, the Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elected
for a term of one year, but shall be eligible for re-election,
with four other Members, the senior of whom shall retire
each year; every third year the two senior Members shall
retire and two others be elected in their place. Officers and
Members of the Committee shall be elected by the Members
of the Club at a General Meeting, and the names of such
Officers and Members of Committee, nominated for the
ensuing year, shall be circulated with the preliminary notice
convening the General Meeting at least two weeks before
the Meeting. Should any Member wish to propose another
candidate, the nomination of such, signed by at least two
Members, must reach the Secretary at least one clear week
before the Annual General Meeting.
Amendments to the Standing Rules of the Club, as well
as very important or urgent matters, shall be submitted to
Members, to be voted upon at a General Meeting.
VIII. A General Meeting of the B. O.C. shall be held
on the day of the October Meeting of each Session, and the
Treasurer shall present thereat the Balance-sheet and
Report ; and the election of Officers and Committee, in so far
as their election is required, shall be held at such Meeting.
IX. Any Member desiring to make a complaint of the
manner in which the affairs of the Club are conducted must
communicate in writing with the Chairman, who will call a
Committee Meeting to deal with the matter.
COMMITTEE 10926-1927.
H. F. Wirxersy, Chairman. Elected 1924.
N. B. Kinnear, Editor of the ‘ Bulletin’ Elected 1925.
Dr. G. Carmicuart Low, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer.
Elected 1928.
C. B. Tictnurst. Elected 1924.
C. Otpnam. Elected 1924.
G. M. Marnews. Elected 1925.
Major Stantey Frower. Hlected 1926.
Officers of the British Ornithologists’ Club,
Past and Present.
Chairmen.
P. L. Scrater, F.R.S.
Lord RotuscHiLp, F'.R.S.
W. L. ScuatTEr.
H. F. WITHERBY.
Editors.
R. BowpLER SHARPE.
W. R. O@Invir-GRANT.
D. A. BANNERMAN.
D. Setu-SMIrTH.
Dr. P. R. Lowe.
N. B. Kinnear.
1892-19138.
1918-1918.
1918-1924.
1924—
1892-1904.
1904-1914.
1914-1915.
1915-1920.
1920-1925.
1925-
Honorary Secretaries and Treasurers.
HowaRbD SAUNDERS.
W. E. DE WINTON.
H. F. W1irHersy.
Dr. P. R. Lowe.
C. G. TatBor-PoNnsonsy.
D. A. BANNERMAN.
Dr. PHttrp GosseE.
J. L. BonHorTeE.
C. W. MackwortHu-PRAED.
Dr. G. CARMICHAEL Low.
1892-1899.
1899-1904.
1904-1914.
1914-1915.
1915-1918.
1918-1919.
1919-1920.
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LIST OF MEMBERS.
JUNE 1927.
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Apams, Ernest E.; Lloyd’s, Royai Exchange, E.C. 3.
Atpxanper, H. G.; 144 Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham.
APLIN, Otiver Vernon; Stonehill House, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxon.
ArprrN, Lawrence; 7 Sussex Place, Regent’s Park, N.W.1.
ArunpeEL, Major W. B.; High Ackworth, Pontefract, Yorks.
Barty, W. Suorz; Boyers House, Westbury, Wilts.
Baxer, Cuartes E.; Elm Cottage, Snaresbrook, Essex, E. 11.
Baxer, E. C. Sruart, J.P., F.Z.S., F.L.S.; 6 Harold Road, Upper
Norwood, S.E. 19.
Bannerman, Davin A., M.B.E., B.A., F.R.S.E.; British Museum
(Natural History), 8.W.7, and 132 Oakwood Court, Ken-
sington, W. 14.
Barrineton, Frepericx J. F., M.S., F.R.CS.; University College
Hospital Medical School, Gower Street, W.C. 1.
Batgs, G. L.; Bitye Ebolowa, French Cameroons.
Best, Miss M. G. S.; 123 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, 8. W. 10.
Beven, Dr. Joun O.; Kisit, Kenya Colony, East Africa.
Braavw, F. E., C.M.Z.S. ; Gooilust, s;Graveland, Hilversum, Noord-
Holland.
Bosrinskoy, Count Atexis, M.A.; 5 Palace Gardens Mansions,
W.8.
Boorman, S.; Heath Farm, Send, Woking, Surrey.
Boorn, H. B.; “ Ryhill,” Ben Rhydding, Yorks.
Boyp, A. W.; Frandley House, near Northwich.
Braprorp, A. D.; Garsten House, near Watford.
Braprorp, Sir J. Rosz, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S.; 8 Man-
chester Square, W.1.
Brown, Grorar; Hotel Suisse, Kandy, Ceylon, and The Close,
Purton, Swindon, Wilts.
Bunvarp, P. F., F.Z.8.; 57 Kidderminster Road, Croydon.
Buruer, Artaur L.; St. Leonard’s Park, Horsham, Sussex.
Buxton, Antony; Knighton, Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
Cuapman, F. M.; American Museum of Natural History, New
York, U.S.A.
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Cuarteris, Hon. G. L.; 26 Catherine Street, Buckingham Palace
Road, 8.W. 1.
CuersMan, Major R. E., O.B.E.; E. India United Service Club,
16 St. James’s Square, 8.W. 1.
Crarke, Brig.-General Gotanp van Hott, C.M.G., D.S.0. F.Z.S.;
Brook House, Ardingly, Sussex.
CLARKE, JoHn P. StepuHenson; Borde Hill, Cuckfield, Sussex.
CrarkE, Col. SrepHenson Roser, C.B., F.Z.S.; Borde Hill, Cuck-
field, Sussex.
Cocurans, Captain Henry L., R.N. (Retd.); The Chase, Whaddon,
Bletchley, Bucks.
Cotzs, Ricnarp Epwarp; Rosebank, New Milton, 8.0., Hants.
Cottert, A. K.; Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall Mall,
8: W. 1.
Cottier, Cuartes, F.Z.S.; Bridge House, Culmstock, Devon.
Cottart, Nevitte; Guild Cottage, Epsom.
Conerrve, Major W. M., M.C.; Hafod, Trefnant, Denbighshire.
Cox, Major-Gen. Sir Percy Z., G.C.LE., G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I. ;
c/o Grindlay & Co., 54 Parliament Street, S.W. 1.
Cunninenam, Jostas; Fernhill, Belfast.
Curtis, Freprrick, F.R.C.S. ; Alton House, Redhill, Surrey.
Deane, Rosert H.; Highlands, Iver Heath, Bucks.
Detacour, M. Jean; Chateau de Cleres (Seine-Inf.), France.
Detmt-Rapcrirre, Lieut.-Col. A.; Shenley House, Headcorn,
Kent.
Detmé-Rapetrrrr, Lieut.-Col. H., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S.; ¢/o Lloyds
Bank (Cox & Co.’s Branch), F. Dept., 6 Pall Mall, 8.W. 1.
Drwuorst, Captain F. W., Royal Marine L.I.; Elmwood, North
End, Hampstead, N.W. 3.
Dosre, Witt1amM Henry, M.R.C.S.; 2 Hunter Street, Chester.
Exuis, H. Wittoversy, F.Z.S., F.E.S., F.G.S.; Speldhurst Close,
Sevenoaks, Kent.
Evans, Antoun Humsrz, M.A., D.Sc., F.Z.S.; 9 Harvey Road,
Cambridge.
Ezra, A., O.B.E., F.Z.S.; Foxwarren Park, Cobham, Surrey.
Ferrier, Miss Juprra M.; Hemsby Hall, Suffolk.
Fintinson, Horace W., F.Z.S.; 5 Rosamond Road, Bedford.
Fisuer, Kennera ; School House, Oundle, Northamptonshire.
Fremine, James M.; Dildawn, Queen Edith’s Way, Cambridge.
Fiower, Major 8. S. (Committee) ; Spencersgreen End, Tring, Herts.
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Fromors-Raxowski, R. J.; Villa ‘* Les Iettes,” 185 Promenade de
la Corniche, Marseille, France.
GoopatL, J. M.; The Nest, Bembridge, Isle of Wight.
Grant, Capt. C. H. B., F.Z.8S.; c/o Chief Secretary to the Govt.,
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Grey or Fattopon, Viscount, K.G., P.C., F.Z.S.; Fallodon, Christon
Bank, R.S.O., Northumberland.
Grirritx, ArrHuR F.; 3 Evelyn Terrace, Brighton.
Gurney, G. H., F.Z.8.; Keswick Hall, Norwich, Norfolk.
GyLpENsToter, Count Niss; Royal (Natural History) Museum,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Hacutsuxa, The Hon. Masausr; Mita Shiba, Tokyo, Japan.
Hateu, Grorcr Henry Caron, F.Z.S.; Grimsby Hall, Great
Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Harz, Rev. James R., M.A.; Boxley Vicarage, Maidstone, Kent.
Harpy, Vice-Admiral E. C., R.N.; Eboney, Isle of Oxney, near
Ashford, Kent.
Harrison, Dr. James M., D.S.C.; St. Annes, 1 Tub’s Hill, Seven-
oaks, Kent.
Hart, 8. H.; Estate Office, Hammonds, Checkendon, Reading.
Harrert, Ernst, Ph.D., F.Z.8.; The Museum, Tring, Herts.
Hawker, R. M.; Bath Club, Dover Street, W. 1.
Hearn, R. E.; 54 Brompton Square, 8S. W. 3.
Hersert, Capt. E. G.; Bracken How, Sheringham, Norfolk.
Herr, Grorrrey Seccomst, M.B., F.R.C.S., F.Z.S.; 86 Brook Street,
Grosvenor Square, W. 1.
Hopextn, Mrs. T. Epwarp; Old Ridley, Stocksfield, Northumber-
land. |
Hopxinson, Emittus, C.M.G., D.8.0., M.B., F.Z.8.; 45 Sussex
Square, Brighton, and Bathurst, Gambia, West Africa.
Iveuis, C. McFartane; Natural History Museum, Darjiling, India.
Ineram, Capt. Cortryewoop; The Grange, Benenden, Cranbrook,
Kent.
JABOUILLE, PrerRE; Hué, Annam, Indo-China.
Jackson, Sir Frepertcx J., K.C.M.G.,.C.B., F.Z.S.; 6 Gray’s Inn
Square, Gray’s Inn, W.C.
Janson, CuarLes W.; 16 Wilton Crescent, S.W. 1.
Jourpain, Rev. F. C. R., M.A., H.F.A.0.U., H.M.S.0O. de France ;
Laverstock, 13 Belle Vue Road, Southbourne, Hants.
Kinnrar, Norman B., F.Z.S. (Hditor of the ‘ Bulletin’); British
Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, 8.W. 7.
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Kross, C. Bonen; Raffles Museum, Singapore, Straits Settlements.
La Tovcue, J. D.; Kiltymon, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow,
Ireland.
Larpiaw, Tuomas Gepprs ; Halmyre, West Linton, Peeblesshire.
Lambert, Goprrey C.; Woodcote, Esher, Surrey.
Lewis, Joan Sprpan; North Hall, Mortimer Crescent, Greville
Road, St. John’s Wood, N.W. 6.
Lonestarr, Tom G., M.A., M.D., F.Z.8.; Picket Hill, Ringwood,
Hants. |
Low, Grorgr CarmicuaEL, M.A., M.D., C.M., F.R.C.P., F.Z.S.
(Hon. Sec. & Treasurer); 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square,
W..1.
Lown, P. R., O.B.E., B.A., M.B., B.C., F.Z.8.; British Museum
(Natural History), Cromwell Road, 8.W. 7.
Lucas, Narnanist §., M.B., F.Z.8.; 19 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde
Park, W. 2.
Lynes, Rear-Admiral Husert, R.N., C.B., C.M.G.; 23 Onslow
Gardens, S.W. 7.
Macxenzig, Joun M. D., B.A., C.M.Z.S. ; 6 The Circus, Bath.
Macxwortn-Prasrp, C. W., F.Z.S.; 51 Onslow Gardens, 8.W. 7.
Macmiuan, Captain W. E. F.; 42 Onslow Square, S.W. 7.
Macnaeuren, Sir Henry P. W.; 10 Hyde Park Square, W. 2.
McNette, J. H.; Guards’ Club, Brook Street, W.1.
Mageratu, Lieut.-Colonel H. A. F.; 43 Grosvenor Road, West-
minster, S.W. 1.
Manson-Baur, P. H., D.S.0., M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P. F.Z.8. ; 32
Weymouth Street, W. 1.
Matuews, G. M., F.L.S., F.Z.8. (Committee); c/o British Museum
(Natural History), Cromwell Road, 8.W. 7.
May, W. Norman, M.D.; The White House, Sonning, Berks.
Merape-Watpo, EK. G. B., F.Z.S.; Stonewall Park, Edenbridge,
Kent.
MeinerrzHacen, Colonel R., D.S.O., F.Z.8.; 17 Kensington Park
Gardens, W.8.
MernertzHacen, Mrs. R.; 17 Kensington Park Gardens, W. 8.
Momryama, Toxuraro; 1146 Sasazka Yoyohata-mati, Tokyo, Japan.
Munn, P. W.; Puerto Alcudia, Majorca, Balearic Isles, Spain.
Mosserwuire, D. W.; 59 Mayford Road, Wandsworth Common,
S.W. 12:
Musrers, Jamus Lawrence Cuawortu ; 3 Morpeth Mansions, 8.W. 1.
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Naumsure, Mrs. W. W.; 121 East 64th Street, New York.
NesHam, Roserr, F.Z.S.; Utrecht House, Poynder’s Road, Clapham
Park, S.W. 4.
Newmay, I’. H., F.Z.8.; Verulam, Forty Lane, Wembley, Middlesex.
Nicuots, J. B., F.Z.S.; Parliament Mansions, Victoria Street,
S.W. 1.
OLpHaM, Cuas., F.Z.8. (Committee) ; The Bollin, Shrublands Road,
Berkhamsted, Herts.
Parkin, Tuomas, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.8.; Fairseat, High Wickham,
Hastings.
Prarson, CHARLES Epwarp, F.L.S.; Hillcrest, Lowdham, Nottingham,
PewrosE, Franois G., M.D., F.Z.S.;-Rathkeale, 51 Surrey Road,
Bournemouth.
PrersHouse, Major 8.; ¢/o Lloyds Bank (Cox & King’s Branch),
6 Pall Mall, 8.W. 1.
Pirman, Capt. C. R. S., D.S.O., M.C., Game Warden, Entebbe,
Uganda; and c/o Messrs. Grindlay & Co., 54 Parliament
Street, S.W. 1.
Prayer, W. J. P.; Wernfadog, Clydach R.S.0., Glamorganshire.
PorHam, Hucu Leyzorne, M.A.; Houndstreet House, Pensford,
Somerset.
Pricn, A. E., F.Z.8.; Culverwood House, Littie Berkhamsted,
Herts.
Pyse-Smirn, Grorrrey Henry Ruruerrorp; 40 Cleveland Square,
Hyde Park, W. 2.
Rarcuirr, F. R.; 29 Connaught Square, W. 2.
Reap, Roperr H.; 8a South Parade, Bedford Park, W. 4.
Rickert, C. B., F.Z.S.; 27 Kendrick Road, Reading, Berks.
Rinerose, Bernarp J.; Loseley, Kwhurst, Surrey.
Rivikre, B. B., F.R.C.S.; White House, Poringland, near
Norwich.
Ropinson, H. C., C.M.Z.8.; 142 Duke’s House, St. James’s Court,
S.W. 1.
Roruscaitp, Lionpt Wattrer—Lord, D.Sc., F.R.S., Ph.D., F.Z.S.
(Chairman, 1913-1918); Tring Park, Herts.
Sapswortu, Arnotp Duer, F.Z.S.; Mulberry Cottage, 24 Elm Tree
Road, St. John’s Wood, N.W. 8.
Scrarer, Wittiam Lutiey, M.A., F.Z.S. (Chairman, 1918-1924) ;
10 Sloane Court, S.W. 1.
130 Sconn, The Rt. Hon. Mungo Davin—Lord; Scone Palace, Perth.
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Seru-Surra, Davin, F.Z.S.; Curator’s House, Zoological Gardens,
Regent’s Park, N.W. 8.
Ssron, Sir Marcorm C. C., K.C.B.; 26 Upper Park Road, Haver-
stock Hill, N.W. 3.
Suieton, Wau., B.A., M.D.; 2 The Square, Buxton.
StapeN, Major A. G. L., M.C.; Kingswood House, The Lee,
Bucks.
SwaLLey, Freperic W., F.Z.8.; The Hawthorns, 193 Clapham
Road, 8.W. 9.
SnoucKAERT VAN ScHausure, Baron Renz Cuartes; Hotel les
Terrasses, Territet, Switzerland.
Sparrow, Col. R., C.M.G., D.S.0., F.Z.8., F.R.G.S.; The Lodge,
Colne Engaine, Earls Colne, Essex.
Srarges, J. W. C.; Portchester, Hants.
Srevens, Herseat; Clovelly, Beaconsfield Road, Tring, Herts.
Sroxes, Capt. H. SrepHen; Longdon, Rugeley, Staffordshire.
Sronrnam, Captain H. F., O.B.E., F.E.S.; The East Surrey
Demesne, P.O. Charangani, Trans-Nzoia, Kenya Colony,
British East Africa.
Sruart-Menreru, W.G.; Bransfield, Godstone, Surrey.
Sryan, F. W., F.Z.8.; Stone Street, near Sevenoaks.
Swynnerton, C. F. Massy; Poste MRestante, Dar-es-Salaam,
Tanganyika Territory, East Africa.
Taxa-Tsuxasa, Prince Nosusuxe; 2 Fukuyoshicho Akasaka,
Tokyo, Japan.
TatBot-Ponsonsy, C. G.; 5 Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C. 4.
Tavistock, Hastines Wititiam Sackvitte, Marquis of, F.Z.8.;
Warblington House, Havant.
Tuomson, A. LanpsBoroueH ; 9 Addison Gardens, W. 14.
Tuorps, W. H.; 5 Regency Mansions, Hastings.
Ticenurst, Craup B., M.A., M.D. (Committee); Grove House,
Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Ticenvrst, N. F., O.B.E., M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S., F.Z.8. ; 24 Peven-
sey Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea.
Tucker, B. W., B.A., F.Z.8.; 9 Marston Ferry Road, Oxford.
Turner, Miss E. L., F.Z.S.; The Half Way Cottage, 13 Storey’s
Way, Cambridge.
Turtie, Lancetor J.; Rosemount, Knock, Belfast.
Tyrwuitt-Draxr, Hues G., F.Z.8.; Cobtree Manor, Sandling,
Maidstone.
Van Someren, Dr. V. G. L.; c/o Med. Depart. P.O. Box 140,
Nairobi, B. Kast Africa.
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Vernay, A.S.; 51 Berkeley Square, W. 1.
Vevers, G. M., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.Z.8.; Zoological Gardens,.
Regent’s Park, N.W. 8.
Waitt, Herperr Wittiam; c/o Messrs. Grindlay & Co. Ltd.,
Bombay.
160 Waxtis, H. M. Ashton Lodge, 68 Elmhurst Road, Reading.
Ware, R.; Leafwood, Frant, Tunbridge Wells.
Wuistiter, Huen, F.Z.S.; Coldbec House, Battle, Sussex.
Warrtaxsr, Josepn I. 8., F.Z.S.; Malfitano, Palermo, Sicily.
Wuirt, S. J., F.Z.S.; 17 Philpot Lane, E.C.3
165. Wuittey, H.; Primley, Paignton, 8. Devon.
Wuymper, Samvuet Lerten ; Oriental Club, Hanover Square, W. 1.
Witxkinson, Jounson ; Vermont, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
Witirams, Victor Owen; 6 Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C. 4.
Wittiamson, Sir W. J. F., C.M.G., F.Z.8.; c/o Lloyds Bank, 6 Pall
Mall, S.W. 1.
179 Wine, J.Srapen; 21 Cheyne Gardens, Chelsea Embankment, 8. W.3.
Wirnersy, Harry F., M.B.E., F.Z.8. (Chairman) ; 326 High Hol-
born, W.C. 1.
Wiruerineton, G.; Sumner Plat, Hayward’s Heath.
Woop, Dr. Cassy A., M.D.; c/o The Library of Ornithology,
McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Workman, Wittiam Hveuss, F.Z.8.; Lismore, Windsor, Belfast.
175 Worms, Cuartes pe; Milton Park, Heharn, Surrey.
Wynnz, R. 0.; c/o British Museum (National History), Cromwell
Road, 8S. W. 7.
New Members for the Session... 10
Total number of Members .... 176
NOTICE.
[Members are specially requested to keep the Hon. Secretary
informed of any changes in their addresses, and Members
residing abroad should give early notification of coming home
on leave. |
LIST OF AUTHORS
AND OTHER PERSONS REFERRED TO.
ALEXANDER, W. B.
Account of some of the habits of Australian Bower-Birds
(Ptilanorhynehids). ca)... «. ke epeeeeines «+. +". ors Dae ad
ANNUAL DINNER OF Hh BOs U. kerio... oon sees
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ........
Baker, E. C. Stuart.
Remarks on Oriental birds, with descriptions of five new
subspecies :— Yungipicus hardwicku brunneiceps,Sasia ochracea
querulivox, Megalaima virens magnifica, Rhopodytes tristis
nigristriatus, and Coryllis vernalis rubropygialis..........4+
Remarks on Oriental Owls, with descriptions of four new
races: — Athene noctua ludlowt, Glaucidium cuculoides
rufescens, G. c. fulvescens, and. Ninox scutulata isolata ......
Description of new subspecies of Oriental birds :— Alcedo
meninting phillipst and Amaurornis fuscus zeylonicus........
Remarks on Oriental birds and descriptions of two new
subspecies :—Polihierax insignis cinereiceps and Cerchnets
tinnunculus objurgatus...e...seceee iy | Ee SS
On behalf of Prof. M. Menzbier. Exhibition of plates of
Paleonidze”: | a: (ee eee ee eee ess cc, eae
Description of a new subspecies of Fishing-Eagle (Icthyo-
phaga ihthyaétus plumbeiceps) from Ceylon ..............
Proposed Gyps indicus nudiceps, nom. nov., for the Vulture,
Gyps indicus tenuirostris Hume olim ..............+.00--
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BANNERMAN, D. A.
Exhibition and description of a new race of Robin
(Erithacus rubecula lavuudent) from North Tunisia
Description of a new Tree-Creeper (Certhia brachydactyla
raisulit) from Moroceo
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Remarks on Anthus rufulus lynest Bannerman & Bates
Account of his recent voyage from Marseilles to Senegal. .
Note on the Exportation of live birds from Senegal
oeese o
Notes on a visit to the Grenoble Museum ..............
Note on the White-breasted Barn-Owl in the Canary Is...
Remarks on the Eggs of Irby’s Raven ................
Exhibition and description of new birds obtained by
Admiral H. Lynes in Angola:—Myrmecocichla lynesi and
Bradypterus brachypterus benguellensis.......... ant okt a stoMeara
Bunyapgb, P. F.
Report on his observations on the Cuckoo for the season
1926 we Ce) ws) 0 eee @ eevnverreeotsceo sees eaeeseeoetee eee 2 0 © e 0 & © © 8 ©
Exhibition of a drawing of the Cuckoo at a Reed- Warbler’s
DEES +. +) «) se ete MMRMReE Ge: shel ol) wat ahe..ct 7 cel So tishd ee e¥el ol eiyeie »
Exhibition and remarks on a clutch of egys of the Goshawk
_ (Astur g. gentilis) .....
e@ere¢ ees eee Fe @ eee eoeee oe eB © OO ew woe
Remarks on eggs of the Northern Golden Plover (Chara-
drius a. altifrons) from Iceland and the Feroes
Exhibition of a clutch of eggs of Grey Phalarope
(Phalaropus fulicartus) from Spitsbergen and of the Red-
necked Phalarope (P. lobatus) from Iceland
eeee6 ee 2 2 © © © Oo
Remarks on Mr. Jourdain’s criticism of his exhibition of
the eggs of Erewnetes pusillus and Erolia minutilla
On behalf of Mr. Scholey. Exhibition of lantern-slides of
the Cuckoo at the nests of Pied Wagtails ................
On the Results of Further Experiments from Internal
Illumination of Eggs, and remarks on their markings ......
Butter, A. L.
Exhibition and description of a new species of Humming-
Bird (Eriocnemis soderstromz) from W. Ecuador ..........
Neteon a hybrid) Bimini Bird .-..... ..0.0.+ viee'e aahe ae gale
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CHISLETT, R.
Exhibition of lantern-slides ............ at eit oe 99
DrExLacour, M. J:
Descriptions of thirty-one néw species and subspecies
from Annam and Laos :—
Arborophila rufogularis laotinus, A. brunneipectus nevent,
Tropicoperdix merlint vivida, Francohnus pintadeanus wellst,
Sphenurus sphenurus annamensis, S. siemundi modestus,
S. apicauda laotianus, Ketupa ceylonensis orientalis, Strix
newarensis laotianus, Picus chlorolophus laotianus, Pitta cyanea
willoughbyt, Lanius collurioides melanocephalus, L. c. grisei-
capilus, Hemizxus flavala bourdeller, Xanthixus flavescens
berlioxi, Spizizus canifrons laotianus, Dryonastes varenna,
Garrulax gularis auratus, Pomatorhinus tickelli laotianus,
Gampsorhynchus rufulus lucie, Drymocataphus tickelli annam-
ensis, Turdinulus epilepidotus laotianus, Mixornis rubricapilla
lutescens, Alcippe nipalensis major, A. n. laotianus, Crssa
hypoleuca chauleti, Psittiparus gularis laotianus, Carpodacus
erythrinus murati, Hypacanthis monguilloti, Afthopyga ezrat,
and Anthreptes hypogrammica lisett@ ......... ce eee 8-22
Proposed the name of Lanius colluroides nigricapillus for
L. c. melanocephalus Delacour, which is preoccupied........ 70
Notes on Dryonastes maesi from Central Tonkin ........ 22, 83
Descriptions of two new genera and forty new species
and subspecies collected during the 3rd Expedition to French
Indo-China in 1926-27 :—
Phasianus colchicus takatsukasai, Tropicoperdix charltont
tonkinensis, Sphenurus sveboldi muriele, Megalema lagrandiert
rothschildt, Cyanops franklint tonkinensis, Thereiceryx fato-
strictus pallidus, Gecinulus grantia indochinensis, Blythipicus
pyrrhotis imtermedius, Anthocichla phayret obscura, Pitta
douglasi tonkinensis, Rhipidura albicollis cinérascens, Peri-
crocotus brevirostris tonkinensis, Pycnonotus hainanus indo-
chinensis, Pycnonotus sinensis meridionalis, Dryonastes perspicil-
latus annamensis, Garrulax pectoralis robini, Garrulax moniliger
tonkinensis, Tréchalopterum milnet indochinensis, Pomatorhinus
ruficolas saturatus, Pomatorhinus ferruginosus orientalis,
Pumatorhinus tackelli friesi, Jabouilleia danjour parvirostris,
Drymocataphus pusillus, Corythocichla brevicaudata obscura,
Corythocichla brevicaudata ruflventer, Actinodura ramsayt
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kinneari, Pterythius enobarbus laotianus, Pterythius enobar-
bus indochinensis, Cissopica whiteheadi xanthomelana, Dendro-
citta formose intermedia, Dendracitta frontalis kurodai,
Parus minor indochinensis, Parus monticolus legendrei, Psitti-
parus ruficeps magnirostris, Psittiparus margarite, Suthora
davidiana tonkinensis, Oriolus trail robinsoni, Arborophila
davidi, and Picus chlorolophus harmandi ........00..000055
Errata TO BuLueTtin No. CCCOVIII. ...... NET GOHOn Ee aes.
Fiower, Major S.S. Elected Member of Committee ......
Grant, C. H. B.
Remarks on a pair of Hirundo angolensis angolensjs and
Larus cirrhocephalus from Lake Tanganyika ..............
Hacuisuxka, Hon. Masavs1.
Description of a new race of Skylark (Alauda arvensis
donmbergt) from) Sao WeneMy 5... 50's saci coe cee cee oe ee
Note on the Nomenclatorial Problem of Mutations, with
description of a new mutation of the Pheasant (Phasianus
colchicus mut. tenebrosus) .........+.. Pie he eral Nee tba aes
Descriptions of fifteen new forms from the Oriental Region :—
Dendrobiastes hyperythrus sumatranus, D. h, tatvanicus,
Suya superciaris klosst, Horornis canturians taivanorum,
Setaria albigularts leucogastra, Turdinus macrodactylus bakeri,
Eupetes macrocercus subrufus, Diceum hematostictum
whiteheadi, D. pygmeum palawanorum, Zosterops aureiventer
parvus, Z. palpebrosa hartertt, Dicrurus leucogenys meridio-
nalis, Bhringa remifer sumatrana, -Dissemurus paradiseus
insularis, and D. p. wallacet ............ ICE Dt ie) o she coher
Descriptions of five new forms:—Anthrepetes malacensis
basilanicus, A. m. sanghirana, Leptocoma f. annamensis,
Diceum cruentatum hainanum, and Excalfactoria chinensis
CCEUIOSCERS 2 th RECT Hove inieieisle wip vss goes Des pene the
Pointed out that four of the new races described by
himself had already bean described ........6+- ese pecn pace
Description of new race of Sparrow (Passer atale payne)
REOME COUSICR. «rare idee Pe 2) aia) 5 «2a; aes sac dn tod ae! ne
Hopxinson, Dr, EK, See Sctater, W. L.
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Remarks on the species of Wagtails (Motacilla alba and
WEOLEY. os eA Teich a.» os joi puiekate keke, Mealy os (ails
Note on Palearctic examples of the Frigate-bird (Fiegata
arel,) SNE NA Ee so) tec anes clones oe ne
Kinnear, N. B.
On behalf of M. J. Delacour, exhibition of some of thetypes
of the new species and species obtained during the Franco-
British Expedition to French Indo-China, including two
SpeciMensionmrveca Cl0l’. ©. VLG Bee ss + e's niet yD eine
Exhibition of birds obtained by Capt. F. Kingdom-Ward
in N. Burma, with description of a new species of Trogon
CUED ACC ITCT aL) Re Bert O85 84 0° 0 5 OE en 6
Remarks on Picumnus macconnelli Chubb, with description
of a new form of Pygmy Woodpecker (Picumnus cirrhatus
confusus) from British Guiana ........-.. 5. essen eeeenes
——, and Rosinson, H. C.
Remarks on a volume of coloured drawings of Sumatran
hinds hy Sur vStambtord (hramlesMeo rm. 2. . ee, Pie ae
KLEINSCHMIDT, Dr. O.
Exhibition of the rare Humming-bird (Oxypogon striibelit)
from: Mita Volimy sC olOm DIA ie reEtte «c+. « snes Steer ohn meee
Observations on the mutant Peacock (Pavo nigripennis) ..
Kzoss, C. B.
Note on the names and races of the Red Jungle-Fowl
(GRO ITES. TCL) eee RS 5S 3) lea aa On Pieor ie eA 5 5 8
Description of a new race of small Flycatcher (Muscicapula
melanoleuca langbeanis) from South Annam
—. See Rozsinson, H. C.
Kuropa, N.
Description of a new form of Jay (Garruus glandarius
pallidifrons) from Hokkaido, Japan...............00: sisters
Low, Dr. G. CARMICHAEL.
Re-elected Hon. Sec. and Treasurer .........0..¢ :
LoweE, Dr. P. R.
Exhibition of an example of the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
(Alchimorhynchus, COnCelOAIE) VES. oc mis» Anyi sos Os SE able els
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LowtTueEr, KE. H. N.
Exhibition of lantern-slides of some Indian birds........
MartHews, G. M.
On some changes in names :—Melanopitta bonapartena,
Ethelornis magnirostris cobuna, Rhipidura flabellifera melande,
ADIGE CCT ODF OMA SULGOME AMAT ca ie fees geeks odet vas
Descriptions of two new forms of Sun-birds :— Cyrtostomus
Ffrenatus hachisuka from Obi Island and C. f. olivaceus from
Groodenouah lsiameaaa td scra ss seals Wits aide etillela« we weit ole
Description of a new race of Kingfisher (Mvcralcyone
pusila masawje trommNew Ireland, . «66... sé. ce ecises ss .
Change of names :—Rhodophila Jerdon replaces Orevcola
BONA ID. hcie' Sx) PA teens Vo A stot) Vere Sor af oldi ns a.4: ape Bay cope, sg wae
Correction to ‘Systema Avium Australasianarum’......
MEINERTZHAGEN, Mrs. A.
Description of a new form of Egyptian Plover (Plumanus
CEOPUUS ONGOIEVAOMMAMEO By... its eves dee ee Sele ees
Description of a new race of Rock-Thrush (Monticola
rupventris sinensis) trom N.W: Folien- 0000.6... ch ses
MEINERTZHAGEN, Col. R.
Exhibition of a small collection of eggs from Ladak,
including bubo bubo turcomanus and Perdix hodgsonie
AGO *,*. . RRM TA Meats ce eolae Ne ts, Vata oe ties sa 6 os
Description of a new race of Snow-Partridge (Lerwa lerwa
Hao) LOM STCe mame Tee a NS UT OD. Selo es oye soe
MenzBIER, Prof. M. See Baxsr, HE. C. Stuart.
Momiyama, T. T.
Description of two new birds from Bonin Island and
Volcano Island, Japan :— Zosterops palpebrosa boninsime and
EELOUOTIUIS "CUP MOM CUDOLOENSIS amc cg we ee tec ee edens
Mount, H.
(AMOUNCCINEMt Gere OL | ods css cee eee s celdelee sedan
Owen, J. H.
Exhibition of a cinema-film of the Sparrow-Hawk ......
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Rosinson, H. C.
Note on Phodilus Less., with proposed new name Phodilus
badius saturatus for the birds from Sikkim................
Exhibition and description of a new Owl (Athenoptera
spilocephalus stresemannz) from Sumatra .............00.
——. See Kinnear, N. B.
, and Ktioss, C. B.
Comments on various races of Oriental birds described in
Bull. BLOSG:, antea, pp. 00-GQ, (eter oo sea hoe bk et Ree
RotTHScHILD, Lord.
Exhibition and remarks on a life-sized drawing of
Casuartus unappendiculatus rufotinctus 2... 6.6 eee eee eee
Exhibition of a specimen of the Western Carolina Parrot
(Conwropsts carolmensts Gntertor yee wea... ss ok vse ee eae
Exhibition of drawings and specimens of melanistic forms
ofwamioustamilies : 527). paueie wines.» ~ - cis Al cee eennee
SciaTER, W. L.
Notes on African Larks, Flycatchers, and Waxbills, with
descriptions of a new genus, species, and subspecies :— Ere-
malauda, gen. nov., Mirafra sabota ansorgei, and Estralda
BANLROMRTYS 5. vv os oe eat G6 es Soe dee 6
Exhibition, on behalf of Dr. E. Hopkinson, of the wing and
tail of a Pintail (Dajila acuta), shot in West Africa........
Description of three new African birds :—Luccanodon
belcheri, Alethe choloensis, and Zosterops senegalensis leoninus.
Notes on African birds, with description of a new genus
and species of Swamp-Warbler (Calamornis fort) from 8.W.
Wanda flee ee se a ery ++ + + Gla ee
SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
Be-electranvof£ . cal yeh ace PEN. n § vis ibe eee
Setu-Smiry, D.
Exhibition of a cinema-film of the Argus Pheasant ......
Smith, H. GuTHRIE.
Account of some field-observations on certain New Zealand
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SomEREN, Dr. V. G. L.
Description of a new subspecies of Woodpecker (Campo-
thera abingdont kavirondensis) from S. Kavirondo ..........
Poe wrlnmN eT OF ACCOUNTS | cocee cc cd cc vce occ 'clavtaeets og ulec's
STEGMANN, B.
Description of a new subspecies of Tawny Owl (Syrnium
meneo ooscurata) trom Valve 2.2. 6s. ethics was
Descriptions of new races of Kastern Palearctic birds :—
Iynx torquilla intermedia and Cyanopica cyanea tristis......
SusHkIn, Dr. P. P.
Description of six new subspecies of Palearctic Game-
birds :—Phasianus colchicus edzinensis, Tetraogallus altaicus
orientalis, T. tebetanus tschimenensis, T. t. centralis, Perdix
hodgsonie ocesdentahs, and P. barbata przewalskit..........
Proposed a new name (Lmberiza elegans ticehursti) for E.
eer Or TCd. USN iM aS vin oe ds fe ae wical'el da dele ee ol
Ticruurst, Dr. C. B.
Exhibition and remarks on some Short-toed Larks (Calan-
WRCUCROL ACI YC UCCYIG mem ys 5 yahoos oe ec ls wees aes
Notes on Halcyon smyrnensis smyrnensis and descriptions
of new races of White-eye :—Zosterops palpebrosa occidentis
eZee 1G UT CHS Helo. ki os ceise'n sd Si Odeo esto dade s
Description of a new subspecies (Culicieapa ceylonensis
galicnor) frora Northern India. 2.2... ne me eS
WuisTLeER, H.
Description of a new race of Vulture (Gyps indicus jonest)
Promitvawal PinQupmeee es ss ce che inst edea a nets Py
WirHersy, H. F.
@iairman’s Anmyaleearess o.oo ce ee ec ceca de eee de
Woon, Dr. Casry A.
Exhibition of a water-colour picture of the Dodo (Didus
EME LUS) «i: ot HAMMER ET ed eee a eles cg aww hue has
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BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB.
No. CCCVIII.
Tae three-hundred-and-third Meeting of the Club was held
at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W. 1,
on Wednesday, October 13th, 1926.
Chairman: H. F. WitHersy.
Members present :—H. C. Stuart Baker; D. A. BANNER-
Man; F. J. F. Barnineron; Miss M. G. S. Best;
Dr. J. O. Beven ; 8. Boorman; P. F. Bunyarp; Captain
H. L. Cocurant, R.N.; N. Cotrarr; Sir Percy Cox;
J. CunNINGHAM ; R. H. Deanze; A. H. Evans; A. Ezra ;
Major 8. 8. Firowsr ; The Hon. M. Hacuisuxa; Rev. J.
- R. Harz; Dr. E. Harrert; Dr. E. Hopkinson; L. M.
JOPLING; Rev. F. C. R. Jourpain; N. B. KINNEAR
(Editor); J. SpepaAn Lewis; Dr. G. C. Low (Hon. Sec.
& Treas.); Dr. P. R. Lown; N. 8S. Lucas; Admiral H.
_Lyxes; Dr. P. H. Manson-Banr; G. M. Maruews;
C. OtpHam; G. H. R. Pyz-Smirn; F. R. Rarcuirr ;
C. B. Rickert; Lord Rotuscuinp; W. L. ScLAtTEr ;
D. Seru-SmirH; W.G. Sroart-Mentetu ; C. G. Taupor-
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Ponsonsy ; W. H. THorpre; Dr. C. B. Ticzuurst; L. J.
Turtie ; H. M. Watiis ; J. SLADEN WING.
Guests present :—B. B. Osmaston ; Dr. Ernst SCHWARZ ;
H. Gursrie Surra ; Marquis oF Tavistock ; V. WILLIAMS.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
Tus was held at Pagani’s Restaurant, Great Portland
Street, immediately preceding the Dinner. Mr. H. F.
WirHersy took the Chair. The Minutes of the last
General Meeting were read and confirmed. The Financial
Statement, which had already been printed and circulated,
was laid before the Meeting and was duly passed. Dr. G.
C. Low reported that the following members had resigned
from the Club: W. Russell Brain, E. P. Chance, H. K.
Horsfield, G. H. Lings, S. F. Stewart, Mrs. R. H. Thomas ;
and that the following had died: J. Davidson, H. Munt,
M. J. Nicoll, H. K. Swann, C.J. Wilson. Mr. Frohawk
was removed from the Club under rule I., and Mr. L. R. W.
Loyd under rule II.
Dr. G. C. Low was re-elected Honorary Secretary and
Treasurer.
Major S. S. FLower was elected a Member of the Com-
mittee in place of Mr. H. M. Wallis, retiring through
seniority.
The CuarrmMan referred with deep regret, which he was
sure the members would share, to the death of Mr. Henry
~ Munt, which occurred on the 21st of September.
Mr. Munt had been a very regular attendant at the
meetings of the Club for many years, had served on the
Committee, and frequently audited the accounts. Mr. Munt
collected white eggs—a rather curious and unusual
speciality.
Mr. A. H. Evans proposed, and the Rev. J. R. Haze
seconded, that a letter of condolence should be sent to
Mrs. Munt.
The Meeting then adjourned to Dinner.
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Committee, 1926-1927.
. FF, WitHersy, Chairman (elected 1924).
. B. Kinnear, Editor (elected 1925).
. C. Low, Hon. Sec. § Treasurer (elected 1923).
. B. Ticenurst (elected 1924).
. OLDHAM (elected 1924).
. M. Maruews (elected 1925).
.S. Flower (elected 1926).
NQHAGAA A
Proceedings at the Meeting following the Dinner.
CHAIRMAN’s ADDRESS.
Members of the B. O. C.,—
Before proceeding with my brief review of the chief
ornithological activities during the last twelve months,
I must refer with deep regret to the loss by death of the
following members :—M. J. Nicoll (Oct. 31, 1925), C. J.
Wilson (Nov. 12, 1925), H. Kirke Swann (April 14, 1926),
H. Munt. (Sept. 21, 1926).
The chief event oF the year was the Sixth International
Ornithological Congress, which took place at Copenhagen
from May 24th to 29th under the able presidency of our
most learned ornithologist, Dr. Ernst Hartert. The Congress:
was well attended, though some of our members (of whom
I was one) were unfortunately unable to attend owing to
matters arising out of the General Strike. A large number
of papers were read and interesting discussions took place,
while our Danish friends were liberal in their entertainment,
and were able to show the members many interesting birds
both in life and in private collections in Copenhagen,
especially that of Mr. HE. Lebn Schidler with its unique
series of Arctic birds.
Mention must also be made of the celebration of the
25th anniversary of the Dutch Ornithologists’ Union, which
took place just before the International Congress and was
attended by the Rev. I’. C. hk. Jourdain as delegate of the
B. O. U. and by others of our members.
Turning now to ornithological work in the field. The
5 [ Vol. xlvii.
expedition to French Indo-China, which I mentioned last
year, has resulted in a large amount of interesting facts
and material being collected, and Mons. M. J. Delacour and
Mr, Willoughby P. Lowe are now on their way back to
that region to continue their investigations. The col-
lections have been divided between the British and French
museums, and some of the results of the second expedition
will be exhibited by Mr. N. B. Kinnear to-night. Rear-
Admiral H. Lynes, who has been making a very exhaustive
museum study of the genus Cisticola, is now starting with
Mr. B. B. Osmaston to Africa with the object of studying
those species of the genus with which he is unacquainted
in life—first, in various parts of the Southern Hemisphere
(including, it is hoped, Angola), and subsequently in Kenya
Colony during the breeding-season there. Admiral Lynes
this summer revisited the Syd Varanger, as did Dr. H.
Blair. Mr. J.H. MeNeile and Mr. R. Chislett did oological
and photographie work in Norwegian Lapland. The Rev.
F. C. R. Jourdain again travelled in Algeria and South
Tunisia. Mr. H. Whistler visited South Spain, and after-
wards with Dr. C. B, Ticehurst studied birds in the Pyrénés
Orientales. Major W. M. Congreve made a trip to Tran-
sylvania and spent a short time in the Dobrogea, while
Mr. W. HE. Glegg once again worked in the Camargue.
Col. W. A. Payn made collections in Corsica, and Dr. Cushman
Murphy, who was in Hurope for the Congress, also visited
some of the less-known islands in the western Mediterranean.
Mr. G. L. Bates has returned to the Cameroons and intends
to make a further journey to Lake Tchad.
Dr. Hugo Granvik has gone out to explore Mount Elgon
forasecond time. Mr.J.P. Chapin, of the American Museum
of Natural History,is proceeding to Ruwenzori, and intends
subsequently to travel south to the Cape. For the Field
Museum of Chicago an expedition, under the leadership of
Dr. W. H. Osgood and with Mr. A. M. Bailey specializing
on the birds, has proceeded to Abyssinia, with the Highlands
as the special objective. Africa is drawing yet another
American ornithologist in Mr. H. B. Conover, who is visiting
Vol. xlvii. ] 6
Kenya. Herr Paul Spatz has made an- expedition to the
Rio de Oro, the results of which have been described by
Dr. E. Stresemann.
Mr. G. K. Cherrie has made a large collection of birds in
the Pamirs for the Field Museum. Mr. A. Hichhorn was
again starting to collect for the Tring Museum in Nortb-
eastern New Guinea, but has, I regret to hear, been struck
down by paralysis. South America is receiving continued
attention, and in the Pacific Mr. R. H. Beck’s researches
are still proceeding.
Of ornithological works mentioned in my last address
as being in course of publication, Mr. J. C. Phillips’s fine
work, ‘The Natural History of the Ducks,’ is the only one
which has been completed. While Mr. Phillips bas thus
dealt with the Ducks of the world, Mr. A. C. Bent, by
issuing another volume of ‘The Life-histories of North
American Birds,’ has completed his account of the Ducks
of that region. There are still two parts of ‘The Birds of
Australia’ to be published before Mr. G. M. Mathews
finishes the great task which has occupied. him since 1910.
Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker, having published the third volume
of the “ Birds”? in ‘The Fauna of India,’ has now com-
pleted his account of the large number of Passerine forms
found in that region. Mr. J. D. D. La Touche has brought
out two more parts of his ‘ Handbook of the Birds of
Eastern China’ and Dr. W. HE. Collinge two more parts of
his ‘ Food of some British Wild Birds,’ while Mr. A. Thor-
burn has added another volume to the octavo edition of his
‘British Birds.’ Finally, Dr. C. EH. Hellmayr has added a
part to the ‘Catalogue of Birds of the Americas’ and
Dr, E. D. van Oort has completed Vol. II. of his important
work, ‘ De Vogels van Nederland.’
All the new works issued during the year have been
single volumes, and of these several which I shall mention
are of considerable ornithological importance. Dr. Jonathan
Dwight has published as a Bulletin of the American Museum
his valuable work on ‘The Gulls (Laride) of the World,’
the important feature of which lies in the comparative
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descriptions and figures not only of the adults but also of the
successive plumages of the young. Mr. G. Heilmann has
given us in English in ‘The Origin of Birds’ an excellently
clear account of his views on this subject, which have attracted
much attention. Sir Frederick J. Jackson’s ‘ Notes on the
Game-Birds of Kenya and Uganda,’ which includes not
only the true game-birds but also Sandgrouse, Pigeon, Snipe,
Bustards, Geese, and Ducks, will be welcomed not only by
ornithologists but by many sportsmen and others who visit
or live in Hast Africa. Dr. N. t\uroda has brought out a
fine ‘ Monograph of the Pheasants of Japan, including Korea
and Formosa.’. Dr. A. Landsborough Thomson, in ‘ Problems
of Bird Migration,’ has shown in an admirably clear manner
the present state of our knowledge in this difficult but fasci-
nating subject. Mr. Collingwood Ingram’s ‘ Birds of the
‘Riviera’ and the ‘ List of Birds of British Columbia’ by
Major Allan Brooks and Mr. H.S. Walter are two useful
faunal works which must be mentioned, while Mr. E. M.
Nicholson, in his well-written ‘ Birds in England,’ has given
us much food for thought, and doubtless also for criticism
and discussion, concerning the relations between birds and
Man. Volume I. of a useful handbook on keeping birds
in captivity has been published under the auspices of the
- Avicultural Society and La Société Nationale d’Acclima-
tation, in English as ‘ Aviculture’ and in French as
‘Les Oiseaux.’ Another book of special interest to
aviculturalists is Dr. Emilius Hopkinson’s ‘Records of Birds
bred in Captivity.’ |
In the space of this brief survey it is possible to mention
only separate works, and therefore I can merely remark
generally that the numerous papers which have appeared
during the year in ornithological journals and elsewhere
have for the most part reached a high standard of excelience,
and much valuable matter has been published in this form.
In conclusion, I must once more express my indebtedness
to those friends who have kindly given me assistance in
compiling this review.
Vol. xlvii.] 8
Mr. N. B. Kinnear, on behalf of M.J. Delacour, exhibited
some of the types of the new species and subspecies dis-
covered during the Franco-British Expedition to French
Indo-China as well as two examples of Pitta elliottt from the
same source.
Descriptions of the following thirty-one new species
and subspecies from Annam and Laos were sent by
M. J. Delacour :—
Arborophila rufogularis laotinus, subsp. nov.
Differs from A. r. teckelli (Hume), which it most resembles,
in the richer hues and more distinct markings. Those of the
wings are larger and darker and on the sides of the body
they are brighter chestnut; the black spots on the hind-
neck form a more distinct collar, while those on the sides
are more numerous and the grey of the breast is darker and
of a bluer slate-colour.
Iris brown ; bill black ; legs and feet crimson.
Measurements :— 6. Wing 138 to 150 mm.; tail 60 to
65 ; tarsus 30 to 35: culmen 17 to 18.
9. Wing 136 to 146 mm.; tail 59 to 6235 tarsus 30 to
34; culmen 16 to 17. |
Types in the French Museum. ¢ 2. Xieng-Khouang
(Laos), 5.1.26 and, 25. xii.25. Collected by J. Delacour,
Nos. 1577 and 1286.
Material examined. 988,622. Dec. 24, 1925, to
dan. 5, 1926.
Arborophila brunneipectus neveni, subsp. nov.
From other forms this race is distinguished by the more
vivid general colour and the larger, brighter, and better-
defined markings on the back and flanks.
Iris brown; bill black ; legs and feet bright pink.
Measurements :— 6. Wing 185 to 159 mm.; tail 65 to
72; tarsus 35 to 38 ; culmen 18 to 20.
?. Wing 140 to 152 mm.; tail 63 to 68; tarsus 35 to
37 ; culmen 18 to 20. ;
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Types in the French Museum. ¢ ?. Xieng-Khouang
(Liaos), 25 and 28. xii.1925. Collected by J. Delacour, ~
Nos. 1287 and 1370.
Material examined. 13 6 6, 42 2. Dec. 16, 1925, to
pee. £5, 1926.
(Named in honour of M. A. Neven, Director of the
Zoological and Botanical Gardens at Saigon.)
Tropicoperdix merlini vivida, subsp. nov.
Resembles 7. m. merlint Delacour & Jabouille, from
Quangtu, in the bright yellow legs and feet, but differs in
the much larger size, brighter and more distinct markings,
and much more olivaceous general colour.
Tris brown ; bill yellowish-horn with red base; legs and
feet bright yellow. |
Measurements :—¢@. Wing 161 mm. ; tail 86 ; tarsus 35 ;
culmen 18. |
Type in the French Museum. 46. Col des Nuages
(Annam), Feb. 10,1926. Collected by J: Delacour, No. 1899.
Francolinus pintadeanus wellsi, subsp. nov. \
Differs from /. p. pintadeanus (Scop.) in its larger size,
brighter colours, more distinct markings, its black forehead,
and especially the broader stripes from the gape .to the
sides of the neck. One Yunnanese specimen in the British
Museum comes very near it, but lacks the broad black facial
stripes.
Iris brown ; bill black ; legs and feet yellow.
Measurements :— §. Wing 155mm. ; tail 80 ; tarsus 40 ;
culmen 25.
Type in the British Museum. 6. Kontoum (Annam),
Mar. 6, 1926. Collected by J. Delacour, No. 2.185. Brit.
Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.1.
(Named in honour of Mr. T. Wells, of the British Museum
Natural History.)
Sphenurus sphenurus annamensis, subsp. noy.
Near S. s. robinson (Ogilvie-Grant), from Gunong Tahan
(Malay States), but differs in having the back less tinged
Vol. xlvii.] 10
with grey, the throat of a lighter yellowish-green, and the
under tail-coverts entirely honey-yellow.
Iris, inner ring light blue, outer ring pinkish-yellow ;
bill blue, tip grey ; legs and feet crimson.
Measurements :— 8. Wing 159 to 171 mm.; tail 117 to
128; tarsus 17 to 19; culmen 17 to 19.
?. Wing 150 to 157 mm. ; tail 108 to 118; tarsus 17 to
18; culmen 16.
Types in the British Museum. ¢ 2. Kontoum and Hué
(Annam), 1. ii. 26 and 17. vii. 25. Collected by J. Delacour,
Nos. 2042 and 276. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.2 & 3.
Material examined. 5f § and 22? 9. Kontoum, Dakto, —
and Hue (Annam), June 17, 1925, to March 19, 1926.
Sphenurus siemundi modestus, subsp. nov.
Differs from S. s. stemundi Rob., from Semango Pass
(Malay States), in the absence of the orange patches on the
sides of the neck.
Iris, inner ring light blue, outer ring yellow ; bill, skin
round the eye, and lores blue; tip of bill grey ; legs and
feet dark vermilion.
Measurements :— 6. Wing 160 mm.; tail 164 to 175;
tarsus 16 to 17; culmen 19.
2. Wing 152 to 158 mm.; tail 130 to 169 ; tarsus 16 to
17 ; culmen 17 to 18.
Types in the British Museum. ¢ ¢. Hue (Annam),
18 & 27. vi. 25. Collected by J. Delacour, Nos. 192 and
234, Brit. Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.4 & 5.
Material examined. 2 6 Gand 42 2. Hue June 22 to
July 17, 1925.
Sphenurus apicauda laotianus, subsp. nov.
Near S. a. apicauda (Blyth), but decidedly paler ; back
more mealy-green, throat yellower, and the orange wash
on the breast of the male paler.
Iris, inner ring light blue ; outer ring pinkish-yellow ;
bill, skin round the eyes and lores blue ; tip of bill grey ;
legs and feet crimson.
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Measurements :— ¢. Wing 162 to 170 mm.; tail 175
10 190; tarsus 18 to 20; culmen 21.
2. Wing 161 to 162 mm.; tail 182 to 187; tarsus 18 to
20; culmen 18 to 19.
Types in the French Museum. ¢ 2. Xieng-Khouang
(Laos), 22 & 19.xii.25. Collected by J. Delacour, Nos.
1238 and 1146. |
Material examined. 33 § and 22 9. Xieng-Khouang,
Wee. 19 to 25, 1925.
Ketupa ceylonensis orientalis, subsp. nov.
Specimens from Annam and Laos differ in being darker:
above, with larger and blacker markings, and the ground-
colour of the underparts more buff and not so yellow.
Iris yellow; bill greenish-horn ; culmen blackish ; legs
and feet grey.
Measurements :— 2. Wing 395 to 400 mm.; tail 205 to
210; tarsus 70; culmen 46 to 47.
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Dakto (Annam),
14. iii. 26. Collected by J. Delacour, No. 2352. Brit. Mus.
Reg. 1926.9.8.6.
Material examined. 292 9. Dakto and Xieng-Khouang,
Jan. Ist to March 14th, 1926. °*
Obs. Specimens previously collected in Annam belong
to the present race.
Strix newarensis laotianus, subsp. nov. !
Differs from S. n. newarensis (Hodgs.) in the darker
colour of the upperside, especially the head, and the rather
more buff tint of the underparts. The facial dise is uniform
reddish-buff.
Iris yellow ; bill grey, legs and feet entirely feathered ;
greenish-white underneath.
Measurements :—Wing 377 mm.; tail 254; tarsus 56 ;
culmen 39.
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Xieng-Khouang (Laos),
Dec. 20, 1925. Collected by J. Delacour, No. 1160. Brit.
Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.7.
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Picus chlorolophus laotianus, subsp. nov.
This race is near P. c. rodgersi (Hartert & Butler), but
brighter green above; it differs from the other races in
having the upper parts of a darker and more olive-green
colour above, and the crest lemon-yellow.
Iris red ; bill dark grey, with yellow base; legs and feet
grey.
Measurements :— g@. Wing 134 to 137 mm.; tail 104 to
117; tarsus 18; culmen 25 to 26.
?. Wing 137 mm. ;. tail 110; tarsus 15 to 19 ; calmen
Ee UO Leos
Types in the British Museum. 6 9. Xieng-Khouang
(Laos), 18. xii. 25 and 5.1.26. Collected by J. Delacour,
Nos. 1103 and 1568. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.8 & 9.
Material examined. 3 8G, 299. Xieng - Khouang,
Dec. 12, 1925, to Jan. 5,°1926.
_ Pitta cyanea willoughbyi, subsp. nov.
The Pitta found in Laos agrees with the male in the
British Museum obtained by C. B. Kloss in South Annam,
which, as pointed out by Stuart-Baker, differs widely from
typical P. ¢. cyanea. Both sexes are much brighter in
colour. In the male the red of the crown is bright scarlet
and the blue of the upper parts rich ultramarine, while the
breast is strongly tinged with red, instead of washed with
yellow. The females are almost as bright as the males of
P. c. cyanea, and have no red tinge on the breast.
Iris brown ; bill black; legs and feet horny-flesh colour.
Measurements :— 6. Wing 115 mm. ; tail 60 ; tarsus 40 ;
culmen 23.
9. Wing 114 mm.; tail 54 to 58; tarsus 38 to 39;
culmen 22 to 23. , 3
Types in the French Museum. ¢ ¢. Xieng-Khouang
(Laos), 13.1. 26 and 28. xii.25. Collected by J. Delacour, '
Nos. 1750 and 1358.
Material examined. 16,292 2. Dec. 28, 1925, to Jan. 13,
1926.
(Named in honour of our fellow-collector, Mr. Willoughby
P. Lowe.)
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Lanius collurioides melanocephalus, subsp. nov.
Differs from specimens from Burma, Siam, and Central
Annam in the sooty-black colour of the head and hind-neck,
which fades to dark grey on the lower part of the neck,
and the richer chestnut of the mantle. 7
Iris brown ; bill black, greyish at the base ; legs and feet
black.
Measurements :—¢. Wing 87 to 89 mm.; tail 94 to 105 ;
tarsus 21 to 23; culmen 12 to 13.
9% Wing 85 mm.; tail 100; tarsus 22 ; culmen 12.
Types in the British Museum. 6 ¢. Dalat et Phantiet
(South Annam), 5 & 13.x.25. Collected by J. Delacour,
Nos. 589 and 533. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.10 & 11.
Material examined. 38 g and1?. Phantiet and Dalat,
Oct. 5 to.13,:1925, :
Lanius collurioides griseicapillus, subsp. nov.
Differs from other races in having the head and hind-neck
of a pale grey and the mantle of a lighter chestnut. The
female is darker than the male. i
_ Iris brown; bill black, base greyish; legs and feet
black.
Measurements :— . Wing 90 mm.; tai! 100; tarsus 22 ;
culmen 13.
9. Wing 92 mm.; tail 102; tarsus 23; culmen 12.
Types in the British Museum. ¢ 9. Xieng-Khouang
(Laos), 20 & 21. xii. 25. Collected by J. Delacour, Nos.
1209 and 1179. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.12 & 13.
Hemixus flavala bourdellei, subsp. nov.
Ditters widely from other races, including £1. f. davisoni
found in Central Annam, in the pure black colour of the
crown, crest, lores, and cheeks: ‘The upper parts are of a
slightly olive-grey, with no brown tinge. The rump, under
wing-coverts, vent, and under tail-coverts are tinged with
yellow and the underparts are whiter. It is altogether a
much brighter bird.
Iris reddish-brown ; bill, legs, and feet black.
Vol. xlvii.] 14
Measurements :— 3. Wing 98 to 105 mm.; tail 92 to
100; tarsus 12 ; culmen 15 to 17.
9. Wing 96 to 101 mm.; tail 92 to 94; tarsus 12 to 14;
culmen 15 to 16.
Types in the French Museum. ¢& 2. Xieng-Khouang
(Laos), 22. xii. 25 and 10.i1.26. Collected by J. Delacour,
Nos. 1237 and 1412.
Material examined. 48 6, 522. Dec. 18, 1925, to
gam. 0. L926. .
(Named in honour of Dr. A. Bourdelle, Professor of
Mammalogy and Ornithology in the Muséum d’Histoire
Naturelle.) }
Xanthixus flavescens berliozi, subsp. nov.
Differs from other forms, including X. f. vividus Baker,
in being much more brightly coloured. The yellow tinge
on the underparts is golden, the whole abdomen is yellow
and the throat more spotted with grey.
Iris brown; bill, legs, and feet black. |
Measurements :—f. Wing 90 to 91 mm.; tail 106 to
109 ; tarsus 14 to 16; culmen 11 to 13.
Types in the French Museum. ¢ 2. Xieng-Khouang
(Laos), 26 & 28.x.25. Collected by J. Delacour, Nos.
1306 and 1353. |
Material veramined, 3 ¢ i@yi2i2) 9.0 Dee. BAS to We;
1925.
(Named in honour of M. J. Berlioz, Assistant of
Mammalogy and Ornithology in the Muséum d’Histoire
Naturelle.)
Spizixus canifrons laotianus, subsp. nov. »
Nearer to S. c. ingrami La Touche, from Milati (Yunnan),
but differs from all other races in having a blackish-grey
throat, surrounded by light grey, which separates it clearly
from the green breast.
Iris brown; bill ivory-white; legs and feet pinkish-
brown.
“18 [Vol. xlvii.
Measurements :— g. Wing 98 mm.; tail 98 ; tarsus 16 ;
culmen 12.
9. Wing 92 to 93 mm.; tail 92 to 97; tarsus 15 to 17;
culmen 11 to 12. |
Types in the British Museum. 6 2. Noug-Het (Laos),
13 & 14. xii. 25. Collected by J. Delacour, Nos. 1020 and
1040. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.15 & 16.
Material examined. 1 8, 2 2? 2. Noug-Het and Xieng-
Khouang (Laos), Dec. 13 to 27, 1925.
Dryonastes varennel, sp. nov.
Resembles D. castanotis Ogilvie-Grant, from Hainan, but
differs in its superior size, darker blackish-brown throat,
paler grey forehead, more olive-grey back and wings, and
especially in the chestnut patch on the ear-coverts being
smaller and surrounded above and behind by a white line.
Iris reddish-brown ; bill, legs, and feet black.
Measurements:— 8. Wing 125 to 134 mm.; tail 130 to
. 1389; tarsus 43 to 46; culmen 21 to 24.
9. Wing 128 to 135 mm.; tail 128 to 135; tarsus 42 to
46; culmen 21 to 23.
Sex ? Wing 137 mm.; tail 150; tarsus 45; culmen 23.
Types in the French Museum. ¢ ?. Xieng-Khouang
(Laos), 8.1.26 and 25.xii. 25. Collected by J. Delacour,
Nos. 1648 and 1284.
Material examined. 738 8, 922, and 1 not sexed.
Dec. 25, 1925, to Jan. 8, 1926.
: (Named in honour of H.E. M. A. Varenne, Goverdan!
General of Indo-China.)
Garrulax gularis auratus, subsp. nov.
Resembles G. g. gularis McClell., from Upper Burma, but
has the whole plumage more tinged with yellow. The head
and neck are olive-grey; the upper parts of a yellower
chestnut ; underparts of a much lighter yellow, the flanks
being olive-green; and the abdomen, vent, and under tail-
coverts light chestnut with a yellow tinge.
Iris red or orange ; bill black or black with a yellowish
base ; legs and feet yellow.
Vol. xlvii.] 16
Measurements :—¢. Wing 102 mm.; tail 110-; tarsus
36; culmen 25.
?. Wing 100 to 101 mm.; tail 106 ; tarsus 36 ; culmen
25 to 26. .
Types in the French Museum. ¢ 9. Xieng-Khouang
(Laos), 8.1.26. Collected by J. Delacour, Nos. 1646 and
1642.
Material examined. 1 g and 2 ¢ 9. Jan. 3 to 8, 1926.
Pomatorhinus tickelli laotianus, subsp. nov. J |
Near to P. t. brevirostris Rob. & Kloss, from Cochin-
China, but has a longer bill, cheeks of a greyer brown,
upper parts more olive and sides of the breast of a purer grey,
with more distinct white spots.
Iris brown ; bill, legs, and feet horny-grey.
Measurements :— §. Wing 113 to 114 mm.; tail 115 to
117 ; tarsus 37 to 38; culmen 37 to 43.
?. Wing 103 to 110 mm, ; tail 106 to 116; tarsus 35 to
36; culmen 35 to 37. |
Types in the British Museum. ¢ ?. Xieng-Khouang
(Laos), 5 & 3.1.26. Collected by J. Delacour, Nous. 1572
and 1508.
Material examined. 266,42 ?. Dee. 22, 1925, to
Jan. 11,1926. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.17 & 18.
Gampsorhynchus rufulus lucia, subsp. nov.
Differs from other subspecies in having the hind part of
the crown and neck reddish-brown instead of white, in the
adult stage. Fore part of the crown, face, and throat white,
the latter surrounded by a black collar, which reaches the
ear-coverts and is followed on the breast by a reddish-yellow
band. Rectrices tipped with greyish-buff. |
Obs. Specimens from Tonkin belong to the present form.
Tris yellow ; bill horny-white with brown culmen ; legs
and feet pinkish-grey.
Meusurements :—g. Wing 94 to 97 mm.; tail 120 to
125; tarsus 23 to 25 ; culmen 16.
?. Wing 98 to 102 mm.; tail 117 to 130; tarsus 25 to
28; culmen 16 to 17.
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Types in the French Museum. ¢ 9°. Xieng-Khouang .
(Laos), 28. xii. 25 and 11.1. 26. Collected by J. Delacour,
Wos. 1351, 1719.
— Material examined. 388,529. Dee. 27, 1925, to
Jan. 10, 1926.
(Named in honour of Mme A. Varenne.)
Drymocataphus tickelli annamensis, subsp. nov.
Nearer D. t. olivaceus Kinnear, from Tonkin and Laos,
but is of a less olive-brown above and of a redder-buff below,
with no white on the abdomen.
Tris reddish-brown ; bill brown above, horny-flesh below ;
legs and feet horny-flesh.
Measurements :— 6. Wing 64 mm.; tail 55 ; tarsus 27;
~ culmen 13. 3
2. Wing 58 mm.; tail 49 ; tarsus 25; culmen 13.
Sex? Wing 62 to 63 mm.; tail 54 to 56; tarsus 25 to
27; culmen 11 to 14.
Types in the British Museum. ¢ 2. Col des Nuages
(Annam), 29 & 30. xi.25. Collected by J. Delacour, Nos.
906,907. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.19 & 20.
Material examined. 18,192, 2?. Nov. 30 to Dec. 2,
1925,
. Turdinulus epilepidotus laotianus, subsp. nov.
- Differs from T. e. amye Kinnear, from Tonkin, in being
darker brown and more tinged with buff. From 7. e. clarus
Rob. & Kloss, from South Annam, it is distinguished by its
larger size, less reddish colour, and less distinct streaks on the
under surface ; and from T. e. bakert Harington, from Shan
States, in being more olive-brown, without any reddish tinge.
Throat and supercilium white.
Iris light brown ; bill black above, grey below ; legs and
feet horny-brown.
Measurements :— 3. Wing 54 mm. ; tail 29; tarsus 20 ;
culmen 13.
Sex ? Wing 55 mm. ; tail 30 ; tarsus 23 ; culmen 15.
b
Vol. xlvii. | 18
Type in the British Museum. g. Xieng-Khouang
(Laos), 8.1.26. Collected by J. Delacour, No. 1651. Brit.
Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.21.
Material examined. 1 ,1?. Jan. 8 to 11, 1926.
:Mixornis rubricapilla lutescens, subsp. nov.
Differs from all other races by its more general yellowish
colour, olive-yellow back, light rufous wings and tail, and
light chestnut crown.
Iris brown ; bill horny-brown; legs and feet yellowish- .
_ brown.
Measurements :— 3. Wing 55 mm.; tail 52; tarsus 15 ;
culmen 13.
Sex? Wing 54 mm; tail 51; tarsus 15 ; culmen 13.
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Bao-Ha (Tonkin),
22. viii. 23. Collected by H. Stevens, No. 3.
Material examined. 1 8, 1?. Bao-Ha and Muong-Xen
(Annam), Jan. 17,1924. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1924.12.21.1.
’ Alcippe nipalensis major, subsp. nov.
Near to A. n. peracensis Sharpe, from Malay, but differs
in having a faint whitish-grey ring round the eye, much
lighter ochraceous-brown upper parts, and a well-defined
black supercilium reaching the shoulder. The chin and
throat are white, tinged with grey, and the breast and flanks
buff, with the abdomen white.
Tris light brownish-grey ; bill grey ; legs and feet pinkish-
horny. .
Measurements :— 3. Wing 66 to 67 mm.; tail 66;
tarsus 19; culmen 10.
2. Wing 63-to67 mm. ; tail 61 ; tarsus 18; culmen 10.
Types in the British Museum. ¢ 2. Col des Nuages
(Annam), 2.ii.26 and 26.xi. 25. Collected by J. Delacour,
Nos. 1803 and 906. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.22 & 23.
Material examined. 238, 622. Col des Nuages,
Laolao, and Khesanh (Quangtri), Bana, Feb. 21, 1924, to
Feb. 2, 1926.
19 [ Vol. xlvii.
« Alcippe nipalensis lactianus, subsp. nov.
Differs from the other forms in having the upper parts
more olive, and the grey of the head and neck extending to ©
the upper back. There is a dark grey supercilium ; a white
ring round the eye; and the underparts olive-buff, tinged
with grey on the throat and sides of the body.
Iris grey (brown in young specimens) ; bill grey ; culmen
darker ; legs and feet grey to yellowish-grey.
Measurements :— g. Wing 62 to 64 mm. ; tail 62 to 65;
- tarsus 17 to 19; culmen 8 to 10.
?. Wing 60 to 62 mm. ; tail 62 to 65 ; tarsus 17 to 19;
~ culmen 9 to 10.
Types in the British Museum. ¢ ?. Xieng-Khouang
/ (Laos), 20. xii. 25, 8.1.26. Collected by J. Delacour, Nos.
1346, 1642. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.24 & 25.
' Material examined. 78 6, 59 9. Dec. 20, 1925, to
Jan. 8, 1926.
Cissa hypoleuca chauleti, subsp. nov.
Resembles C. hypoleuca Salvadori & Giglioli, from Cochin
China, but has the whole plumage tinged with bright yellow.
Underparts vivid chrome-yellow ; upper parts yellowisb-
green, and the tail ochraceous-green, hazel at the tip.
Tris brownish-red ; bill, feet, and legs bright red.
Measurements :— 92. Wing 147 mm.; tail 158; tarsus
45; culmen 37.
Type in the French Museum. ¢. Thua-Lua (Annam),
Dec. 10, 1925. Collected by J. Delacour, No. 1777.
(Named in honour of M. Chaulet, who procured us the
specimen.)
Psittiparus gularis laotianus, subsp. nov.
Differs from the other races in having the back and mantle
of a much lighter and less reddish-brown. Female slightly
lighter than male.
Iris brown ; bill orange ; legs and feet greenish-horny.
Measurements :— g. Wing 89 to 96 mm.; tail 86 to 90;
tarsus 21 to 24; culmen 12 to 14.
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Vol. xlvii. | 20
9. Wing 85 to 90 mm. ; tail 83 to 86 ; tarsus 20 to 23 ;
culmen 11 to 12.
Types in the French Museum. ¢ ?. Xiang-Khouang
(Laos), 10.i1.26. Collected by J. Delacour, Nos. 1685 and
1693. |
Material examined. 83 6,49 2. Dec. 25, 1925, to
Jan. 10, 1926.
Carpodacus erythrinus murati, subsp. nov.
Nearest to C. e. roseatus (Hodgs.), but. the male of a
much paler and more carmine-pink. The crown, throat,
and breast hardly any lighter than the remainder of the
plumage. The female is of a lighter and more fulvous-
brown.
Iris brown ; bill horny-grey, culmen darker ; feet and legs
horny-brown.
Measurements :— 3. Wing 82 to 85 mm.; tail 64 to 66;
tarsus 18 to 19 ; culmen 18 to 19.
?. Wing 83 mm.; tail 63; tarsus 19 ; culmen 11.
Types in the French Museum. ¢ ?. Noug-Het (laos),
14 & 15. xii. 25. Collected by J. Delacour, Nos. 1030, 1052.
Material examined. 26 8,12. Noug-Het and Xieng-
Khouang, Dec. 14, 1925, to Jan. 11, 1926.
(Named in honour of H.H. Prince Paul Murat.)
Hypacanthis monguilloti, sp. nov.
Resembles H. ambiguus Oust., from Yunnan, Szechuan,
and the Shan States, but differs widely in having the upper
parts black instead of olive-green. The male has the crown
and sides of the head, cheeks, nape, hind-neck, back, and
scapulars black ; the chin, throat, and upper breast golden-
yellow, with a faint black border on some feathers ; rump
yellow, slightly streaked with black; lesser wing-coverts
black, spotted with yellow; greater wing-coverts black.
The primaries black with yellow bases, The under wing-
coverts yellow, streaked with grey; upper tail-coverts black,
and under tail-coverts yellow. The two middle pairs of
QT [ Vol. xlvii.
tail-feathers entirely black ; remainder of tail black, -with
the base and margin of the outer feathers yellow.
The female has the back streaked with greenish-yellow, ©
the throat and breast squamated with black, the rump mixed
with green and grey, and the underparts tinged with grey
and greenish-yellow.
Iris greyish-brown ; bill horny-flesh, pinkish at the tip
(with a dark culmen in females) ; legs and feet horny-
flesh.
Measurements :— 3. Wing 78 mm. ; tail 54; tarsus 13 ;
culmen 10°5. |
2. Wing 72 to 76 mm. ; tail 50 to 51; tarsus 12 to 13;
culmen 10 to 10°5.
Types in the French Museum. ¢ ?. Dalat (Annam),
11. x. 25. Collected by J. Delacour, Nos. 575, 573.
Material examined. 1 6,2 9 2. Oct. 11 to 13, 1925.
(Named in honour of M. M. Monguillot, General Secretary
of Indo-China.)
Aithopyga ezrai, sp. nov.
This species differs strikingly from all other members of
the genus in having no yellow on the lower back, otherwise
near A. nipalensis nipalensis (Hodgs.), but differs, however,
in the size of the red marks on the sides of the neck and
other peculiarities.
The male has the crown, throat, nape, hind- and fore-neck
and upper back metallic green, glossed with purple, with a
large patch of brick-red slightly tinged with yellow on the
sides of the neck. The cheeks and lores are sooty-black ;
middle of the back and wings olive-green ; breast, abdomen,
and under tail-coverts uniform golden-yellow ; rump, upper
tail-coverts, and middle rectrices metallic green, glossed with
purple ; other rectrices black, and the under wing-coverts
yellowish-white.
Iris brown ; bill, legs, and feet black.
Measurements :— g. Wing 52 mm.; tail 71; tarsus 14 ;
culmen 17.
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Dakto (Annam),
Vol. xlvii. ] 22
Mar. 17, 1926. Collected by J. Delacour, No. 2390. Brit.
Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.26.
(Named in honour of Mr. A. Ezra, President of the Avi-
cultural Society, Vice-President of the Zool. Soc. and the
DB. O. U..)
Anthreptes hypogrammica lisette2, subsp. nov.
Differs from A. hypogrammica hypogrammica 8. Muller in
having the under tail-coverts of a brighter yellow, the
eround-colour of the breast and abdomen of a paler yellow,
and no white showing through the metallic-blue feathers of
the rump.
Iris brown ; bill black, gape yellow ; legs horny-yellow.
Measurements :— fg. Wing 63 to 67 mm. ; tail 50 to 53 ;
tarsus 14 to 15; culmen 21 to 22.
?. Wing 61 mm. ; tail 47 ; tarsus 13; culmen 21.
Types in the British Museum. ¢ 2. Col des Nuages
(Annam), 4. xii. 25 and 29. xi. 25. Collected by J. Delacour,
Nos. 964, 921. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1926.9.8.27 & 28.
Material examined. 438g, 19. Col des Nuages and
Muong-Xen, Nov. 29, 1925, to Feb. 23, 1926.
(Named in honour of Mme P. Pasquier.)
M.J. DEtacour also sent the following communication on
DRYONASTES MAESI Oustalet.
During my visit to Washington in May 1926, Mr. J. H.
Riley showed me at the U.S. National Museum many
interesting birds from Eastern Asia, and, among them, speci-
mens of a Dryonastes from Mount Omei, Central Szechuan
(China), which he had described as a new species,
Dryonastes grahami, in the ‘ Proceedings of the Biological
Society of Washington,’ vol. xxxv. p. 59 (March 1922).
We both had a‘suspicion that the bird might be identical
with Dryonastes maesi described by Oustalet in the ‘ Bulletin
de la Société Zoologique de France,’ 1890, vol. xv. p. 155.
I brought back one specimen with me, and have recently
compared it with the type-specimen of J). maesi, as well as
23 [ Vol. xlvin.
with many other specimens in the Paris Museum. There is
no doubt whatsoever that they all are the same and that
Dryonastes maest Oustalet must stand as their name. What
misled Mr. Riley is that Oustalet gives “ Tonkin” as the
locality of the type, which was presented to the Paris
Museum by my late relative, M. A. Maés, who owned a
private collection of bird-skins from all parts of the world.
The species was described from a single specimen included
in a small collection that M. Maés had recently purchased as
coming from Tonkin, but, of course, as was sometimes the
case at that time, there was no certainty about the locality.
The five other species included in the collection were all
common species, but not typically Tonkinese.
Later on, in 1896, 1898, and 1911, other specimens of
D. maesi were sent to the Paris Museum by different
missionaries from the neighbourhood of Ta-tien- Lu
(Szetchuan) *.
As no J. maesi has since been found in Tonkin, it is safe
to assume that Oustalet’s locality is a mistake, and that this
bird inhabits Szechuan (China), Ta-tien-Lu being the first
certain locality where it has been collected.
The Hon. Masavust Hacnisuxa sent the following
description of a new race of the Sky-Lark, Alauda arvensis,
from Saghalien :—
Alauda arvensis lonnbergi, subsp. nov.
This race is nearest in size to A. a. pekinensis, and is
intermediate between that form and A. a. japonica.
The general colour of the upper surface is darker and
more strongly marked than in 4A. a. pekinensis, while the
underparts are also more deeply coloured, especially on
breast and throat.
Average length of the wing 112 mm., and tail 70°7 mm.,
in nine specimens examined. |
* Oustalet, Bulletin du Muséum d’Hist. Nat. 1898, p. 255; Nouv.
Arch. du Muséum d’Hist. Nat. 4° Série, vol. ii. 1901, p. 280, vol. v.
1903, p. 87.
Vol. xlvii.] 24
Type in the Royal Natural History Museum of Stockholm,
Chepisani Saghalien, 1.x. 1906. Wing 112 mm., tail 71 mm.
Norr.—The measurements of the type of A. a. pekinensis
in the British Museum are wing 117 mm., tail 78 mm., and
in colour it is paler than in breeding birds.
This new race is named after Prof. Hinar Lénnberg, of
Sweden.
Mr. Davin BANNERMAN exhibited and described a new
Redbreast from the highlands of N. Tunisia and named it
Erithacus rubecula lavaudeni, subsp. nov. “
Adult male and female. Differs from L. 7. witherbyi in
having the breast generally deeper red, the upper parts
browner and more reddish, particularly on the head, and the
upper tail-coverts more rusty ; wetherbyt is greyish on upper
parts. The wings are shorter—males 65-68 mm. (the wings
of witherbyi range from 68-72 in the specimens I have seen).
The bill of the new race is rather stumpy and stronger than
in witherbyi, measuring in the exposed culmen barely 10 mm.
Type in the British Museum (dad.), No. 424. Les Sources,
2200 ft.,near Ain Draham, 10.11.25. W. P. Lowe and D.
A. Bannerman collectors. Six specimens were obtained.
Range. The Highlands of the Kroumerie, Northern
Tunisia.
This race is named in honour of Monsieur Louis Lavauden,
inspector of woods and forests in Tunisia, who gave us so
much assistance in the planning of our Expedition.
Notse.—Mr. Harry Witherby was the first to note the
distinctness of the Tunisian Robin from the Algerian race
named after himself. Subsequent comparison with the type
in Tring confirms Mr. Witherby’s opinion, but, owing to
abrasion and fading, it is important to compare birds shot
at the same season. Faded July birds of lavaudeni resemble
March specimens of witherby: in colour.
Mr. BANNERMAN also described a new Tree-Creeper from
the Little Atlas in Morocco which he proposed to name
25 (Vol. xbvii.
Certhia brachydactyla raisulii, subsp. nov.
Adult male and jemale. Differs from C. b. mawritanica in
being much greyer and less rufous on the upper side, with the —
white streaks larger and much more pronounced.
In size it is larger—wings of males 65-68, females 62-63
mm. ‘The bills vary from 15-17 mm. and the tails (some of
which are very worn) measure as much as 60 mm. in length,
but considerable variation is shown.
Type in the British Museum (@ ad.), Azrou, Little
Atlas, 8 July, 1919. Admiral Lynes Coll. Reg. No.
#919.12.11.124.
Seven specimens obtained in the Little Atlas were identi-
fied by Admiral Lynes (‘ lbis,’ 1920, p. 292) as C. b. mauri-
tanica, as typical examples of that race were not at the time
available for comparison. Mr. Willoughby Lowe and myself
have since secured eight specimens of C. 6. mauritanica
from the Ain Draham district of Tunisia (the type-locality),
when it was at once apparent that the Atlas Mountain
Creepers belonged to a different subspecies. I have named
this race after the famous Moorish Chieftain Raisuli at the
special request of Admiral Lynes.
It may be remarked that Moroccan specimens are not
nearly so rufous in colouring as typical brachydactyla brachy-
dactyla from Hurope, or from Spanish examples, which
appear again to be separable from the typical form.
Admiral Lynes’s birds are approached in the colour of the
upper parts by ultramontana, the Italian subspecies which
ranges westwards to the Pyrenees, but can be distinguished
from that form ata glance by the heavier longer bill and
considerably larger size.
ANTHUS RUFULUS LYNESI.
Mr. BANNERMAN next drew attention to the fact that
together with Mr. Bates he had, in the current ‘ Ibis,’ 1926,
pp. 801-802, described a new race of Rufous Pipit from the
highest elevations of the Cameroon Montane District, win-
tering in the western Basin of Darfur under the above name.
Vol. xlvii.] 26
The sheet containing the description of this bird had
inadvertently been published in ‘The Ibis’ (J. ¢c.) in their
paper “ On some Birds of Adamawa and New Cameroon,”
where it was feared the description of this interesting Pipit
would easily be lost sight of amongst extraneous matter.
The page was intended for the ‘ Bulletin.’
Ool. Meinertzhagen had made the rufulus group of Pipits
subspecies of richardi characterized by its enormous hind-
claw, but Mr. Bannerman said he was averse to uniting these
two groups and preferred the arrangement used by Admiral
Lynes in his paper.
Lord Rotuscuiup exhibited a life-sized drawing of a
Casuartus unappendiculatus rufotinctus Rothsch., now living
in the Zoological Gardens, and made the following remarks
on the group of ‘ One-wattled Cassowaries ”’ :—
Recently Dr. Stresemann, in his account of the birds
collected on the Sepik River in N.E. New Guinea, has
stated that at present only two subspecies (local races) of
Casuarius unappendiculatus could be confirmed, viz. C. un-
appendiculatus unappendiculatus from Salwatty Island and
C. unappendiculatus oceiyptalis from the mainland of New
Guinea and Jobi Island. ‘This view of the case, to my mind,
is too extreme, and, moreover, the nomenclature is untenable,
for C. u. occipitalis and its aberration laglaizei are only
known from Jobi Island in the two skins collected by
Laglaize in the Paris Museum; and, until we get living
Jobi Island examples, cannot be identified with mainland
examples, especially as Laglaize’s specimens both show
strong differentiation in the casque. Then of the birds
presumed to have come from the mainland, rothschildi has
the casque shaped as in unappendiculatus unappendiculatus,
while rufotinctus has the casque laterally compressed as in
the group of ‘Two-wattled Cassowaries.” In my mono-
graph of the Cassowaries and subsequent papers I have
acknowledged three species of ‘‘ One-wattled Cassowaries,”
viz. C. philipi, C. mitratus, and C. unappendiculatus, the
27 [ Vol. xlvii.
last-named with six subspecies, and, in spite of Dr. Strese-
mann’s views, I still hold to this opinion as there is no
definite new proof to the contrary. Before the true status ©
of this group of Cassowaries can be finally settled, we
must have series with accurate data and localities, for at
present most of the material in museums consists of birds
brought over alive and with no data at all. The following
nine forms have been named: viz. mztratus, philipi, suffusus,
rufotinctus, aurantiacus, occipitalis, laglaizer, rothschildi, and
unappendiculatus, the first five by myself. The two forms
mitratus and philipi I consider for the present as quite
distinct species. Of the remaining seven, which I treat as
forms of unappendiculatus, I am convineed that laglaizei is
only a melanic aberration of occipitalis, the only difference
being that, according to Laglaize, the whole head and neck
were blue except a small orange patch on the lower hind-
neck, whereas in occipitalis the fore- and hind-neck and sides
of the neck are yellow or orange tinged with red. We only
know for certain the locality of occipitalis (Jobi Island),
aurantiacus (some part of N.E. New Guinea), and wn-
appendiculatus (Salwatty Island). Of the others, all were
described from living birds with no exact locality.
Of the six ‘ One-wattled Cassowaries ”’ which I consider
forms of unappendiculatus, with the exception of the latter
all five have orange occipital patches; but whereas oceipitalis
and rothschildi have the casque flat on the top and declivous
posteriorly, and aurantiacus has it low but compressed
laterally, rufotinctus and sufusus have a high casque strongly
compressed laterally. In addition, sugfusus has no wattle
at all, it being only indicated by a round flattened wart.
When once we obtain good series with accurate data, it
will probably be proved that no two forms occur together
in any part of the Papuan region, and that, as they exclude
one another geographically, all the eight forms will have to
be considered subspecies of the one species unappendiculatus ;
but for the present I feel sure it is right to uphold the three
species.
Vol. xlvii.] 28
In confirmation of my opinion that laglatzei is a melanic
aberration of occipitalis, I may say I have seen three
examples of rufotinctus in which the yellow has been more
or less replaced by blue.
Mr. W. L. Souater sent the following :—
Notes oN Arrican Brrps (Larks, Flycatchers,
and Waxbills).
Some years ago the late Captain Shelley described (Bull.
B. 0. C. xiv. 1904, p. 82) a very remarkable Lark from
Kordofan which he placed with some hesitation in the
genus Calendula under the name C. dunni, after the original
collector. Since that date it has been obtained by Captain
Angus Buchanan in the Damergu country to the north of
Nigeria and by Admiral Lynes in Darfur.
Both Hartert (Nov. Zool. 1921, p. 130, and 1924, p. 42)
and Lynes (‘ Ibis,’ 1924, p. 701) hesitated as to its generic
relation, aud both seem agreed that it was certainly not
rightly placed in Calendula, a monotypic genus with one
species confined to South Africa.
Under these circumstances, and after a careful comparison
of the material, it seems not unreasonable to propose a new
generic name for this remarkable little Lark, and I would
call it
Eremalauda, gen. nov.,
with type Calendula dunni Shelley.
The distinguishing characters are as follows :—Bill short,
stout, and Finch-like, resembling that of Pyrrhulauda, the
culmen strongly curved downwards ; nostrils concealed by
forwardly-growing plumelets ; wing with the outer primary
narrow and attenuated, about one-third the length of the
second, which again is approximately equal to the 3rd and
4th; longest secondaries almost reaching the tips of the
primaries ; tarsus rather slender and far exceeding the
length of the culmen; tail-feathers except the two centre
ones blackish, the outer pair with a white external web
29 [ Vol. xlvi.
only ; general colour rufous, with darker rufous centres to
the feathers not well marked; no dark lining to the wing ;
sexes alike.
This little Lark appears to be nearest to Pyrrhulauda,
from which it differs chiefly in the absence of sexual dif-
ferentiation and in the lining-colour of the wings.
THE SABOTA LARKS.
When looking over the Sabota Larks in the Natural
History Museum, I found a long series collected by
Dr. Ansorge at Catumbella in Benguella which I could
not identify satisfactorily. These birds were much paler
than the typical race and have a comparatively short bill.
I sent an example to Dr. Stresemann for comparison with
Mirafra sabota plebeja Cab. and M. s. waibeli Grote, and he
kindly informs me that it is quite distinct from either and
is undoubtedly a new racial form, and I propose to name it
after the collector :
Mirafra sabota ansorgei, subsp. nov.
The characters are briefly as follows :—Resembling J. s.
_sabota, but much paler, and with pale sandy, not rich rufous,
edgings to the feathers of the back and wings ; below almost
white, with no tawny wash and a few brown narrow streaks
on the chest; bill about the same size as that of M/. s. sabota.
From WM. s. nevia it differs in its small bill.
Type a temale, collected by Dr.W.J. Ansorge al Catumbella
in Benguella, 6. vii.05. B.M. Reg. No. 1905.11.22.173.
Measurements. Length in skin about 135 mm. ; wing 82 ;
tail 52 ; tarsus 23; culmen 13. |
In addition to the good series of thirteen examples
collected by Dr. Ansorge, there are two males obtained by
Messrs. Woosnam and Legge at Lehutitu (see Ogilvie-
Grant, Ibis, 1912, p. 375) in the Kalahari. These are
intermediate between the typical and the Benguella races,
but perhaps rather nearer W/Z. s. ansorgei.
In returning the Benguella Lark, Dr. Stresemann kindly
Vol. xvii. | 30
sent me for examination several types of species of Mirafra
apparently not represented in the British Museum, including
that of M. sabota waibeli Grote (Journ. Orn. 1922, p. 46:
Okaukwejo, Ovampuland). This last has the large bill of
M. s. nevia, but is distinctly less rufous, as is pointed out
in the original description, and appears to represent M/. s.
nevia in Ovampoland. It has nothing to do with the
Benguella bird.
We have, therefore, the following races of Sabota
Larks :—
MIRAFRA SABOTA SABOTA (Smith).
Griqualand West and northern Cape Province (Deel-
fontein) north to Matabeleland east through the Transvaal
to Zululand.
MIRAFRA 8. ANSORGEI W. Scl.
Benguella, south-east to the Kalahari.
MiRAFRA 8. PLEBEJA Cab.
Portuguese Congo (and perhaps northern Angola).
MrraFRa 8. N&VIA Strickl.
Damaraland and Great Namaqualand south to the Orange
River at Upington.
MIRAFRA S. WAIBELI Grote.
Ovampoland.
MIRAFRA STRUMPELLI.
Dr. Stresemann has kindly sent me the type of this
species described by Reichenow (Orn. Monatsh. 1910, p. 191:
Ngaundere, N. Cameroon). As was suspected by Mr. Bates,
who has explored the highlands of Cameroon with such
success, Reichenow’s type is undoubtedly identical with
Heliocorys modesta saturatior Bannerman (Bull. B. O. C.
xlii. 1922, p. 141: Tibati), and the race must be known
in future as Helicorys modesta striimpelli.
31 [ Vol. xlvii.
MIRAFRA NIGRESCENS.
An examination of the type of this species, also described
by Reichenow (Orn. Monatsb. 1900, p. 39), proves that it
belongs to the M. africana group, of which many races have
been described and which ranges from Nigeria to Natal.
The type, and only example, was obtained at the Elton
Pass in the Ukinga district to the north of Lake Nyasa by
Dr. Fiilleborn. It is quite a distinct race and the darkest
and blackest of all I have examined. |
CHLOROPETELLA SUAHELICA Roberts.
Through the kindness of Mr. Austin Roberts, I have been
_ privileged to examine the type of Chloropetella suahelica
obtained by him at Myiai on 27 January, 1917; this place
was an outpost during the war, and is about 40 miles south-
west of Dar es Salaam in what is now Tanganyika Territory.
The bird was subsequently described in the ‘Annals of the
Transvaal Museum’ (vol. vi. 1917, p. 1).
On comparing the bird with our series of African Fly-
catchers, Mr. Wells and I were at once struck with its
resemblance to Erythrocercus holochlorus Erlanger (Orn.
Monatsb. 1901, p. 181), obtained by him on the Lower Juba
River at Solole.
There is only one example of Erlanger’s species in the
British Museum—a female obtained by Colonel Stephenson
Clarke’s collector at Gobwen on the Lower Juba with a wing
of 44mm. Mr. Roberts’s bird resembles it in every respect
except that the wing is larger, about 48 mm.
Both these birds have the tail about the same length
as the wing, while in Hrythrocercus it is distinctly longer ;
the bill, too, is broader and blacker than in Hrythrocercus.
The distinctions from Chloropeta are also quite well marked,
as was pointed out by Mr. Roberts in his excellent diagnosis
ot Chloropetella.
I am therefore of opinion that this genus should be
~ Vol. xlvii.] 32
maintained, and that two races differing only in size should
be recognized, viz. :—
CHLOROPETELLA HOLOCHROUS HOLOCHROUS (Hrlanger).
Distr. The Juba River swamps. )
CHLOROPETELLA HOLOCHROUS SUAHELICA Roberts.
Distr. Coastal districts of Tanganyika Territory.
_EXstRILDA XANTHOPHRYS, sp. nov.
Mr. J. Delacour recently brought alive and presented to
the British Museum two little Waxbills of the genus Hstrilda
which do not appear to be identical with any described race.
They were obtained from a dealer in Marseilles and are said
to have been imported from Senegal. .
They were both found to be females with fair-sized ovaries,
and we may presume were adult. They resemble Hstrilda
troglodytes (formerly known as E. cinerea), a species widely
spread in Africa from Senegal to the Nile Valley, but have
the characteristic bright red eye-stripe replaced by a rich
yellow one, and are characterized by the absence of any
trace of the pinkish wash on the underparts, which are
ashy- grey very finely banded with pale brown. About the
vent there are slight traces of a yellowish streak where
in EL. troglodytes is a conspicuous splash of pink. The back,
too, is distinctly of a darker shade of brown. Iris reddish-
brown, bill orange, feet purple-brown.
Dimensions. Wing 44 mm., tail 40, ulna 4, tarsus 15—in
this respect not differing essentially from LE. troglodytes.
Type (a female said to come from Senegal), B.M. Reg.
No. 1926.9.26,1.
I am, of course, well aware of the danger of describing as °
new a form of doubtful origin and chiefly differing in the
substitution of orange-yellow for red, but the little birds
were so very distinct-looking in life that it seems advisable
to draw attention to them by naming them, and it is to
be hoped that collectors and observers in Senegal may
look out for them and perhaps procure additional examples
33 { Vol. xlvii.
with more exact particulars which wiil throw light on their
true status. In the meantime, I think it preferable to
consider it as a species rather than a subspecies.
Dr. ©. B. Ticznurst showed some Short-toed Larks
(Calandrella brachydactyla) and made the following re-
marks :—
‘In this small series I have two birds of the typical race
from within a short distance of the type-locality (Mont-
pellier, S. France). You will notice that one of them
matches pretty well these others from the Spanish side of the
Pyrenees (Pamplona), and are typical specimens of the race ;
the other, however, is much more reddish-yellow, and I
should be sorry, allowing for a little wear, to pick it out from
hermoniensis from Palestine, an example of which I also
show. Now this second bird, although obtained from within
a few miles of the typical greyer bird, was obtained on a very
different terrain, namely on yellowish, rocky, arid, low hills
which abut on to the Mediterranean, north of Perpignan,
and its colour matches well its terrain. The greyer bird was
obtained on a gravelly sandy plain of a much greyer tint,
also close to the sea in the same area, and on about the same
tint of soil as these other Pamplona birds.
“ Now these simple facts open up a wide field of specu-
lation. Firstly, how are we to regard hermoniensis? It
certainly is not a casual variety. Dr. Hartert gives the
distribution as middle Marocco, highland of Algeria, Algerian
Sahara, S. Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria; but
Meinertzhagen also records longipennis as the breeding form
in South Palestine. This gives a fair geographical range ;
but one would like to know whether the grey type occurs
anywhere in the range of hermontensis in Africa Minor or
in Palestine. I think it is very suggestive, though further
investigation for proving or disproving is required, that we
have here a plastic species which varies in colour according
to the ground it inhabits (and I see Dr. Hartert expressed
this view many years ago); and it will do this whether in the
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Vol. lxvii.] d4
east, as in Palestine, or in the west, as in the south of France.
Where one type of terrain alone occurs one will expect only
the one type of bird to occur, and where there is diversity
of terrain the two (or even more) forms, regardless of
geographical limits in a wider sense.
‘« The question then arises, if my suggestion is proved, does
not the same thing occur with other ground-birds such as
Galerida Ammomanes, etc., where there is a diversity of
terrain? Some of the races of these species are very local,
and, of course, it is well known that they match the different
soils pretty well. I can think of two almost parallel
cases :—Galerida nigricans is confined to the core of the
Nile delta on the black aliuvial soil, while G. maculata
inhabits the desert edges (I have shot typical birds of both
races within sight of each other !) ; but in this case I know of
no repetition in another area, 2.e. a bird indistinguishable
from nigricans inhabiting a black soil in another area. The
other case perhaps is more parallel, Ammomanes deserti
algiriensis occurring, according to Meinertzhagen (Ibis, 1921),
in Egypt in the range of A. deserti deserti as a repetition
form; and it looks very much as if deserti occurs, too, as a
repetition form in the area of ésabellina; but all these want a
lot of further and closer study together with their terrains.
The same sort of question arises where one gets repetition
forms due to factors other than ground-colour, such as the
Scandinavian Dipper reappearing in the Cantabrian Moun-
tains with other forms sandwiched in between. These
problems are very interesting, and we have yet only
scratched the surface of them; a lot of very careful
collecting needs yet to be done, with notes on and samples of
the ground these birds inhabit. Some day we may have
sufficient data to throw light on the question, and we shall
have to revise our appellations ; these repetition forms do not
seem to me to be quite on a par with many racial forms
which have a detinite but wide geographical area outside of
which they do not occur, nor are they quite local races like
those confined to an island or a particular mountain mass.
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On behalf of Dr. P. P. Susaxin (Hon. Memb. B. 0. U.),
Mr. N. B. Kinnear submitted the following note :—
“Tn August of 1925 I published in the ‘ Proceedings of
the Boston Society of Natural History,’ a description of a
new form of Emberiza elegans, inhabiting Amurland and
Korea, under the name JL. elegans sibirica. Dr. Claude
B. Ticehurst has called my attention to the fact that this
name is preoccupied by Emberiza sibirica Gmelin (=
Emberiza aureola Pallas, 1773), and I therefore wish to
substitute the following name:
Emberiza elegans ticehursti, nom. nov.
(=Emberiza elegans sibirica Sushkin, Proc. Bost. Nat. Hist.
1925, nec Emberiza sibirica Gmelin).”
Dr. Susuxin further described the following six new
subspecies of Palearctic Game-birds :—
Phasianus colchicus edzinensis, subsp. nov.
Similar to satscheuensis Pleske, but differs as follows :—
Borders of the scapulars and interscapulars darker, mikado
brown to fawn instead of cinnamon or cinnamon-buff, with
a stronger fiery gloss and the centres of these feathers purer
white, not creamy. Underside somewhat lighter ; the black-
green metallic border of the chest-feathers narrow and inter-
rupted at the tip (in satscheuensis broader and complete), and
green gloss of the chest nearly absent. The crown greenish-
grey as in satscheuensis ; a vestigial white eyebrow-stripe ;
white collar narrow, interrupted on the fore-neck.
Measurements. Wing: ¢ 240-250 mm. (satscheuensis,
248-255).
Type in Zool. Mus. Russ. Acad. Sci. No. 13.263, ¢. Lower
course of Hdzin-gol (or Hei-ho), Central Gobi, 23 March,
1908; collected by Koslov.
Material examined. Two specimens, and_ thirty-eight
examples of P. c. satscheuensis.
Distribution. Bassin of Hdzin-gol and Lake Kokho-nor,
Central Gobi.
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Vol. Ixvii. | 36
Tetraogallus altaicus orientalis, subsp. nov. |
Differs from 7. altaicus altaicus (Gebler) in the paler and
more yellowish colour above, with less dense dark freckling ;
ground-colour of feathers of the upperside cinnamon to
connamon-buff instead of nearly buffy-brown. The thighs
are paler, hair-brown instead of deep mouse-grey, and the
pale tips of the tail-feathers more pronounced.
Measurements. Size same. Wing: ¢@ 305mm., 2 282-
285.
Type in Zool. Mus. Russ. Acad. Sci. No. 14.612, 2. Near
Uliassutai, North-western Mongolia, November 1907; col-
lected by Kozlov.
Material examined. Three specimens compared with twenty
T. altaicus altaicus.
Distribution. South-eastern part of the range of the
species. Found in Dundu-saikhan, the easternmost part of
the Gobian Altai (near 104° E. long.) and near Uliassutai.
A bird from Bain-Tzagan-ula, southern slope of the Gobian
Altai (99° E. long.), is intermediate. Birds from near Kobdo
and from the western shore of Lake Kossogol are typical.
Tetraogallus tibetanus tschimenensis, subsp. nov.
Compared with 7. t. tebetanus (specimens from Pamir),
paler and more sandy-buff above, more coarsely freckled
with dark grey, especially on the wing-coverts ; light band
across the upper back paler, of a vinaceous-buff, and scarcely
at all powdered with grey. In the male the chest is crossed
by a double grey band, each about 2 cm. broad, one dividing
the white area of the chest from the throat and another
bordering it behind. In the female both bands nearly unite
at the middle. White area of the throat as in 7. t. tibetanus.
Thighs more reddish, near avellaneous (instead of light
mouse-grey). Breast and belly as in tibetanus, without
black margins of feathers in the middle.
Measurements. Size the same as in the typical form.
Wing: ¢ 280mm., ¢ 220 (tape).
Type in Gool. Mus. Russ. Acad. Sci. No, 14.568, @.
37 [Vol. Ixvii.
Moskovskii Range (western part of Columbus Range),
Kwen-lun Syst. (86-88° E. long., 373° N. lat.), N.W. Tibet,
Dec. 1884 ; collected by Przewalski. |
Material examined. Two specimens and notes of Prze-
walski. |
Distribution. Tchimen-tag and Moskovskii Range, Kwen-
lun Syst. (86-92° E. long.).
Tetraogallus tibetanus centralis, subsp. nov.
Darker all over than the foregoing and more fulvous.
Darker and much more fulvous than 7. ¢. tibetanus, with the
white of the throat and chest more restricted. Top of the
head and occiput dark neutral grey, and the light band across
the upper back well pronounced, but ground-colour near
avellaneous and densely powdered with dark grey. Upper
side strongly fulvescent,:darker and more cinnamon than in
T. t. tibetanus ; rump strongly coloured with bright fawn.
White patch on the throat narrower than in T. ¢. tibetanus
and 7. t. tschimenensis. Patterns of the chest variable, but
generally with two dark grey cross-bands, which are in the
female more or less confluent at the middie line. Feathers
of the centre of breast and belly mostly bordered with black.
Thighs dark ‘‘ avellaneous.”’
Measurements. Size not different. Wing: ¢ 270-280 mm.,
2 262-270 (tape).
~ Type in Zool. Mus. Russ. Acad. Sci. No. 14.577. Tang-
(Dang-)la Range, Central Tibet, Tang-la Pass (994° E. long.).
Material examined. Twenty-three specimens.
Distribution. Humboldt Range ; Tang-la ; northern slope
of Burkhan-budda ; Southern Kuku-nor Range nearly as
far east as Dang-er-ling or Jenkar (from the Southern
Tetung Range begins the area of przewalskit).
Nore.—T. tibetanus przewalsku differs from all the fore-
going by its much darker and greyer upperside; light band
on the upper back little pronounced and strongly powdered
with dark grey ; white throat-patch narrow ; chest in the
male with broad dark grey double cross-band and small
Vol. Ixvii.] 38
white area (in one specimen white area absent); the female
with grey chest, white patch totally absent or represented
by few scattered white feathers.
Measurements. Perhaps a trifle larger. Wing: ¢ 275-
287 mm., ¢ 258-273. j
Material examined. Nine specimens.
Distribution. Hastern Tibet, from the Oring-noz Lake,
sources of Hwang-ho, and Tetung (or Tatung) Range.
Tt is to be noted that Przewalski, in his MSS. diaries, which
have never been published or used clearly, distinguishes these
traces of 7. tzbetanus without naming them, and partly traces
their distribution.
Perdix hodgsoniz occidentalis, subsp. nov.
Differs from P. hodgsonie sifanica Przew. as follows :—
Paler above and less heavily marked below. Chestnut
coloration along the fore margin of the wing feebly deve-
loped, in the female nearly absent. Dark bars on the
underside (birds of same sex compared) narrower, in the
female sometimes interrupted ; black malar strip in the male
narrower by one-half (5-6 mm. broad instead of 10-12), in
the female narrower and divided from the orbit by whitish
interspace.
Measurements. Size as in sifanica.
Material examined. Nineteen specimens compared with
thirty-nine specimens of sifanica.
Type in Zool. Mus. Russ. Acad. No. 13.760, §. Gurban-
angyz-gol, Nan-shan, September 1894; collected by
Roborovski and Koslov.
Distribution. From Western Nan-shan to the Southern
Kuku-nor Range and even a little east of Kuku-nor. The
area of P. h. sifanica begins from southern slope of Amne-
machin Range, Upper Hwang-ho, and from Chortentan
Monastery (Jetung River, near 723° H. long. and 37 N.
lat.).
Perdix barbata przewalskii, subsp. nov.
Differs from P. barbata barbata in the ochreous area of
the breast and belly united by a broad band with the same
39 | Vol. Ixvii.
coloured area of the throat; the dark patch on the belly as
large as in P. 6. barbata, but paler brownish-black. Upper -
side slightly paler and more yellowish. From P. b. turcomana
it differs in the same way as from the typical race.
’ Type in Zool. Mus. Russ. Acad. No. 13.872, ¢. Southern
Kuku-nor Range, February 1880 ; collected by Przewalski-
Material examined. Eighteen specimens compared with
forty-seven of P. 6. barbata and sixty-seven of P. 6. turcomana.
Distribution. Tzaidam; around Kuku-nor; eastern Nan-
shan.
On behalf of Mr. B. Steemann, Assist. Zool. Mus. Russ.
Acad., Mr. Kinnear submitted the following description of
a new Tawny Owl :—
Strix aluco obscurata, subsp. nov.
The grey phase differs from that of Strix aluco aluco by
its darker general colour, more developed dark markings,
and less developed white spots on the scapulars and wing-
coverts. Upper sideis darker, wing-coverts near natal brown
(Ridgway, 2nd ed.), and the dark markings of the upper
side and tail are more developed; white spots of the
scapulars smaller and suffused with brown, those of the
wing-coverts smaller and less numerous than in aluco aluco.
Underside and legs darker, with more pronounced transverse
markings. Facial disc darker and more distinctly barred.
The rufous phase is darker and brighter than in aluco
aluco.
Type in Zool. Mus. Russ. Acad. Sci., ¢ ad. Lenkoran,
S.W. shore of the Caspian Sea, 24 December, 1889 ; col-
lected by T. Nazarov.
Measurements. Wing 303-305 mm. (tape).
Distribution. Talysh and forest region south of the Caspian
Sea, probably as far east as Teheren (specimen labelled
« Persien, Nicolin,” Stockholm Mus., probably from this
last locality ; Sushkin zn litt.).
Material examined. Four specimens.
Vol. Ixvii.] 40
Notr.—This form is another instance which shows
the local races of Talysh forest-birds are characterized
principally by their dark coloration. From the small
and extremely pale S. a. sancti-nicolai Zarudn. (hill-ranges
of western Persia and near Mossul), and the large and
comparatively light S. a. hairmst Zarudn. (W. Turkestan),
the present subspecies differs conspicuously.
Mr. Grecory M. Maruews sent the following new
names :—
Melanopitta bonapartena, new name for Brachyurus forsteni
Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. vol. 1. p. 256, 1850 (not ad., ib.
p- 209).
Ethelornis magnirostris cobana, new name for Zatemeee
fusca Bernstein, Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 406 (not Gerygone
fusca Gould, 1846).
Rhipidura flabellifera melande, new name for Kf. f. kempt
Mathews & Iredale, 1913 (not of Mathews, 1912).
Pterodroma siliga, new name for Procellaria agilis, 1912
(not Gray, 1871).
Mr. H. Gururiz Smiru, introduced by Mr. Sladen Wing,
gave a short account of some field-observations on certain
New Zealand birds :—
The Auckland Island Snipe (Canocorypha aucklandica;
subsp.), he stated, lays two eggs in a nest of moss and lichen
on a cushion of gale-flattened scrub. He had never seen
more than a single nestling following its parents, and had
reason to believe that instantly after the chipping of the egg
the weaker chick succumbs. ‘These Snipe feed on small red
worms found plentifully in the peat, and still survive because
they nest on wind-swept barren grounds, where there is
nothing to tempt the prowling Wood-Hens ((allirallus).
They are extremely tame, can be stroked on the nest, and
are practically flightless, running for the nearest cover when
disturbed.
The Stewart Island Apteryx (Apterya australis lawryt)
41 [ Vol. Ixvii.
Mr. Guthrie Smith had only met with on the island of that
name, where it is still fairly plentiful. It nests in shallow ©
burrows, four or six feet long, excavated in a bank in the
forest and always facing the north. The male when incubating
sits blocking up the hole with its back to the light. The
enormous egg of this species is greenish-white in colour,
like a Domestic Duck’s, and is laid on quite a respectable nest
of leaves and forest-débris. The young bird remains in the
burrow for some time, and on vacating it the whole family
take up their quarters in some dry crevice beneath rocks or
fallen trees. In North Island, he said, the North Island
Kiwi (Apteryx australis mantellc) was still to the fore, and
pretty safe in the narrow depths of gorges, into which the
very weasels would hesitate to go.
The Wry-billed Plover (Anarhynehus frontalis) had
already been photographed and its habits described by
another New Zealand naturalist. He personally had
watched the bird in vain at its breeding-quarters in South
Island for any clue as to the use of the curious-shaped
bill; but in North Island, where the bird migrates in
winter, he had observed it sweeping the wets and with a
remarkable scythe-like action of its bill, for some minute
food-supply.
Mr. GurTuriz Samir then went on to make some interesting
remarks on the breeding-habits of the Whitehead, Certhiparus
albicillus, and the Stitch Bird, Notiomystis cincta *,
Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker sent the following remarks on
Oriental birds and described five new subspecies :—
PICUS CANUS SANGUINICEPS.
Stuart Baker, Bull. B. O. C. xlvi. p. 70, 1926.
- This bird is the same as Picus barbatus Gray & Hardw.
Ill. Orn., and my name becomes a synonym.
* [As the habits of these birds are very fully described in Mr. Guthrie
Smith’s recent book, ‘ Bird-life on Island and Shore’ (Blackwood &
Sons), we would refer members to that interesting work. ]
Vol. Ixvii.] 42
PICcUS CHLOROPHUS 'CHLOROLOPHOIDES.
Brachylophus chlorolophoides Gyldenstolpe, Orn. Monatsb.
A916,\p./29.
This Woodpecker had already been distinguished by
Gyldenstolpe from Koon Tan, N. Siam, and as the Burmese
birds are the same, Meinertzhagen’s name, Picus chloro-
lophus burme, becomes a synonym.
DRYOBATES PECTORALIS.
Picus pectoralis Blyth, J. A’S. Bi xv. p. 15, 2e4ais
preoccupied by Picus pectoralis Wagler, Syst. Av., Picus,
p. 74, 1827. The next name available is Picus analis
Bonaparte, Consp. Av. p. 137, 1850: Java.
DRYOBATES CABANISI STRESEMANNI.
My Dryobates cabanisi stephensoni (Bull. B.O.C. xlvi.
p. 70, 1926), from Lechiang, Yunnan, seems to be the same
as Dryobates major stresemanni (Rensch, Abh. u. Ber. f. Tier.
Volk. du Dresden, xvi. p. 28, 1924), from Hastern Tibet,
and therefore becomes a svnonym of that name.
4
Yungipicus hardwickii brunneiceps, subsp. nov. _/
Description. Similar, sex for sex, to Y. h. hardwickhii, but
much paler everywhere; the colour of the head is a light,
almost yellowish-brown ; the upper parts are a paler brown,
with more white, especially on the upper tail-coverts ; the
lower plumage is paler, with paler brown streaks.
Colours of soft parts asin Y. h. hardwickit.
Measurements. Wing 74-80 mm.; tail 35-40; tarsus
about 15-16 ; culmen 13-14.
Type in the British Museum. 6, near Jelwara, Jodpur—
Oodeypore road, 12 February, 1878. Hume Collection,
No. 87.8.10.526.
Distribution. This is a northern form of true Y. h. hard-
wickii, following the usual Oriental rule of being larger and
paler in the north than in the south. It is found in Central
and Northern India, north of a line roughly drawn from
Khandesh on the west to Bellary in the centre and to the
43 [ Vol. Ixvili.
Nulla Malai Hills of Northern Madras in the east. It extends
to the Punjab, Kuman Terai, and the Bhutan Duars, and
east to Behar, Bengal, and Orissa.
Material examined. A very large series has been available
for examination and comparison with the nearest forms.
Sasia ochracea querulivox, subsp. nov.
Description. Not nearly so dark above as S. 0. ochracea ;
above more rufous, less olive, and below much less deep or
rufous; the lores are generally a paler grey; the point of
the chin is usually grey instead of rufous, and the throat
is sometimes distinctly paler.
Colours of soft parts as in S. 0. ochracea.
Measurements. Much the same as in that bird. Wing
51-56 mm. as against 54-97.
Type in the British Museum. ¢, Tippera Hills, E. Bengal,
Jan. 1870. Hume Collection, No. 87.8.10.2238.
Distribution. Assam south of the Brahmapootra, Manipur ;
Hill Tippera and Chittagong in Eastern Bengal ; Chin Hills
and the extreme north-west of Burma.
Material examined. A large series.
Megalaima virens magnifica, subsp. nov.
Description. Similar to M. v. marshallorum, but much more
richly and deeply coloured both above and below. It is
intermediate between M. v. virens and M. v. marshallorum,
having the blue head of the latter but the rich colouring of
the former, the Chinese form. The streaks on the upper
back are few in number and generally white or bluish, not
yellow or green as in that bird.
Colours of soft parts as in the other races.
Measurements. The same as in M. v. virens. Wing
141-145 mm.
Type in the British Museum. ¢, Machi, Manipur,
8th May, 1881. Hume Collection, No. 88.11.30.40.
Distribution. Assam north and south of the Brahmapoctra,
Vol. Ixvii.] 44
Manipur, Lushai and Chin Hills ; hill-tracts of Tippera and
Chittagong in Eastern Bengal.
Material examined. A large series.
Rhopodytes tristis nigristriatus, subsp. nov.
Description. Ditfers from RR. t. tristis in having the
underparts less tinged with ochre, the striations on the
throat extending to the breast, where the black shafts show
up strongly, and in its larger size.
From &. t. longicaudatus it differs in having the chin,
throat, and breast decidedly darker and in being larger.
In RK. t. tristis the white tips to the tail-feathers are oblique
in shape, whilst in A. t. nigristriatus they are square and in
R. t. longicaudatus intermediate.
Measurements. Wing 166-180 mm. as tenia 148-163 in
R. t. longicaudata ; tail 360-394 ; tarsus about 40 ; culmen
about 31-33.
Type in the British Museum. No sex, Buxa Duars, Jan.
to Feb. 1878. Hume Collection, No. 87.12.2.979.
Distribution. Outer Himalayas, Kuman to Assam; Bengal
and possibly Chota Nagpur and Northern Cirears (Tendon
Chin Hills and North Burma to Northern Shan States.
The two names, monticolus and montanus of Hodgs., which
are applicable to this bird, are unfortunately both nom. nuda.
Gray’s reference to monticolus (J. A.S. B. xl. p. 1095, 1842)
merely states that Hodgson’s monticolus is the same as
longicaudatus, whilst the same author’s reference to montanus
in Zool. Misc. p. 85, 1844, is merely its enumeration as one
of the Cuckoos.
Material examined. A large series of all three forms.
Coryllis vernalis rubropygialis, subsp. nov.
Description. Similar to C. v. vernalis, but much darker
both above and below; the rump also is a deeper, duller red.
Measurements. Wing 91-95 mm.
Type in the British Museum. 6, Belgaum Dist., 1879.
Collected by Capt. E. A. Butler. No. 89.1.26.17.
45 [ Vol. Ixvil,
Distribution. South-west coast of India from Cape Comorin
to the latitude of Bombay City ; east it occurs in the Nilgiri |
and adjoining hills.
Material examined. Twenty-five specimens of this new
form and a very large series of the typical form.
Mr. P. F. Bunyarp read the following report of his
observations on the Cuckoo for the season 1926 :—
Curiously enough, the Coal Strike indirectly interfered
with Mr. Scholey’s Cuckoo observations, as his firm were
unable to secure sufficient fuel to keep the pumps going ;
consequently the chalk pit was flooded to a depth of 8 feet,
and the Pied Wagtails were driven from their usual territory,
followed by the Cuckoo..
On the Reed-Warbler territory the 1925 Cuckoo again
took possession and deposited fifteen eggs—one in the nest
of a Sedge-Warbler and fourteen in the nests of Reed-
Warblers.
The first egg was merited on May 23rd and the last on
July 5th, with the usual intervals of approximately 48 hours;
in others there were, for various reasons, intervals of 3 days.
On June 28th Mr. Scholey telephoned me to come down,
and I reached the marshes about 4 p.m.
Material examined. Five specimens from Formosa; Ton-
gapo, Laulong, Mt. Arizan and Ho Ho Mt., 5000 ft.
Suya superciliaris klossi, subsp. nov.
Distinguished from S. s. superciliaris, Yunnan and Burma,
in the absence of black markings on the breast and whiter
and less buff under surface.
Type in British Museum. ¢. Dalat, 4500 ft., S. Annam,
7th April, 1918. Collected by C. B. Kloss. Registered
No. 1919 1220%39%
Norre.—This race is intermediate between the typical race
and S. s. albogularis from Sumatra. Birds from the type-
locality (Yunnan) have dark markings on the breast which are
not shown in the figure on plate 11. of ~Anderson’s ‘ Zoology
of Western Yunnan.’ The bird in this plate resembles S. s.
klossi, but the upper parts and tail are lighter. Hxamples
collected by Delacour in Laos are very heavily marked.
Material examined. Four specimens from Dalat, S. Annam,
and a large series from Yunnan and Sumatra. |
Horornis canturians taivanorum, subsp. nov.
Distinguished from H. c. canturians by the less rufous
upperside, especially on the head, the less distinct eyebrows,
and more strongly coloured underparts of yellowish-brown,
which colour is most conspicuous on the breast and flanks.
Type in British Museum. 6. Hills near Tamsui, N.
Formosa, 24th Feb., 1895, ex C. B. Rickett collection.
Registered No. 1905.12.24.722.
Material examined. Over thirty examples of H. c. taivan-
orum and about forty of H. c. canturians from 8. China.
Nore.—La Touche, ‘ Birds of Hast China,’ part iii. p. 263,
suggests that the winter-quarters of HH. c. borealis are in
Formosa, but this is not confirmed by specimens in the
British Museum Collection.
Vol. xlvii. ] 54
A single specimen in the British Museum from N.W. Luzon
belongs to the present race.
Setaria albigularis leucogastra, subsp. nov.
Similar in size to S. a. albigularis, but distinguished by
the lighter underparts, flanks only very light buff, and breast
of a pale French grey instead of dark grey.
Measurements :—Wing 73-77 mm. ; tail 57-60.
Type in British Museum. . Paku, Sarawak, Borneo,
December 1878. Collected by A. H. Everett. Registered
No. 1878.5.3.15.
Material examined. Six examples of the new race from
Borneo: Mt. Dulet, Paku, Bintulu, and Lawas R., and a
good series of the typical form.
~ Turdinus macrodactylus bakeri, subsp. nov.
Distinguished from 7’. m. macrodactylus from Malacea by
the greyer and less rufous underside, the flanks and under
tail-coverts buffish-brown, the back less rufous, and the ear-
coverts not so dark as in the typical form. It is also a little
larger.
Type in British Museum. . Lam ra, Trang, N. Malay
Peninsula, 19th Jan., 1910. Collected by Kuala Lumpur
Mus. collector. Registered No. 1910.12.27.295.
Material examined. Five examples of the new form from
Chong Hill and Lam ra, Trang, N. Malay Peninsula, and
Tung Song Paa, Peninsular Siam, and a considerable number
of T. m. macrodactylus.
Nore.—Named in honour of Mr. Stuart Baker, who has
examined the series and agrees that the birds are different.
Mr. Baker had previously expressed his opinion on these
birds in Journ. Nat. Hist. Siam, vol. iii. p. 187.
Eupetes macrocercus subrufus, subsp. nov.
Specimens from Borneo are very richly coloured, the
rufous on the underparts more extensive, and the upper parts
are much redder especially on the tail, while the head is
very rich brown.
55 [ Vol. xlvil.
Immature birds can be distinguished from similar specimens.
of the typical form by the deep brown head and upper
surface.
Type in British Museum. 2. Mt. Dulit, Sarawak,
Borneo, 3000 ft., October 1898. Collected by OC. Hose.
Registered No. 1900.2.15.45. . 7
Material examiued. Six of the new race and about twenty
from the Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, etc.
Norr.—A skin in the British Museum, No. 94.7.5.65, from
Penrisen, is very pale and the bill is slightly longer and
cannot be separated from the typical race. Birds from Java
and Sumatra appear to belong to HL. m. macrocercus.
Diceum hematostictum whiteheadi, subsp. nov.
Above glossy metallic blue instead of slate-blue. The
black feathers on the breast and abdomen are more abundant.
Type in British Museum. 2. Mt. Canloan, Negros,
26th March, 1896. Collected by J. Whitehead. Registered
No. 1897.5.13.441.
Material examined. Hight of the new form and eleven
from Panay and Guimaras.
Diceum pygmeum palawanorum, subsp. nov.
Distinguished by the larger bill, which is at least 1 mm.
longer than in typical bird. It is also larger and the black
of the back duller.
Type in British Museum. 4. Iwahig, Palawan, 26th
June, 1907. Collected by W. P. Lowe. Registered
No. 1911.11.16.305.
Material examined. Ten specimens of the new race and
about twenty from the islands of the Philippines.
Measurements :—
D.p. pygmeum, Philippine Is. Wing 42-47 mm.
D. p. palawanorum, Philippine Is. Wing 45-48 mm.
(The difference in measurements between the sexes is
sometimes as much as 6 mm., but as most of the birds
examined are not sexed this true difference in the size of the
two forms is not clearly shown in the measurements given.)
Vol. xlvii.] | 56
Zosterops aureiventer parvus, subsp. nov. /
Differs from Z. a. buxtont of Java and Sumatra in the
smaller size. |
Measurements :—Z. a. parvus. Wing 46-48 mm.
Z. a. buxton. .° 4," (49-50 Vie
Type in British Museum. g. Kina Balu, N. Borneo,
30th March, 1887. Collected by J. Whitehead. Registered
No. 1898.9.30.223.
Material examined. Five examples of the new race and
nine of Z. a. buxtont.
Zosterops palpebrosa harterti, subsp. nov.
Nearest to Z. p. peguensis, but distinguished by its
smaller size. From Z. p. simpiex it differs in the paler
coloration and smaller size.
Measurements :—
Z. p. peguensis. Pegu & Tenasserim. Wing 55-57 mm.
Z. p. simplex. S.H. China. >, JODSNE:
Z. p. hartertt. Formosa and 5» 00-90 4,
Hainan. 5, 00299
93
Material examined. Six examples of Z. p. peguensis, nine
Z. p. hartertt, and a number of Z. p. simplex.
Dr. Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. pp. 242-243, 1910, has
already remarked on the difference of Formosan specimens,
and Mr. Stuart Baker also expressed the same views (‘ Ibis,’
1922, p. 144).
Type in British Museum. ¢. Nanto Distr., Central
Formosa, March 1908. Collected by A. Moltrecht. Re-
gistered No. 1909.10.29.11.
Dicrurus leucogenys meridionalis, subsp. nov.
This new race is at once distinguished by its darker
plumage and somewhat smaller size. Birds from Western
and Northern China are generally darker, while those from
S.E. China are the lightest.
a7 | Vol. xlvii.
Measurements :—
D. |. meridionalis.
3¢. Wing 135-142 mm.; outer tail-feather 125-140 mm.
oo... V30-—O ;. “ A 125-135 ,,
D. |. leucogenys. .
83. Wing 135-145 mm.; outer tail-feather 130-140 mm.
Bo 3 oe Bean lbare us ~ is Fava Ws.
Type in British Museum. <6. Seven Finger Range,
Central Hainan, 16th Nov., 1906. Collected by R. Douglas.
Registered No. 1909.8.30.36.
Material examined, Six examples of the new race and
over a dozen from Continental China.
Nore.—tThe breeding of this bird in Hainan has not been
recorded, and Dr. Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. p. 249, suggested
that the bird here described was possibly on a winter visit
to the island; but I think it is a resident in the high
mountains.
Bhringa remifer sumatrana, subsp. nov. |
Readily distinguished by the smaller size from the typical
form.
Measurements :—
B. rv. remifer.
Central tail-teathers 120-125 mm.; wing 131-142 mm.
B. rv. sumatrana.
Central tail-feathers 108-120 mm.; wing 125-132 mm.
Type in British Museum. ¢. Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi,
Sumatra, 6th April, 1914. Collected by Messrs. H. C.
Robinson and C. B. Kloss. Registered No. 1920.6.29.542.
Material examined. Hight examples from Sumatra and
five from Java.
Vol. xlvii.] 58
Dissemurus paradiseus insularis, subsp. nov.
Distinguished from the typical form by the shorter tail.
Range. Borneo and Sumatra.
Type in British Museum. ¢. Sarawak, Borneo, 20th
Sept. 1877, ex Hume Coll. Registered No. 1886.3.1.2416.
Dissemurus paradiseus wallacei, subsp. nov.
Distinguished from the typical form by the exceptionally
long tail and greater development of the crest.
Range. Java.
Type in the British Museum. Modjokerto, K. Java,
Aug. 1861. Collected by A. R. Wallace. Registered
No. 1873.5.12.1984.
Measurements :—
2 a Tail without
D. p. paradiseus Wing. récket-feaeere:
Malay Peninsula. ¢. 134-146 mm. 136-145 mm.
?. 137-147 ,, 141-148 ,,
D. p. insularis,
Sumatra. Go I= 150 ee 130-188 ,,
Die peliaili- 139) 1281.
Borneo. dg. 134-140 ,, 125-134 ,,
ey ane fee 124 ee
D. p. wallacer. 143-150 ,, 150-160 ,,
Material examined. Four specimens from Java and about
fifteen from each of the other localities.
Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker sent descriptions of the following
four new races of Oriental Owls :—
Athene noctua ludlowi, subsp. nov.
In general colour intermediate between A. n. noctua and
A. n. bactriana—in fact, very similar to A. n. plumipes from
Shensi, China, but decidedly bigger than that bird, which
has a wing between 160 and 165 mm. The amount of
feathering on the toes varies considerably, both individually
59 [ Vol. xlvii.
and seasonally, but in winter most birds have the plumelets
extending down the toes almost to the base of the claws.
Colours of soft parts. Iris yellow; bill bright yellow ;
legs grey, soles yellow (/. M. Bailey).
Measurements :—4 8, 2 2. Wing 169 to 173 mm. ; tail
88 to $6 mm. ; tarsus 31 to 32 mm.; culmen 18 to 20 mm.
Distribution. Tibet. A bird from the Mishmi Hills is
nearest to the present race, but is smaller (wing 164 mm.),
and rather darker.
Type in British Museum. 6. Dochen, Rhamtso Lake,
Tibet, alt. 15,000 ft., 10.12.23. Collected by F. Ludlow,
No. 40. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1926.11.11.1.
(FLAUCIDIUM CUCULOIDES.
It appears to be imperative to divide this species into
geographical races, for although individual variation is
great yet there seem to be three dominant forms. One
dark brown in the North-western Himalayas, a second
rufous-brown from the Eastern Himalayas to the Shan
States, and a third fulvous-brown from Tenasserim. We
have therefore
GLAUCIDIUM CUCULOIDES CUCULOIDES.
Noctua cuculoides Vigors, P. Z.S. 1831, p. 8.
Simla—Almora Districts.
The general tone dark brown ; the barring on the lower
plumage very heavy and dark.
Measurements :—Wing 145 to 162 mm.; tail 79 to 90 mm.;
tarsus about 24 to 26 mm.; culmen about 19 to 20 mm.
Distribution. Lower Ranges of the North-west Himalayas
from Murree and Mussoorie, through the Simla States and
Garhwal to Wastern Nepal.
Glaucidium cuculoides rufescens, subsp. nov. —
A very much more richly coloured bird than the typical
form, the prevailing tint being rufous-brown, the under parts
showing this tint even more than than the upper.
Measurements :—Wing 141 to 162 mm.
Vol. xlvii. | 60
Distribution. Bhutan Dooars, Assam to the east of the
Dibong and south of the Brahmapootra River; Manipur ;
Tippera and Chittagong in Hastern Bengal; Northern
Burma to Pegu; North and South Shan States.
Sikkim birds are pale and large, more fulvous, and not
unlike the next race, and more material may show that these
high-elevation birds must be divided as a fourth race. For
the present I retain them here.
Type in British Museum. . Noong-zai-ban, Manipur,
2nd Feb., 1881. Coilected by A. O. Hume. Brit. Mus.
Reg. 86.2.1.849.
Glaucidium cuculoides fulvescens, subsp. nov.
Differs from the preceding two races in being paler and
also in being more fulvous, especially on the lower plumage,
in its general tone of coloration. The breast is nearly always
less heavily barred, whilst the streaks on the abdomen are
better defined and encroach on the breast.
Measurements :—Wing 134 to 150 mm., once 153 mm.
Distribution. Tenasserim.
Type in British Museum. @. Kolidoo, Tenasserim, 3rd
Feb., 1874, ex Hume Coll. Brit. Mus. Reg. 86.2.1.858.
Large series examined.
Ninox scutulata isolata, subsp. nov.
Similar to Ninow scutulata affinis, but much larger; wing,
185 to 205 mm. as against 167 to 169 in the Andaman bird,
culmen 22 mm. in the present race against 20 in J. s.
affinis.
Distribution. Nicobar, Trinkut, Camoorta Islands.
Type in British Museum. 6. Car Nicobar, 19th Mar.,
1873. Collected by V. Ball. Hume Coll., Brit. Mus.
Reg. 86.2.1.621.
Material examined. 8 2, 2? 4, unsexed 2.
Norre.—The Nicobar birds seem to be a little browner with
less ashy tint on the head and back, but the difference is
slight and not of itself of subspecific value.
61 [ Vol. xlvii.
Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited a remarkable clutch of four
eggs of the Goshawk (Astur gentilis gentilis) from Sonnen-
burg, collected on April 14, 1903, and made the following
remarks :—
This exceptionally well-marked clutch came from a well-
known German collection, the ground-colour is typical, the
so-called pigment, however, is not wholly superimposed, as
I have proved by internal illumination.
In addition to the markings on the upper lime-layer, I
found well-defined markings on the coherent lime-layer, and
the mammille-layer*, a most unusual occurrence in the
egos of this species. The faint havana-brown spots which
occasionally occur are usually superimposed. |
Measurements. 56-58 x 43°4-45 mm. (97 x 44°7 mm.,
Rey).
Weights. 5°121-5°877 m.g. (5°105 m.g., Rey).
A. A. Van Pelt Lechner, ‘Oologia Neerlandica,’ in his
treatment of the family Falconide, in referring to the eggs
of A. gentilis gentilis, says :—“ Eggs with red-brown pig-
ment spots situated at the surface (in layer III.) are as rare
as they are in Circus eruginosus, Marsh-Harrier.”
From Rey’s description, however, it appears without doubt
that this author had seen eggs exhibiting small light havana-
brown spots on layers I. and II.
The greyish or yellowish cloudy markings which Rey men-
tions I hold to be locally thickened portions of the upper
membrane (=layer ILI.). I have seen eggs in which this
membrane seemed to me to be mixed with a very much
diluted quantity of oorhodein and to be coloured a very light
yellow by it.
Otherwise I regard what has been said above respecting
accessory and pigment spots in the case of C. wruginosus to
apply equally here.
Personally I have not yet seen eggs of C. eruginosus with
genuine pigment-markings.
* ‘Oologia Neerlandica,’ A. A. Van Pelt Lechner, vol. ii.
Vol. xvii. | 62
Mr. A. L. Buruer exhibited a Humming-bird from
W. Ecuador, which he was unable to assign to any known
species and for which he proposed the name
Eriocnemis soderstromi, sp. nov.
Nearest to the rare Hriocnemis godini (Bourc.) of Hastern
Keuador, but differing as follows :—
Forehead greenish-blue, crown much darker and more
bronze than the back, turning to velvet-black when viewed
from in front, whereas in J. godini the forehead and crown
are of the same colour as the back, remaining green when
viewed from in front ; back of a darker shade ; lower rump
and upper tail-coverts dark steel-blue, only margined with
green (in LE. godin they are entirely shining grass-green) ;
blue throat-patch much larger, and lower surface darker
without the strong golden gloss of . godin.
Wing 66 mm.; culm. 20°5; tail 46 with depth of fork 19.
Type in the British Museum. ¢ ad. Nono, Western side
of Pichincha, Ecuador, 1.90. Collected by L. Séderstrém.
Reg. No. 97.11.12.98.
Note on Laset.—“ Only one specimen found.”
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Tue three-hundred-and-fifth Meeting of the Club was held
at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W. 1,
on Wednesday, December 8th, 1926.
Chairman: H. F. W1irHERBy.
Members present :—H. C. Stuart Baker; D. A. BANNER-
mMaN; Dr. F. J. F. Barxinaron; Miss M. G. Best; P. F.
Bunyarp; A. L. Butter; Hon. G. CHarteris; J. L.
CuawortH-MustErs; Col. STEPHENSON R. CLarkE; Sir
P. Z. Cox; A. H. Evans; A. Ezra; Major 8.8. Flower;
Hon. M. Hacuisuxa; Dr. E. Harrert; Rev. F. C. R.
Jourpain; N. B. Kinnear (Editor); J. Spepan Lewis ;
Dr. T. G. Lonestarr; Dr. G. C. Low (Hon. Sec. ¥ Treas.) ;
Dr. P. R. Lowt; C. W. Mackwortu-Prarp; Dr. P.
Manson-Banr; G. M. Marurws; Dr. W. N. May;
EK. G. B. Meapn-Waupo; Mrs. A. C. MBINERTZHAGEN ;
Col. R. MurnertzHacen; T. H. Newman; C. OLDHAM ;
C. H. Pearson; G. H. R. Pyz-Smirax; F. R. Rartciirr ;
C. B. Ricxett; Dr. B. B. Riviere; W. L. Scuater ;
D. Sera-SmirH; H. Srevens; Marquis or Tavistock ;
{ December 29th, 1926. ] VOL. XLVII.
Vol. xlvii. | 64
Dr. C. B. Ticknurst; B. W. Tucker; H. M. Wattis;
C. pe Worms.
Visitors :—F. H. Epmonpson; Dr. O. KiErscumipt ;
G.E. Lopgze; K. F. M. Murray; Miss Franczs Pirr; Mrs.
Rose Haicu THomas; EH. Vatpy; Mrs. K. H. I. Vaupy.
Dr. O. Kuernscumipt exhibited a male of the rare Hum-
ming-Bird (Oxypogon stibelit) Meyer, together with the other
known species of the genus Owxypogon. Dr. Hartert ex-
plained that hitherto nothing was known of O. stdbeli than
the type (a female in the Dresden Museum), and an imma-
ture male and a female in the New York Museum. The
adult male was one of the three collected hy the late traveller
Fassl on Mt. Tolima, in Colombia. Dr. Kleinschmidt
regarded all the forms of Oxypogon as a beautiful example
of one ‘‘ Formenkreis.”
Dr. Kurrmnscumipt further said that he dissected three
specimens of the so-called Pavo nigripennis, a mutant (only
known in captivity) of the Common Peacock, and found
that they had all tuberculous bones. He would like to know
if there was any connection between the illness and the
nigripennis coloration.
Mr. P. F. Bunyarp made the following remarks on the
eggs of the Northern Golden Plover (Charadrius a. alti-
frons) from Iceland and the Feroes :—
When in the Feroes in 1905, I was not aware that the
local form of Golden Plover was considered to be distinct,
otherwise I should have collected a longer series of eggs, as
the birds were very plentiful, though I noticed that the
plumage was remarkably fine, and called attention to this
in ‘The Zoologist,’ No. 777, March 1906, p. 87.
I collected only three clutches of four each, and give
below their weights and measurements, together with a
similar number from Iceland and a series of the southern
form from Scotland and Yorkshire for comparison :—
65 [ Vol. xlvii.
Northern Golden Plover Southern Golden Plover
(C. a. altifrons). 24 eggs. (C. a. apricarius). 24 eggs,
Average 51:7 X35 mm. Average 52°8 36:1 mm.
Max. 55x35 ,, Max. 655°8x35:2 ,,
Min. 48x34, Min. 49x35'3 i,
Weights.
Average 1662 mg. Average 1°762 mg.
Max...) :Soen; Max 4) jy 1972) 5)
Min. 1-450 ,, Min. Tsbas ss,
There appears to be no difference in the eggs, except that
those of the Southern Golden Plover are slightly heavier,
which is what one would expect, as C. a. apricarius is a
trifle larger in size.
Mr. P. F,. Bunyarp also exhibited a remarkable clutch
of four Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus julicarius), from Spits-
bergen, 15/7/90, taken by G. Nordenskiold, the Arctic
explorer.
Tie whole of the broad ends were heavily capped with
rich brownish-black, the remaiuing portions being only
slightly marked.
A very similar elntch of Red-necked Phalarope (P. loba-
tus) from Iceland was also exhibited.
The greater breadth of the former is a fairly constant
distinguishing characteristic.
[The following note by Mr. Bunyard should have appeared
in the October number of the ‘ Bulletin,’ but was omitted
owing to a misunderstanding.—Ep. |
Mr. Buxyarp made remarks on Mr. Jourdain’s criticisms
(vol. xlvi. p. 124) of his exhibition of the eggs of Hreunetes
pusillus and Erolia minutilla, in the course of which he said
the five clutches from Labrador in his own possession from
the Farn Collection were not actually taken or identified by
the Rev. W. W. Perrett as stated by Mr. Jourdain, but were
collected for him by different people, as shown by the data,
tickets which he exhibited. These facts, Mr. Bunyard
stated, were given in his original MSS., but were unfortu-
nately struck out by the Editor.
Mr. Bunyard further remarked that it should be made
quite clear that he did not base his remarks on this material
only, but upon the series as a whole, viz., the clutches from
Vol. xlvii. | 66
Newfoundland and Magdalen Islands in the Massey Collec-
tion, and one from the U.S. National Museum taken by E. W.
Nelson (an egg of which is figured by Poynting, pl. 34. fig. 6),
and that he worked on this last clutch as his type.
Three clutches from the Farn series and two from the
Massey Collection, he pointed out, were exactly similar and
agree with Nelson’s eggs, while two clutches from the former
collection and two from the latter belong to the finely
stippled form and are also exactly alike.
He stated that in his opinion not one of the ten clutches
of EH. minutilla which he had exhibited could possibly be
confused with those of H. pusillus, which are larger and
heavier, as his weights and measurements prove.
Mr. Jourdain was not present when the original exhibit
and remarks were made, and in view of the above facts
Mr. Bunyard considered he was justified in including the
Perrett series as /. minutilla.
The Rev. F.C. R. JourDAIN communicated the following :—
Recently Messrs. Lowe and Kinnear have come to the con-
clusion that the Wagtails commonly grouped together as
subspecies of Motacilla alba should be divided into two
species, each with a group of subspecies, viz. M. alba L. and
M. lugubris Temm. This is a matter which affects the names
of our two British forms of Black and White Wagtails, as if
this contention is accepted our birds become MM. lugubris
yarrelliti Gould and M. alba alba L. As Mr. Stuart Baker
has adopted this nomenclature and accepted the specific
distinctness of the two forms in his last volume of the
Avifauna of British India, and it is referred to by Lord
Rothschild in his recent paper on the Birds of Yunnan, it
may be worth while to make a few remarks on the subject.
In the first place, my experience of closely allied species in
the field is that they show distinctive characters in many
ways. Acrocephalus scirpaceus and A. palustris is hardly a
parallel case, as they breed side by side over large areas, and
no one could possibly maintain from field-observation that
they belonged to one species. Muscicapa hypoleuca and
M. albicollis is a better parallel, and here many little charac-
teristics crop up which show that the two species differ in
67 [Vol. xlvii.
details of breeding-habits etc. But those who have watched |
M. alba during the breeding-season from the Arctic Circle
to §. Spain know that, except for the difference in coloration,
it has exactly the habits, notes, and mental characteristics
of our Pied Wagtail. The British Yellow and Blue-headed
Wagtails have also identical notes, and their behaviour is
also similar. On the other hand, the Carrion and Hooded
Crows, which are by some ornithologists regarded merely as
colour-phases of the same species, do show subtle differences
in notes, habitat, etc.
In the Avif. Br. India, Mr. Baker groups under the lugubris
heading alboides (hodgsoni), maderaspatensis, and leucopsis.
What is M. lugubris lugubris Temm.? It is a mixture of
Pallas’s description of birds of Hast Siberia (lugens), others
from France (yarrellu), and some from Hgypt (? vidua), and
others from Hungary and the Crimea! It could he used
for either yarrellu or lugens, but fortunately is preoccupied
by M. lugubris Licht., 1819, which has a year’s priority.
Of the three forms grouped by Mr. Baker under lugubris,
one, maderaspatensis, dates back to Gmelin, 1789, while
alboides and leucopsis date from 1836 and 1837, and the
“nominat” form lugubris to 1820! It is obvious that if we
are going to accept the black-throated Wagtails as a species
they must be called maderaspatensss and our Pied Wactail
will become MZ. maderaspatensis yarrellir!
As showing the curious way in which errors are per-
petuated, I may point out that MM. maderaspatensis is quite
rightly omitted by Hartert in his Vogel. Pal. Fauna, i.
Yet it appears in Dresser’s ‘ Manual of Palearctic Birds’
(although confined to India and not breeding above 3000!
in the Himalayas) and also in the Brit. Mus. Cat. of Birds,
x., by Sharpe, both authors including Turkestan in the
breeding-range of this species on the strength of Severtzow’s
statement in the ‘ Turkestan. Jevotnie.’
Mr. Gregory M. Maruews sent the following :—
Cyrtostomus frenatus hachisuka, subsp. nov.
Differs from C. 7. fawgaster, from New Ireland, in being
darker on the upper surface and in having less orange on
the under surface. The bill is slightly longer.
Vol. xlvii.] 68
Type in British Museum. ¢. Obi Island, 27th May,
1902, ex. Coll. G. M. Mathews. Registered No. 1911.1.14.9.
| Crytostomus frenatus olivaceus, subsp. nov.
* Differs from the above in being darker and smaller.
Type in British Museum. ¢@. Goodenough Island, 19th
December, 1896. Collected by A. S. Meek. Registered
No. 98.4.30.17.
On p. 40 ante, add Mathews after Procellaria agilis.
The Hon. Masacst Hacuisuxa sent the following de-
scriptions of five new forms :—
Anthreptes malacensis basilanicus, subsp. nov.
This race is distinguished from A. m. chlorigaster of
Negros in having the under surface more yellowish, the
brown of the wing-coverts lighter in colour, and in the smaller
size.
Measurements :—
A. m. chlorigaster. Negros. 3 3. Wing 71-72 mm.
A. m. basilanicus. Basilan, Mindanao. 7 ¢. Wing
67-71 mm.
Type in British Museum. @. Basilan Is., Philippines,
Nov. 19th. Collected by J. B. Steere. Registered No. 96.
6.6.483.
Material examined. Six examples from Negros and four-
teen from Basilan. |
. Anthreptes malacensis sanghirana, subsp. nov.
Nearest to A. m. basilanicus, but differs from it and
A. m. chlorigaster in having the wing larger and the under-
parts of a more greenish than yellow tinge.
Measurements :—
A.m.sanghirana. Sanghirls. 2 9. Wing 74-75 mm.
Material examined. Three from Sanghir Is.
Type in British Museum. . Sanghir Is., Sept, 8th, 1876.
Shelley Coll. Registered No. 1895.9.9.103.
Leptocoma flammaxillaris annamensis, subsp. nov.
Adult maie. Differs from the typical form in having the
underparts greenish yellow and not clear yellow ; the female
also has the underparts darker.
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Type in British Museum. Nhatrang, Annam, 2nd
Oct., 1905. Collected by J. J. Vassal. Registered No.
1906.12.5.69.
Material examined. Two males, two juvenile males, and four
females of L. f. annamensis, and a large series from Burmah
and Malay of the typical form.
Dicz#um cruentatum hainanum, subsp. nov.
This race is distinguished from the Continental form
D. ¢. coccineum by its smaller size, the browner throat, and
the underparts without any olive tinge. In the female the
underparts are more of a buffish than a greenish shade.
Measurements :—
D.¢. coceineum. 7 8. Wing 49-54 mm. ; tail 25-29 mm.
ah, 10-52. .: 55 29-32 ,,
D.¢c.hainanum. 68. 4, 48-50 2 », 24-28 ,,
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Type in British Museum. §. Hainan, March 1868.
Swinhoe Coll. Registered No. 1898.10.20.27.
Material examined. Ten specimens from Hainan and a
series from Southern China.
Nore.—There ‘is one specimen from Hainan which is
exceptionally large, with a wing of 52 mm.
Excalfactoria chinensis cerulescens, subsp. nov.
Males from Borneo and Sumatra have the upperside
much darker, washed with slate-blue, the black markings
larger, and the underparts of a stronger blue and -brown
shade.
Type in British Museum. Sarawak, Borneo. Col-
lected by A. H. Everett. Registered No. 1878.5.20.38.
Material examined. Five specimens from Borneo, two
from Sumatra, and over twenty each of LF. c. chinensis and
EH. ¢. rostrata.
Notre.—The Celebes bird was separated by Gould as
minima, but without a larger series—there are only three
specimens, ¢ imm. (the type) and two females, in the British
Museum—it is impossible to say whether this form should
stand or not. |
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Dr. P. R. Lowe exhibited an example of the rare Sharp-
tailed Sandpiper (¥chmorhynchus cancellatus), which had
been obtained by the Whitney South Sea Expedition, and
made some remarks on its affinities.
On behalf of M. Jean Delacour, Mr. Kinnear pointed out
that the name Lanius colluroides melanocephalus, Bull.
B. O. C. xlvii. p. 13, is preoccupied by Lanius melano-
cephalus Gmelin, and proposed to substitute in its place
Lanius colluroides nigricapillus, nom. nov.,
for the form of the Burmese Shrike found in 8. Annam.
Dr. V. G. L. van SomeReEN sent the following description
of a new subspecies of Woodpecker :—
Campothera abingdoni kavirondensis, subsp. nov.
In this race the spotting of the upperside is intermediate
between that of the races suahelicus and mombassicus ; and
differs from both in the much wider black streaks on the
breast and flanks. In the male and to a lesser degree in the
femaie, a black wedge-shaped patch extends from the chin
to the upper breast.
Type in my own collection. adult. Lolgorien, South
Kavirondo, May 1925.
Obs.—Seven examples of this race have been taken in the
type-locality or near vicinity.
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No. CCCXI.
Tae three-hundred-and-sixth Meeting of the Club was held
at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W. 1,
on Wednesday, January 12th, 1927.
Chairman: H. F. WITHERBY.
Members present:—W.Suore Batty; D. A. BANNERMAN :
Dr. F. J. F. Barniyeron; P. F, Bunyarp; Hon. G. L.
CHarTeris; A. Ezra; Major S. S. FLowrer; Hon. M.
Hacuisuxa; Rev. J.R. Hate; Dr. E. Harrerr ; Rev. F.C.
R. Jourparn; N. B. Kinnear (Editor); Dr. G. C. Low
(Hon. Sec. 5 Treas.); N.S. Lucas ; C. W. Mackxwortn-
Praep; Capt. W. H. F. Macmmnan; Lt-Col. H A. F.
Magcratu ; Dr. P. Manson-Banr ; G. M. Maruews ; Col. R.
MEINERTZHAGEN; Mrs. R. MBEINERTZHAGEN ; C. OLDHAM ;
G. H. R. Pyz-Smira ; ©. B. Rickert ; Lord Roruscuizp ;
W. L. Scrater ; D. Seru-Smrra; Dr. CG. B. TICEHURST ;
A. LanpsporoueH THomson ; H. Wuistier.
Guests :—Sir H. Macnacuren ; Sir Sypyey Roprnson.
[January 31st, 1927.) ’ VOL. XLVII:
Vol. xlvii.] 72
Colonel R. MEINERTZHAGEN exhibited a small collection of
egos from Ladak.
Among the most interesting were two eggs of an Hagle-
Owl (Lubo bubo turcomanus) taken at Chimre in Ladak at
11,900 feet on 19. v.25. This is the first time this race has
been known to breed within Indian limits.
A clutch of eleven eggs of Perdix hodgsonie caragane
was also exhibited, along with a single egg which was laid
in the hand by a wounded bird and another removed from
the oviduct of a bird being prepared asa specimen. These
eggs show the pale blue ground-colour which the egg receives
on entering the oviduct, the commencement of brown pig-
mentation on the prematurely laid egg and the complete
brown pigmentation of the egg when it was laid under
natural conditions.
Mr. E. C. Stuarr Baker sent descriptions of the following
new subspecies of Oriental birds :—-
Alcedo meninting phillipsi, subsp. nov.
This race is nearest to the true A. m. meninting from Java
and the Malay States. Like that bird the bars of the head
are deep purple-blue with no green tinge, the general tint is
rich and dark and the lower parts deep ferruginous. The
wings are boldly spotted with blue, a character not shown in
any specimens of A. m. meninting.
Colour of soft parts as in all the other races.
Measurements. Wing 65 to 71 mm., bill 35 to 48 mm., in
nearly all the wing is over 67 and the bill over 40 mm. In
the Javan and Malayan form the wing is 60 to 68 mm., and
the culmen almost invariably under and never exceeding
40 mm.
Distribution. Ceylon and South Travancore. A specimen
from Pothanee, Madras, appears also to be of this race.
Type in the British Museum: ¢, Cocoawatte Estate,
Ceylon. Coll. by A. L. Butler, 12th May, 1895. Reg. No.
1916.9.20.434.
Material ecamined. Thirteen specimens of A. m. phillips:
and a large series of the typical form.
73 (Vol. xlvii.
Amaurornis fuscus zeylonicus, subsp. nov.
Very close to typical A. f. fuscus from the Philippines, but
much paler and faintly tinged with yellowish-olive above.
Although the individual variation is considerable, the darkest
Ceylon bird is a trifle paler than the palest Philippine bird.
Colour of soft parts as in other races.
Distribution. Ceylon and the south-west coast of India
from Travancore to Belgaum and Kanara.
Type. Adult (no sex), in British Museum: Ceylon
(A. Nevill). Tweeddale Coll. Reg. No. 89.11.3.86.
Measurements of British Museum series of this species :—
Wing. Bill.
mm. mm.
A «fo, FUSCU SE cae ate 87- 99 19-21 (14 examined).
A. f. zeylonicus ... 87-96 19-20 (17 examined).
A. fo Danerr Peer 97-110 21-24 (series).
A. f. erythrothorax. 105-122 21-24 (series).
Mr. N. B. Kinnear communicated cn behalf of Mr. B.
Stegmann the following new races of Hastern Palearctic
Birds :—
Iynx torquilla intermedia, subsp. nov.
Darker and, in the fresh plumage, more brownish than
I. t. torquilla L. Black patterns of the upperside more
developed, especially on the occiput, nape, and scapulars.
Throat and chest of a darker buff, sharply set off from the
white chin. The barring of the underside generally sharper
and somewhat coarser.
Size as in J. t. torqulla. Wing 82-89 mm.
Type in Zool. Mus. Russ, Acad. Sci.: ¢ ad., near Tchita,
S.E. Siberia, 24th August, 1925. Collected by B. Stegmann.
Material examined. Twenty-five specimens, compared with
eighty specimens of torquilla (from Europe, Russia and West
Siberia) and eight japonica. |
Distribution. South-eastern corner of Siberia and eastern
part of Central Asia (specimens in the Zool. Mus. from
Transbaicalia, southern shore of the Okhotski Sea, from
Vol. xivii.] 74
Amur, Ussuri, Eastern Mongolia, Upper Hoang-ho, and Nan-
shan).
Norg.—J. t. japonica, that has been identified up to now
with the specimens from Hast Siberia, has the same deve-
lopment of the black patterns, but the upperside is still
browner and the underside a little more yellow. The size
is much smaller, too. Wing 76-80 mm.
Cyanopica cyanea tristis, subsp. nov.
Darker and greyer generally than C. c. cyanea Pall. ; back
light neutral grey to neutral grey (Ridgway, ed. 2, pl. lii.),
against drab-grey to light drab (Ridgway, pl. xlvi.) in
eyanea ; underside without any yellowish tint. Black of
the crown with pure blue, instead of violet, reflections.
Differences are equally striking in fresh as well as in worn
plumage.
Type in Zool. Mus. Russ. Acad. Sci.: ¢ ad., Kruchina
near Tchita, S.E. Siberia, 9th May, 1925. Collected by
B. Stegmann.
Measurements. Wing 147-155 mm. (male), 138-147 mm.
(female).
Material examined. Four specimens compared with twenty-
eight specimens of cyanea.
Distribution. Probably all over S8.E. Siberia from Tchita
as far east as the middle Amur; specimens in the Zool. Mus.
from Tchita and from the lower Shilka. The area of the
more brownish cyanea extends from the middle course of
Selenga and Tchikoi, as far as Blagoveschensk and Ussuri-
land, lying south of the area of tristzs ; still farther south as
far as Kansu and eastern Nan-shan lives C. ¢. swinhoet Hart.,
which is still more brownish.
Mr. H. WuiIsTLER communicated the description of a new
race of Vulture :—
Gyps indicus jonesi, subsp. nov.
Differs from G. indicus indicus in the larger size, darker
coloration, and thicker covering of the headand neck. The
75 [ Vol. xlvii.
body-plumage is a dull earthern-brown colour with faint
shaft-streaks, this colour being duller and darker even than
in either G. fulvus or G. himalayensis. The crop-patch is a
more sooty-brown than in G. indicus, and the rump is brown
slightly marked with white as opposed to the white rump
flecked with brown in the typical form. The head is clothed
with thick buffy-white hairs, and the neck with thick white
down, as thickly as in G. fulvus and G. himalayensis. Ruff
white tinged with buff, the feathers short’ and downy in
character as in the typical form. Wing 700-750 mm. <
Type in British Museum: ¢ ad., Margala range, Rawal
Pindi district, 25th January, 1926. No. 6146. H. Whistler
Coll. B.M. Reg. No. 1926.9.14.1.
Obs. The breeding Vulture of the low hill ranges 1500-
2500 feet between the Salt Range and the Indus, N.W. India.
Nests in small colonies on rocky crags.
Named after Mr. A. EH. Jones, who procured the first
specimen.
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The Hon. M. U. Hacursuxa sent the following communi-
cation :—*‘ Count Gyldenstolpe has informed me that four of
the new races described by me in the November ‘ Bulletin ’
have already been described as follows :
“ Dendrobiastes hyperythrus taivanicus Hachisuka, Bull.
B.O.C. xlvii. p. 52=Dendrobiastes hyperythrus innexa (Siphia
innexa Swinhoe, Ibis, 1866, p. 394: Formosa). Type in
Tring Museum.
“« Hupetes macrocercus subrufus Hachisuka, Bull. B. O.C.
xlvii. p. 54= Eupetes macrocercus bornensis Rob. & Kloss,
Jour. Fed. Malay Mus. vol. x. 1921, p. 204.
** Dissemurus paradiseus wallacer Hackisuka, Bull. B. O. C.
xlvii. p. 58=issemurus paradiseus formosus (Dissemurus
formosus Cab. & Heine, Mus. Heineanum, vol. i. p. 111,
footnote, Jan. 1851).
** Dissemurus paradiseus insularis Hachisuka, Bull. B. O. C.
xlvii. p. 58=Dissemurus paradiseus brachyphorus (Edolius
brachyphorus Bonap. Consp. Gen. Ay. vol. i. p. 351, May
1850).”
Vol. xlvii. | 76
Mr. Hacuisuxka also described a new race of the Italian
Sparrow from Corsica :—
Passer itale payni, subsp. nov.
The Italian Sparrows from Corsica are distinguished
by their darker coloratien and smaller size. The latter
character has already been pointed out by Parrot (Ornith.
Jahrbuch, xxi. p. 141).
The mantle of the male is more greenish than buffish,
and the tail-feathers are also darker.
lialy....... 7S, 78-81 mm. 4 9, 75-78 mm.
Corsica... 7 6, 76-77 mm. 8 9,75 mm.
I have named this new race in honour of Lt.-Col. W. A.
Payn, who very kindly supplied me with a series from
Corsica.
Type in Lt.-Col. Payn’s Collection: ¢, Corté, Corsica,
9:12.1925.
Obs. Both Lt.-Col. Payn and myself have visited Corsica
on several occasions, but we did not meet with the Spanish
Sparrow.
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Febuary 9th, 1927, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT, 42-48
Great Portland Street, W.1. The Dinner at 7 p.m.
Members intending to dine might kindly inform the Hon.
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Members who intend to make any communication at the next
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March Meeting, which will be held on Wednesday, March 9th,
1927, in conjunction with the British Ornithologists’ Union,
will be devoted principally to the exhibition of Lantern-slides.
The Hon. Secretary will be glad to hear from any Member
who has slides to exhibit, in order that the necessary
arrangements may be made.
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No. CCCXII.
Tat three-hundred-and-seventh Meeting of the Club’ was
held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Bas Portland Street,
W.1, on Wednesday, February 9th, 1927.
Chairman: H. F. Wiruersy.
Members present :—E. C. Sruarr Baker; F. J. F.
Barrineron ; Count Bosrinskoy; P. F. Bunyarp; A. L.
Burier; Col. 8. R. Crarke ; Sir Percy Cox; A. H. Evans }
Major g, S. FLownr ; Hon: M. wee Rev. J. R.
Hate; Dr. E. Hessen Rev. F. C. R. Mowity sae Nu. Ba
ecman (Editor); J. cone Lewis; Dr. G. C. Low
(Hon. Sec. § Treas.); N.S. Lucas; C. W. MackwortH-
Prarep; Dr. P. Manson-Banr; G. M. Marurws jth} Giiie
MrapvE-Watpo; Col. R. MEeINERTZHAGEN; Mrs. R. Mer-
NERTZHAGEN ; J. L. Cuaworta Musrers; C. OLDHAM ;
G. H. R. Pyz-Surru; F. R. Rateuire ; C. B. Rickert ;
Lord Roruscuitp; D. Sera-Surru; Major A. G. L.
S~aDEN ; Marquis or Tavistock; A. LANDsBOROUGH
THomson ; B. W. Tucker; L. J. Torture.
Guests :—W. B. Atexanper; P. W. T. Boucuron-
Leigh; A. H. Pacer-Witxrs; Lt.-Col. W. A. Payn ;
R. STRINGER.
{ February 26th, 1927.] a VOL, XLVII.
Vol. xvii. | 80
Mr. W. B. Auexanper, Vice-Pres. R.A.O.U., gave a
short account of some of the habits of Australian Bower-
birds (Ptilonorhynchidz). In this group of birds, related
to the Crows, the acquisitive habit seen in the Jackdaw and
Magpie reaches an elaborate development, though it is
interesting to note that among the Bower-birds themselves
the Cat-birds (Ailuredus) are not known to collect any
objects. Thenearly related Tooth-billed Bower-bird (Sceno-
peetes) clears an area on the ground and on it spreads out
a number of leaves with their paler under surfaces upper-
most. When they wither they are removed and fresh leaves
substituted. Between this comparatively elementary habit
of play and the elaborate habits of the other species there is
a big gap. All other Australian species build definite
structures (bowers), within or around which they spread
objects of various kinds collected in the vicinity. The
Regent-bird (Sericulus) appears only rarely to make a bower,
and when it does so it is similar to that of a Satin-bird
(Ptilonorhynchus), but smaller and of inferior workmanship.
Does this mean that this species is losing the bower-building
habit, or is it in process of acquiring the habit ? On account
of the great difference between its bill and that of other
Bower-birds, Mr. G. M. Mathews has suggested that it is
not really a member of the family, and has learned to build
a bower in imitation of a true Bower-bird.
The Satin-bird’s bower is a passage-way of sticks set into
a platform of sticks placed on the ground. On the platform
around the bower objects of various kinds are spread out,
A collection of these was exhibited, and the speaker
emphasized the fact that similar objects, as far as they were
obtainable in the distriet, would be found at the bower of
any Satin-bird, the types of objects collected being quite
characteristic of the species.
These objects fall into Four classes: (1) blue or purplish-
blue—flowers, feathers of the Parrot (Platycercus elegans),
blue glass and china, blue-bags and blue papers ; (2) greenish-
yellow or pale yellowish—flowers, withered leaves (placed
with the yellowest side up), greenish glass and china;
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(3) brown—snail-shells, pupa-cases of cicadas, cast snake-
skin, puff-balls ; (4) bright or shining—oyster-shells, tinfoil.
The flowers are removed when they wither and new ones
obtained.
A similar collection of objects from bowers of the Spotted
Bower-bird (Chlamydera maculata) was exhibited. These
also fall into four classes: (1) white—bleached bones,
bleached snail- or mussel-shells, bleached shells of Emu’s
egos, quartz pebbles, fragments of telegraph insulators ;
(2) dark green—unripe fruits, berries, and seed-pods, Emu
ego-shells, green bottle-glass; (3) dull olive—smooth
pebbles, mussel-shells, dead millepedes; (4) bright or
shining—clear glass, bits of wire and tinfoil. The green
fruits and berries are removed as soon as they turn yellow
or red.
Both species at once reject red or bright yellow objects
placed at their bowers.
The passage-way of the Spotted Bower-bird is not built
on a platform, but the sticks and grass-stems of which the
walls are composed are stuck into the ground. The sticks
used are short and serve mainly as supports for the long
erass-stems. The tops of the sticks sometimes form a shelf,
along the inside of which the bird places some of its special
treasures.
Tt has recently been found that certain Satin Bower-birds
in the Sydney National Park at Port Hacking, N.S.W.,
paint the sticks on the inner faces of their bowers with a
black material. The origin of the substance used has not
been discovered, but the bird has been seen by Mr. Nubling
with this material in its beak painting each stick in turn.
Some blackened sticks from bowers in this locality were
exhibited. The material is washed off by rain and is renewed
by the bird. Bowers of this species which the speaker had
inspected in (Jueensland showed no trace of similar decoration.
Part of the wall of a bower of the Spotted Bower-bird
found by Mr. D. W. Gaukrodger near Blackall, in Central
Queensland, was also exhibited. On the inner face the
grass-stems composing this bower, from the level of the shelf
a2
Vol. xlvii. ] 82
of sticks as high as the bird could reach, had been stained
with a reddish-brown colour. This was the only painted
bower found by Mr. Gaukrodger, though he examined over
fifty others in the district.
This painting of the bowers by a few individuals of two
species belonging to different genera raises an interesting
problem. Did all Bower-birds formerly paint their bowers,
and are those which practice the habit carrying on an.
ancient custom now almost lost? Or are these individuals
pioneers developing a new fashion? In the latter case it
seems certain that the birds of the two species have inde-
pendently invented this plan of decorating their bowers, as
the Satin-bird inhabits the sub-tropical jungles near the
coast, whilst the Spotted Bower-bird lives in the arid districts
of the interior.
Mr. C. Bopren Kuoss sent the following note :—
THE NAMES AND Raczs oF THE RueD JUNGLE-FowL
(Gallus gallus).
In a recent paper Lord Rothschild, premising that the
Red Jungle-Fow] has provoked an enormous literature but
very few names, proceeds to add to the scanty total of the
latter by proposing Gallus gallus robinsoni, nom. nov., for
the Eastern bird (Nov. Zool. xxxiii. 1926, p. 206). In doing
_ this he seems to have overlooked some remarks on the sub-
ject by Mr. J. H. Ryley in Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. Ixiv. 1924,
p. 9, from which the following is quoted :—
“Robinson and Kloss (Records Indian Mus. xix. 1920,
p. 13) have called attention to the fact that Linnzeus himself
in the twelfth edition of the ‘Systema Natures’ (p. 270), had
already restricted the type-locality to Pulau Condor, off the
mouth of the Mekong, and this apples with equal force to
the tenth edition (p. 158), where the same locality is given.
In a later article Kloss (idem, p. 181) says: ‘ Nevertheless
we cannot accept Phasianus gallus of the “Systema Nature ”
as the name of the Red Jungle-Fowl, for Linneus had used
it previously in the ‘Fauna Sueeica” for domesticated
83 [ Vol. xlvii.
Huropean birds, and it cannot be employed again for some-
thing else.’ In this contention Kloss is in error: Linnzens |
was non-binomial in the ‘Fauna Suecica’ until the 1761
edition, and the names used there before that time have no
standing. Now, as Linnzus himself restricted the type-
locality by writing ‘India orientali: Pouli candor, etc.,’
when he named the species in the first work in which he was
consistently binomial, and which is universally recognized as
the starting-point of our modern nomenclature, it seems to
me the three races of the Red Jungle-Fowl that have been
recognized to date should stand as follows :—
“(a) Gallus gallus gallus (Linnzeus), Syst. Nat. ed. 10,
1758, p. 158 (Pulau Condor, off the mouth of the Mekong).
“(b) Gallus gallus bankiwa Temminck, Pig. et Gall.
vol. ii. 1813, pl. 87 (Java).
“(c) Gallus gallus murght Robinson & Kloss, Records
Indian Mus. vol. xix. 1920, p. 14 (Chirala, Gya District,
Bihar).
“The ranges will be the same as those given by Robinson
and Kloss in the last paper cited above.”
With this argument I now agree. And the question of
domestic names does not arise: Gallus gallus is as though
it had never been till applied to the Pulau Condor bird in
1758, and Gallus gallus gallus is the name for the first of
the three races we now recognize.
M. Jean DeEtaconr sent the following note on Dryonastes
maest -—
I have just obtained a large series of Dryonastes maesi on
the Fam-Dao Mts., in Central Tonkin. All the birds were
collected above 3000 ft., where they are common, but they
do not appear to occur at lower elevation.
It is accordingly necessary to alter the last paragraph of
my note on the species in the October number of the
‘Bulletin’? (vol. xlvii. 1926, p. 23) and to fix the type-
locality as the Fam-Dao Mts.
Szechuan birds seem to me to be identical with the
somewhat old and faded type-specimen of D. maesi, but it
Vol. xlvii.] 84
remains to be seen whether they will agree with the fresh
series just obtained.
I would also Jike to mention that M. P. Jabouille has
collaborated with me as before in all the work of collecting
and sorting the birds obtained during the Indo-Chinese
Expedition of 1925-26.
Mr. W. L. Scuater sent, on behalf of Dr. E. Hopkinson,
the wing and tail of a Pintail Duck (Dajila acuta) shot at
Sallikenni, Gambia, on 13th January, 1927. This is the
first record for the Gambia and the coast of West Africa,
and though the Pintail has been met with in the eastern side
of Africa as far south as Tabora in Tanganyika Territory not
infrequently, it had only been previously recorded from the
western side by Dr. Hartert, who (Nov. Zool. 1924, p. 13)
records a female obtained in the oasis of Bilma in the
French Sahara on November 3rd, 1922, by Captain Angus
Buchanan, and Mr. C. Francis obtained it in Bornu (‘ Ibis,’
1924, p. 523).
The following is taken from Dr. Hopkinson’s letter :—
“‘T shot last night, at Sallikenni, a Pintail Duck and a
Garganey out of the same flock of hundreds, about a third
of them Pintails. Garganeys quite common, but this is the
first Pintail I have seen in Gambia. The record may be of
interest. I send wing and tail to make certain.
‘‘Gambia is a wonderful place for European birds in
winter. Of other ducks, Wild Duck are quite common,
Shoveler occasional, and I have twice seen flocks of Tufted
Duck in November on the river.
“Others are Common Snipe, occasionally; three shot one
Christmas Day. Yellow Wagtails, White Wagtails, Whin-
chats and Woodchat-Shrikes (in this order common) all
winter birds here ; while in the first week of most Octobers
the trees in Bathurst are full of Willow-Warblers and other
similar birds.:* Turtle-Doves : flocks (large ones) often pass
through on their way north, and smaller ones are sometimes
seen but not obviously passing south, loitering about in
November and December, but they never stay long any-
where, either coming or going.
85 [ Vol. xvii.
‘“‘ Waders are many and many must be Huropean, but I do -
not know them well enough, but Purple Sandpipers, Godwits,
and Curlew-Sandpipers I know are here in winter. Also
Ring-Plovers. The Ring-Plover asi here I take to be
from your ‘Systema’ C. peeuarius.”
Mr. W. L. SctateR communicated descriptions of the
following three new African Birds :—
Buccanodon belcheri, sp. n.
Description. g. Crown and nape, sides of the face, chin,
throat, and upper breast shining black; on the back the
black fades into dull olive-green on the middle of the back,
wings, and tail; the primaries dusky, edged along their middle
portion, also the secondaries, with a golden olive; below dull
greyish-olive, a band of which colour extends forward on
either side of the black breast to the ear-coverts. Iris dark;
bill black; feet greenish black.
Measurements. Length about 190 mm. ; wing 96 ; tail 60 ;
exposed culmen 18; tarsus 24.
The female closely resembles the male in plumage and
dimensions (wing 94), but has a somewhat differently
shaped bill, rather longer (exposed culmen 20) and more
slender.
Type in British Museum:
S. Annam. To the north (Tonkin ete.) it probably inter-
grades with G. ¢. whitleya Blyth (‘ Ibis,’ 1867, p. 313), the
type of which came from China; the race is stated to
migrate south in winter. The number of bars on the tail
is a rather variable feature, but northern birds appear to
have more.
PICUS VIRIDANUS MERIDIANUS.
Ibis, 1926, p. 689.
After traversing these races of other authors Kloss has to
place himself in loco penitentit.
The above name has to give place to
Pious (GEcINUS) WEBERI Miiller,
described at length from Junk Seylon (‘Ornis Salanga,’
1882, p. 69). 3
ERRATA TO ‘BULLETIN,’ No. CCCVIIL,
OcToBER 138, 1926.
Page 8, line 9, for laotinus read laotianus.
» 8, 5, 27, for neveni read neveui.
» 9, 5 6, for Neven read Nevu.
15, , 5 & 8, for Noug-Het read Nong-Het.
» 19, ,, 26, for Thua-Lua read Thua-Luu.
» 20, ,, 11, for lighter read brighter.
» 20, , 19 & 21, for Noug-Het read Nong-Het.
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NOTICES.
Combined B.0O. U. and B.0.C. Dinner.
The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday,
March 9th, 1927, at PAGANT’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great
Portland Street, W.1. The Dinner at 7 p.m. Members are
reminded that this Dinner is held conjointly with the Annual
Dinner of the B.0.U., and that they are allowed to bring
Lady Guests.
The Meeting will be devoted to the exhibition of Cinema
Films and Lantern Slides of various Ornithological subjects.
Members intending to dine must inform the Hon. Secretary,
Dr. G. C. Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W.1, in
order that the necessary seating arrangements may be made.
Failure to do so may result in no seat being available, as the
accommodation has to be arranged beforehand They need not
notify the Secretary of the B.0.U.as well, one notice being
sufficient.
No. CCCXITTI.
Tae three-hundred-and-eighth Meeting of the Club was
held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street,
W. 1, on Wednesday, March 9th, 1927, in conjunction with
the Annual Dinner of the British Ornithologists’ Union.
Lord Roruscartp, the President of the B.O.U., took |
the Chair during the Dinner ; and
Mr. H. F. Wiruersy during the subsequent proceedings.
Members of the B.O.C. present :—W. Suore Batty ;
C. E. Baxer; E. C: Stuart Baker; F. J. F. Barrine-
ton; Miss M. G. 8. Brest; Count Boprinskoy; A. W.
mony; P: Fo Bosyvarn: A: Lb. Bourtrer; Hon. G: DT.
CHARTERIS ; Col. StrEPHENSON R. CLARKE; N. CoLrart;
mir Percy Cox; Ra. Dean; A. H. Evans ;‘A. Ezra ;
K. Fisher; Major 8. 8S. Fuowrer; J. M. Goopati;
S. H. Harr; Dr. E. Hartert; Rev. F. C. R. Jourpary;
-—N. B. Kinnear (Editor); G. C. Lampert; Dr. G. C. Low
etter. Sec. & Treas, Ur. P. RR. Lown; N.'S. Lucas’;
F. Luptow; C. W. Mackwortn-Prarp; Lt.-Col. H. A. F.
MacratH; Dr. P. H. Manson-Banr; G. M. Maruews ;
Col. R. MernertzHacen ; Mrs. MuinertzHacen; J. L.
CuawortH Musters; C. OupHam; OC. E. PEraArson;
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H. L. Poppam; G. H. R. Pyz-Suira; F. R. Rare irr ;
R. H. Reap; OC. B. Rickert; Lord Roruscuinp; A. D.
SapswortH; W. L. Sctater; D. Sera-Smiry; Sir Mar-
comm Seton; Major A.G. L. Stapen ; J. W. C. STargs ;
Capt. H. 8. STOKES ; ©. G. TatBot-PonsonBy ; A. LANpDs-
BoRouGH THomson; Dr. C. B. Ticrnurst; B. W. Tucker ;
Miss E. L. Turner; L. J. Turttze; H. Waistnae;, J.
SrapEN Winc; H. F. WirHersy ; C. DE Worms. |
Members of the B. O. U. present :—Miss BaRcuay Siva ;
E. Biowett; H. B. Bootu; Dr. P. A: Buxton ; R. Cuis-
uetr; K.J. A. Davis; J. 8. Dyson; F. H. Epmonpston ;
H. Guapstone; W. E. Gueee; Miss Gopman; R. H.
Hearn; L. M. Jortine; Brig.-Gen. H. R. Kenuam ; Miss
E. M. Knope. ; Mrs. F. E. Lemon; HE. H. N. Lowrunr ;
Miss F. Pirrr; E. F. Stanrorp; J. K. Sranrorp ;
BE. Vatry ; Capt. Waup; Capt. W. Wesper ; T. WELLs.
Guests:—Dr. AnistER; Mrs. ANIsTER; Miss Soren
Barty; Mrs. E. C. Sruart Baker; Miss Baker; §&. J,
Baker; A. Bett; P. Broventon-Leicn; Mrs. P. F.
Bunyarp ; Miss Bunyarp; Mrs. Butter; Lady Gwen-
pOLIN CuurcHILL; Miss Crargkson; Lady Cox; Miss
Crospy; V. Davis; Mrs. FLower; Mrs. H. Guapstons ;
Mrs. Guece; Dr. A. H. Harxness; Mrs. A. H. Harx-
ness; Mrs. Hartert; F.J. Howreiti; J. Bertram Jonss ;
Mr. F. E. Lemon; Mrs. G. C. Low; Mrs. P. R. Lowe ;
Mrs. MackwortH-Pragep; Mrs. Nicot.; Col. Norron;
Mrs. Norton; F. Pike; Mrs. H. L. PorpHam; Mrs.
G. H. R. Pyve-Suira ; A. Rieser; Mrs. SarswortsH ; Mrs.
W. L. Scuater; Lady Seton; W. J. SHouto Dovetas;
Com. Skinner, R.N.; Mrs. A. G. L. StapEen ; Mrs. Lanps-
poroguu THomson; Mrs. B. W. Tuckgr ; J. VINCENT ;
Mrs. WausHe; Capt. Kincpon Warp; Mrs. Wavp;
DucuHEss or WELLINGTON ; Mrs. WetsH; Mrs. WHISTLER;
Mrs. SuapeN Wine; Mrs. WitHersy ; and eight others.
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The Annual Dinner of the B. O. U., held in conjunction
with the B.O.C., was not quite so large as last year, 144
members of the Union, Club, and their guests attending, as
against 151 in 1926.
Mr. D. Sera-Smira commenced the evening with an
exhibition of a very interesting cinema-film showing the
wonderful display of the Argus Pheasant, taken by Mr.
Martin Duncan in the Zoological Society’s Gardens.
Mr. Cursterr showed a number of beautiful photographs
of northern birds in their breeding-haunts, the results of his
trip last year to Lapland. Among these were pictures of a
Redwing feeding its young, Jack-Snipe and Broad-billed
Sandpiper on their nests, and a Buffon’s Skua with its
chick.
Mr. J. H. Owen, unfortunately, was unable to be present
and personally explain his interesting film of a female
Sparrow-Hawk and her young, but sent some explanatory
remarks, which were read by Dr. G. C. Low. The film
showed the gradual growth of the chicks, how the mother
feeds them and uses her body and wings to shelter them
from the sun.
On behalf of Mr. Scholey, Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited
a series of slides of a Cuckoo at the nests of Pied Wagtails
in a quarry at Cliff-on-Hoe. These photographs were part
of Mr. Scholey’s investigations into the egg-depositing habits
of the Cuckoos.
The evening was brought to a close by Mr. E. H. N.,
LowtTHER, who showed a number of photographs of Indian
birds, often taken under very trying conditions, which
included Jacana chicks running about on the leaves of
water-lilies, young and eggs of the Skimmer, and young
Open-billed Storks in the nest.
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The Rev. F. R. C. Jourpatrn sent the following note :—
At the meeting of the B.O.C. on February 9th, Mr.
Stuart Baker exhibited a photograph of a Frigate-bird
(Fregata ariel subsp.?) on behalf of Prof. Menzbier, and
stated that it was believed to be the first specimen obtained
in the Palearctic Region. As this statement has now
appeared (p. 22), it becomes necessary to record that in
January 1792 a Frigate-bird was obtained in Germany,
on the Weser, near Munden, and was recorded by Bech-
stein (Naturgesch. Deutschlands, 2nd ed. ili. p. 786). On
this evidence it is figured in the Neuer Naumann xi. pl. 3.
Hartert, in his Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 1408, refers to this
and also to a second specimen in Van Kempen’s collection
at St. Omer, stated to have been obtained near Dunquerque,
but without exact date.
Seebohm, in ‘ The Ibis’ for 1884, p. 33, under the name
of “ Attagen minor,” records a specimen of the Lesser
Frigate-bird in a collection from Hakodadi, Japan, and
gives the wing-length as 21 in. This skin is still in the
British Museum. In Ogawa’s ‘ List of the Birds of Japan’
(1906-08) ‘* Fregata minor” and “ F. aquila”’ are included,
but no details are given.
Uchida’s work on the same subject also contains articles
in Japanese on both species, and /. ariel is figured there.
Hachisuka’s List (1925) only contains F. ariel. The Japa-
nese records were apparently overlooked by Hartert, as
they are not referred to in the Vog. d. pal. Fauna.
Mrs. A. MEINERTZHAGEN sent the following description of
a new form of Egyptian Plover from Angola :—
Pluvianus egyptius angola, subsp. nov.
Distinguished from Pluvianus ewgyptius egyptius by its
smaller size. |
Wings of eight examined from Angola and Belgian
Congo 125-131 mm. ; bill 23-24 mm.
Thirty birds examined from Egypt and the Sudan have
wings 132-144 mm., once 130 mm.; bills 23-27 mm.
101 [ Vol. xlvii.
Type in the Tring Museum: ¢, Cunga, Quanza River,
Angola, 19/5/01. Collected by C. H. Pemberton.
MNstribution. Angola and Belgian Congo. Birds from
West Africa appear to be intermediate in measurement
between P. w. egyptius and P. e. angole.
Material examined. Six from the Quanza River and one
from Belgian Congo (Leopoldville).
Measurements of two birds from the Quanza River in the
Berlin Museum are also included.
Col. R. MEINERTZHAGEN communicated the description of
a new race of Snow-Partridge from Szechwan :—
Lerwa lerwa major, subsp. nov.
Differs from Lerwa lerwa of Sikkim and Nepal in size
only. Nine adult males from Szechwan have wings 190-
203 mm. (usually over 194) and true culmens 25-28 mm.
41 adult males from Sikkim and Nepal have wings 179-194,
twice 197, and ence 200 mm. (usually under 193) and true
culmens 21:5-26 mm.
Type in the British Museum: ¢@, Ta-Tsien-Lu, Szechwan,
1890. Reg. No.96.1.1.490. Collected by A. E. Pratt.
Wing 193, culmen 28 mm.
Lnstribution. Above tree-level in Szechwan and Moupin.
Mr. KE. C. Stuart Baker forwarded the following remarks
on Oriental birds and described two new subspecies :—
Polihierax insignis cinereiceps, subsp. nov.
Similar to P. 1. insignis, but with the back a very much
darker blackish-grey, contrasting strongly with the paler
whiter head of the male and with the chestnut head of the
female. The lower parts are pure white, with no dark streaks
on the flanks or breast and the central tail-feathers are un-
spotted black.
This race has hitherto been considered to be merely the
oldest stage of plumage of P. 2. insegnis, but I do not think
this is really the case. All these dark birds come from
Myawadi or adjoining districts in Tenasserim, while all the
paler birds are from north of Tenasserim. There are in the
Vol. xlvii. | 102
British Museum two beautiful specimens of what appear
to be old males from lower Chindwin, and these, though they
approach cinereiceps in the pale colour of the head, have the
upper parts but little darker than the head itself. Again,
the oldest northern Burmese females, so old that the chest-
nut heads have practically lost all the dark striations, show
no approach in depth of colour to two, apparently younger,
females from Tenasserim with heavily-striated heads. As
regards the central tail-feathers, it must be noted that
northern female birds in the first plumage have the central
tail-feathers spotted with white just as much, but no more
than, the adults ; indeed, the two birds with the most boldly-
marked central tail-feathers are an old male and female
collected by Fielden near Thayetmyo. It would be curious
if of 17 specimens collected in the north all were young,
whereas of the five southern birds in the British Museum
and the five in Tring all were in the oldest stage.
Colours of soft parts as in the typical race.
Measurements. About the same as the typical form.
Wing, ¢ 139-145 mm., ° 143-147 mm.
Instribution. So far only known from the Thoungyeen
Valley, Myawadi, and adjoining valleys in Tenasserim.
Type in British Museum: ¢@, Myawadi, 20.1.77. Hume
Coll., W. Davison. Reg. No. 85. 8.19. 2234.
Material examined. P. 1. insignis 17 specimens, P. 2. cine-
rewepsd 3d, 9 @.
CERCHNEIS TINNUNCULUS.
Recently Lord Rothschild has pointed out that the resident
Southern Indian Kestrel differs from all other races in
certain respects and seems to be a good subspecies. He has
not, however, named it, leaving me to do this as soon as
I should have reached the genus in the 4th volume of the
‘ Avifauna of India.’ I have now worked through these little
Falcons, and agree that the race from south India and Ceylon
must be given a name, but, as my conclusions do not quite
agree in all respects with those of Lord Rothschild, I give
them here in full.
103 [ Vol. xlvii.
The material in the British and Tring Museums is ample -
if number of specimens only mattered, but, unfortunately,
a large number of these specimens have no date whatsoever,
and, secondly, of the very large series which have dates the
great majority were collected in the winter months when over
all northern and much of continental India itself we have a
most puzzling mixture of resident birds and migratory forms
from Europe and Asia. If we examine Himalayan birds,
it is apparent that there are many which cannot be
differentiated from the European bird, a great number
obviously darker than any specimens from Europe, a few
intermediate between these two, and some which seem to be
of a still darker race.
Forms, named and unnamed, which we have to consider
are as follows :—
(1) C. tT. TINNUNCULUS. Sweden.
(2) C. 7. saponicus. Japan.
(3) C. T. DoRRIEsI. Sidimi, E. Siberia.
(4) C. Tt. satuRATUS. Tenasserim.
(5) C. rt. subsp. Southern India.
(6) C. T. INTERSTINCTUS. Assam.
The typical form undoubtedly occurs in India during the
winter in the north-west Himalayas, Sind, Punjab, and the
United Provinces. There are also quite typical specimens
from Belgaum and a single skin from Bihar. Forrest, too,
obtained a series from Yunnan, and it has occurred in south
China. In tke western Himalayas we have a most curious
mixture of forms, but the few Museum specimens killed in
the breeding-season are all darkish birds if compared with
European examples, and I have no doubt that our resident
Himalayan breeding birds are a darker race than true
tinnunculus. If so, what are they ?
McClelland’s type of interstinctus from Assam is a very
dark bird, darker than japonicus from the latier’s breeding
area and darker than the majority of our dark north-west
Himalayan winter birds. This dark specimen is exactly
matched hy others from Assam, Bhutan, the Duars, and
Nepal. Probably these are all birds from low altitudes—
Vol. xlvii. | 104
say, up to 6000 or 7000 feet. They are also matched by
some from the north-west Himalayas, which include two or
three obviously breeding specimens. Birds from Sikkim, so
far as represented in the British Museum, are all with one
exception of the paler race. It looks therefore as if all the
birds breeding at lower levels in the Himalayas must be called
interstinctus until we have material to show whether the north-
west Himalayan birds can be separated from the north-east.
C. t. saturatus, as shown by Lord Rothschild’s series and
other specimens, is very close to interstenctus, but the latter
has the slate-blue wash on the upper plumage much less
pronounced and also the female averages paler. ‘Two or
three males of saturatus stand out as exceptionally dark,
having the back saturated with a slate-blue wash, but others,
possibly younger birds, are little if any darker than the
Assam birds. For the present this may be accepted as a
good race. |
C. t. japonicus. Birds from the breeding area are darker
than European specimens of C. ¢. tinnunculus, but not so
dark as the Assam birds. This race must, I think, be sus-
tained. Its breeding-haunts are eastern Siberia, Manchuria,
probably north-east China, and Japan and, I feel sure, the
higher levels in the Himalayas from 8000 ft. upwards. In
winter this form extends all over south-west China, the
Indo-Burmese countries and north and north-east India, but
does not seem to occur far south or be common in the western
parts.
C’. t. dorriesi does not appear to be maintainable with
the material so far available, but must be held to be a syno-
nym of japonicus rather than tinnunculus. At the same time,
there are certain very large pale birds (see measurements
below) which also have white fringes to many of the feathers
of the upper parts and, if it could be proved that these birds
have a particular breeding range, they certainly must be
considered as another race.
In regard to the southern Indian bird, this at once
stands apart from the others, as Rothschild has rightly shown,
by its deep brick-red coloration with no tinge of slate. It
105 L Vol. xlvii.
is as dark as the Assam bird, but is brighter ; the females,
moreover, are richer and redder, less brown in hue, This
must be accepted as a good form.
Finally, [am much puzzled by an extremely pale bird found
commonly in Sind, the North-West Frontier and the north-
west Punjab in winter. These birds are even paler than
European examples and very clear and bright in tint. They
may be merely exceptionally pale specimens of C. t. tin-
nunculus, but they certainly convey the impression of birds
from some high desert plateau. These may prove to be yet
another recognizable form.
From the above it will be seen that I recognize the
following forms as coming into our Indian Avifauna :—
(1) CERCHNEIS TINNUNCULUS TINNUNCULUS.
Falco tinnunculus Linn. Syst. Nat. ivth ed. i. p. 90, 1758.
Type-locality. Sweden.
The palest form recognised.
Distribution. Breeding in Europe, north Africa, north of
the Sahara (Hartert), and north-west Asia, probably as far
as the Yeneseiand south to Afghanistan, Persia and, possibly,
Gilgit at the greatest elevations.
(2) CERCHNEIS TINNUNCULUS JAPONICUS.
Falco tinnunculus japonicus Temm. & Schleg. in Siebold’s
Fauna Jap., Aves, p. 2, pl. 1. & ib, 1844.
Type-locality. Japan.
A rather darker form than C. t. tinnunculus.
Distribution. Breeding in Japan, E. Siberia, Manchuria,
northern China, Tibet, Ladak, and N. Kashmir. Wintering
over south-west China, the Indo-Chinese countries, and
India, where it is confined principally to the Himalayas
and the north-east plains, but extending in smaller numbers
to Orissa, the Central Provinces, and Bombay Presidency.
Should material show that there is a special pale form
(? dorriest) breeding in the north-east—say, from Yenesei
to the Amur,—japonicus will still assuredly be found to be
the breeding form in the N. China Hills, through Szechwan
to Tibet and further west.
Vol. xlvii. | 106
(3) CERCHNEIS TINNUNCULUS SATURATUS.
Falco saturatus Blyth, J. A.S. B. xxviii. p. 277, 1859.
Type-locality. Tenasserim.
A very dark bird distinguished from all other races by
the intense slate-blue wash on the upper plumage of the
male.
Distribution. Resident in Yunnan and Shan States, and
either resident in the hills of Tenasserim or wintering there |
and in other provinces of Burma. A Kestrel is known to
breed (jide Harington, Cook, and Wickham) in the Kachin
Hills and it will probably be found that this form spreads
across northern Burma, grading into interstinctus in the
Chin Hills. The specimens obtained by Harington, now in
the Tring Museum, are of this race, but they are winter
birds and so do not actually prove what the breeding bird is. -
(4) CERCHNEIS TINNUNCULUS INTERSTINCTUS.
Tinnunculus interstinctus McClelland, P.Z.8. 1840,
p. 154.
Type-locality. Assam.
Nearly as dark a form as saturatus but with much less
slate tinge on the upper plumage of the male.
Distribution. Breeding in the higher (4000 to 6000 ft.)
ranges of Assam and the lower ranges of the Himalayas,
Bhutan Hills, Nepal and Garhwal, probably up to 8000
feet, possibly to 10,000 feet and certainly as low as 2000
(Whistler). In winter it extends throughout India and
Burma.
(5) Cerchneis tinnunculus objurgatus, subsp. nov.
This form differs from all the other dark races in the
very bright, though deep, brick-red colour of the back of
the male and in the dark rich coloration of the female.
In both sexes the underparts are a very rich rufous. In no
instance has the back of the male any slate wash at all.
Type in British Museum: ¢, immature. Ootacamund,
Nilgiris, South India, 6th June, 1867. Hume Coll. Reg.
No. 85. 8. 19.2691.
107
[ Vol. xlvii.
Distribution. Resident and breeding-in Ceylon, Travan-—
core, and the hill-ranges of Mysore and southern India,
including the Nellampatty Hills.
It is apparently a non-
migratory form but, from the present material, it is difficult
to say whether its range is the same in summer and winter.
This race has long been known to breed at the Gairsoppa
Falls and Davidson believed it to nest in the more rugged
ravines and ghauts of the N. Kanara District.
The
measurements of the various forms are given below for easy
comparison :—
Wing. Tail. Culmen.
: . 230-259 1538-175 17-19
C. t. tinnunculus ...... 943-967 162-175
: : . 244-2959 152-168 17-19
C. be japonicus Shale! vow «1 6 ; 943-968 157-168
Opies . 243-256 168-176 17-18
Oe SUCUT GELESY Veta do) tle6 ; 953-264 : 157-175
F : . 230-263 145-194 17-18
& 4. wnterstinctus ...... : 945-264 146-179
: . 225-240 147-159 16-17
C. t. objurgatus ........ " 984-955 155-169
In addition to the above there are a number of very large
birds from different localities, as shown below. They are all
pale, mostly with white fringes to the feathers of the upper
plumage :—
Place Sex. Wing. Tail.
INGPEE rae cs « o 263 186
Sikkne 4.3... 3. 270 185
Yunnan ..).’.. oO. 274. 184
ie eee . 260 188
POSE oe ok ssh (sig 263 184
Manitpor so... ae 262 182
Punjab}. i. g: 265 183
0), ie ere Q. 265 183
Yarkand.. .4 25°. oO, 262 181
Bagdad “s.... é. 254 180
F ALCO SEVERUS RUFIPEDOIDES.
Falco severus rufipedoides Hodgs. Calcutta Journal N. H.
iv. p. 284, 1844.
The name Falco indicus Meyer & Wig. B. of Celebes, i.
p. 84, 1897, is preoceupied by Falco indicus of Gmelin, Syst.
Vol. xlvii.] 108
Nat. i. p. 264, 1788=Butastur indicus. Hodgson fully de-
scribed the bird (in loc. cit.) under the name Falco rufipedoides,
and this name is actually quoted by Meyer and Wiglesworth
as a synonym of J. severus, though Hodgson states how it
differs from that bird. Although no locality is given by
Hodgson, it may be taken as India, since he is writing on
“Indian Falcons.” He further states that structurally it is
a subbuteo. As the description is evidently taken from birds
obtained by himself, the type-locality may be restricted to
Nepal. The name rujipedordes was communicated in an
unsigned letter to the Calcutta Journal, which was merely
said to be “from a correspondent” ; but that it was by
Hodgson is proved by the fact that in the Hodgson drawings
in the British Museum an illustration of this Falcon bears
the name “ Falco rufipedoides nobis ”’ in his own handwriting.
Genus NYcTIORNIS.
The name Nyctzornis, which has always been used for a
genus of Oriental Bearded Bee-eaters, cannot be used, as it is
preoccupied by Nyctorns Nitzsch, Obs. de Av. Ar. Carot.
Com. p. 15, 1829, “ Nyctornis N.= Caprimulgus grandis.”
There is, however, a name available, Bucia of Hodgson,
Journal As. Soc. Bengal, v. p. 360, 1836, which says
=WNyctiornis. Type Nyctiornis athertoni. The name Bucia
must therefore take the place of Vyctiornis.
Dr. C. B. Ticrnurst forwarded the following communi-
cation :—
Some time ago (Journ. B. N. H.S. xxxi. No. 2) I pointed
out that the Culicicapa from Northern India was not the same
as the Ceylon bird, but thinking it had already got a name
I never described it. I now propose to name it
Culicicapa ceylonensis pallidior, subsp. nov.
Description. Head and throat paler grey ; mantle brighter
yellower green, not so dark green ; underparts paler yellow,
less washed with olivaceous, compared with Culicicapa
ceylonensis ceylonensts.
109 [ Vol. xlvii.
Type. In Brit. Mus. Simla, 1st Oct., 1880. Collected by —
W. Davison. No.86.4.1. 3089.
Distribution. N.W. EF. P.; Cashmere ; N.W. Himalayas ;
Nepal; Sikkim. In winter plains of Punjab, United Pro-
vinces, Bombay Presidency, Central Provinces.
Material examined. 60 from the above area; 12 of the
typical race from Ceylon and the Nilgiris.
Obs. This race has, by older authors, been alluded to
as Cryptolopha cinereocapilla (Vieillot), but it appears that
Vieillot never gave the specific name, and as it has so often
been considered as synonymous with Culicicapa ceylonensis
by Blyth, Horsfield, Jerdon, etc., I do not think it can be
used for any other race.
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No. CCCXIV.
Tae three-hundred-and-ninth Meeting of the Club was
held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street,
W. 1, on Wednesday, April 6th, 1927.
Chairman: H. F. Wiruersy.
Members present :—H. G. Auexanper; F. J. F. Bar-
KINGTON ; S. Boorman; A. L. Butter; Col. SrupHenson
R. parce ; Major S.S. Frower; N. B. Kinnear (Editor) ;
J. Spepan Lewis; N.S. Lucas; Col. R. MEINERTZHAGEN ;
Mrs. R. Mutnerrznacen ; C. OLpHam ; C. W. Mackworrtu-
Prazp ; G. H. R. Pyz-Suira ; W. G. Sruart-Menreru ; W.
L. Sctater ; A. Lanpsporoucu THomson ; Hueu Waist er.
Guests :—W. B. ALEXANDER ; Capt. F. Kinepon-Warp ;
Major Pyz-Smrru,
Mr. N. B. Kryyzar exhibited three birds obtained by
Capt. F. Kingdon-Ward during June 1926, in the Seinghku
Valley, N. Burma, lat. 28° 8’ N., 97° 20’ E., which included
a Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentatus kuseri), a Babbler
(April 23rd, 1927.] a VOL. XLVII.
Vol. xlvii.] 112
(Trochalopterum affinis afinis), and a very distinct new
species of Trogon, which he proposed to call
Pyrotrogon wardi, sp.n. |
Description. Head, neck, and back dark olive, lighter on
the rump; lores orange-yellow; primaries black with a
narrow white border on the outer webs of the second to the
seventh; wing-coverts brown freckled with black ; middle
pair of tail-feathers bronze-brown, the next two pairs black
with a bronze tinge towards the tip, and the remaining three
outer pairs black at the base and for two-thirds of the inner
and about half the outer web, remainder golden-yellow,
brightest on the outer web and becoming white towards the
tip. Below, throat and breast olive-brown, tinged with
yellow; belly, vent, under tail-coverts bright orange-yellow.
Measurements. Wing 175 mm., tail 228, tarsus 17, exposed
culmen 18.
Type in the British Museum: (¢?) Seinghku Valley,
N. Burma, 8000 feet, lat. 28° 8’ N., long. 97° 20’ E.,
29th October, 1926. British Museum No. 1927. 2.16. 5.
Observations. Only a single example of this remarkable
Trogon, which was shot by a native with a cross-bow, was
obtained by Mr. Kingdon-Ward.
The specimen was too much damaged to make out the
sex, but from the coloration it is probably a female.
It is quite distinct from any other known Trogon, and has a
very long tail in comparison with other members of the genus.
Mr. Kinnear made the following additional remarks :—
In the ‘Birds of British Guiana’ the late Mr. Chubb
included under Picumnus macconnelli two specimens from
the Takatu River and Upper Takatu Mts. which obviously
do not belong to that species, and I therefore propose to
call them
Picumnus cirrhatus confusus, subsp. nov.
Male. Differs from P. c. cirrhatus in the colour of the
upperside, which is greyish-brown without any yellowish
113 [ Vol. xlvii.
tinge. Below, these two forms are identical. From P.
macconnelli the present bird is distinguished by the greyer,
less dark back, and on the under surface by the white ground-
colour barred with black instead of black barred with white.
Type in the British Museum: ¢, Takatu River, British
Guiana, 1907, McConnell Collection. British Museum
No. 1922.3. 5.1832.
Specimens examined. The type anda ¢ from the Upper
Takatu Mts. (1908).
Observation. Both these two specimens were obtained by
native collectors in the employ of Mr. McConnell.
Picumnus macconnelli was described by Sharpe in 1901 from
a specimen in Mr. McConnell’s collection. There is no
locality on the label, and the skin was apparently bought
by Mr. McConnell along with a number of others from a
dealer.
As several of these skins are of species which do not occur
in British Guiana, the type-locality of P. macconnelli is open
to doubt.
Unfortunately, Chubb, in describing P. macconnelli in
the ‘ Birds of British Guiana,’ did not base his description
on the type, but on the bird now described as P. c. confusus,
and added to this the plate, though apparently taken from
the type, has been reproduced with the colour of the back
as in the typical form of P. c¢. cirrhatus.
In the series of P.c. cirrhatus in the British Museum
there are two skins from Cayenne—one ex Eyton collection
and the other purchased from H. Whitely, the dealer,—while
a third from the same source is marked “‘ New Granada.”
None of these birds have original labels and all came to the
Museum in the Hargitt Collection.
RESULTS OF FURTHER EXPERIMENTS FROM INTERNAL
ILLUMINATION OF Haas, AND REMARKS ON THEIR MARKINGS.
Mr. P. F. Bunyarp illuminated a number of eggs
internally by means of a tiny electric-light bulb, and made
the following remarks :—
When exhibiting a clutch of marked Goshawks’ eggs at
the November meeting, I made a few casual remarks on
a2
- Vol. xlvii.] 114
the so-called pigmentation of eggs, based on a paper by
Dr. Embleton, which appeared in the Nat. Hist. Trans. of
the Northumberland and Durham Naturalists’ Club in 1878.
This paper appears to have been overlooked by oologists
until recently, and to my mind is by far the most important
communication which has been written on this interesting
subject.
The statement I made, and which I am glad to know has
caused some interest among oologists, was that all markings
on eggs are composed of, and caused by, nothing but blood.
Dr. Embleton, on p. 68 in the paper referred to above,
states :-—
“The colours of the shells of eggs are not found to be
different from those which are produced by the blood of
mammals and birds, when it has been effused among the
living tissues of these creatures, in consequence of a blow
having contused the skin and subjacent parts, and ruptured
their blood-vessels. Such blood during its gradual disap-
pearance by absorption gives rise to all the graduations of
colour in the solar spectrum. Hven in the interior of the
human body, in the brain itself, similar changes and shades
of colour may be observed after death around an old
hemorrhagic clot that has for months, or even years, been
undergoing a gradual process of absorption.”
Further on, Dr. Embleton refers to a statement made by
F, A. L. Thienemann in his work entitled ‘Systematische
Darstellung der Fortpflanzung der Vogel Huropas, mit
Abbildung der Hier,’ 1825-38.
Thienemann’s remarks, on p. 11 of the above work, are as
follows :——
“The colouring of eggs. goes on during the formation of
the calcareous shell, and this in two ways. Hither the
whole shell is mixed throughout with colouring matters, and
these are greenish, or yellowish, or brownish, or, through the
pressure of the eggs on the swollen blood-vessels of the ovi-
duct, the pent up blood becomes discharged mechanically,
sinks in more or less upon the soft or hardening shell-mass,
and gives the streaks or spots.”
115 { Vol. xlvii.
Iam convinced that this century-old theory of Thienemann
and Embleten, upon which my experiments are based, is
correct, and, as the latter says, “no pigment glands have
ever been described as existing in the oviduct.” His
arguments in support of the blood theory are obviously
based on the examination of a large amount of material, but
he does not appear to have gone very deeply into the experi-
mental side of the question, for the simple reason that he
‘ probably found a superficial examination sufficiently con-
vincing. Experiments are interesting, but I do not agree
that they are necessary. ©
The object of my demonstration by internal illumination
is to endeavour to show that all markings on eggs are of the
same colour and constituency, no matter what colour they
appear to be, from a superficial examination.
The greys, mauves, and purplish markings are the same
colour as the the superimposed markings, the difference in
appearance being caused by the thin film of calcareous
matter with which they are covered.
IT am glad to say that it has been possible to greatly
improve on my original experiment with the Puffins’ eggs.
It was then necessary to drill holes of 4 inch diameter in
order to insert the electric bulb.
The illuminating attachment Iam using this evening is well
known in the medical profession, and, as the bulb is only
50 x 3°0 mm., it is no longer necessary to enlarge the blow-
holes except in very small eggs.
For the purpose of this demonstration I have divided the
eggs for illumination under three headings :—
(1) Eggs on which the whole of the markings are found
on the mammille, or layer 1—.e., shell-marks of
grey, mauve, etc.
(2) Eggs on which the markings are found on the coherent,
or layer 2—~. e., shell-marks of darker shades of grey,
mauve, etc.
(3) Eggs on which the markings are found on the upper
membrane, layer 3—i. e., conspicuous, surface, or
superimposed.
Vol. xlvii. | 116
In a single clutch of some species it is possible to find
egos representing all the above forms.
Results of illuminating certain Eggs.
Guillemot. These exhibited the most remarkable results,
their beauty being increased a hundredfold. Two veined
eggs with a blue ground were evidently marked with some
oily substance, and reminded one of the water-marks in
paper.
Razorbill. Though not so beautiful as the former, they
they were none the less interesting. A purplish-grey egg
had the characteristics entirely altered, and large conspicuous
markings were revealed. Analmost pure white egg showed
a beautiful shade of green, with pale brown markings.
Albatros. A slightly marked egg proved to be evenly
marked with spots and short veins of pale reddish-brown.
Pufin. An almost unmarked egg showed conspicuous zone
of short vein-marks.
Noddy Tern. An egg with underlying markings proved to
be evenly and heavily marked.
Herring-Gull. In erythristic examples of this species and
the Lapwing, the red colour disappeared almost entirely.
Black-headed Gull. Blue eggs with practically no mark-
ings were as heavily marked as the normal eggs in the same
cluteh.
Stone-Curlew. An egg with a greenish ground became
greener and exhibited a fracture, which had calloused and
repaired itself in the oviduct. A clutch of two eggs, which
differed considerably, appeared the same.
Spotted Redshank. An egg with a greenish ground ap-
peared beautifully green and heavily marked.
Red Grouse. This showed that the markings on game-bird
eggs are entirely superimposed.
Pheasant. A brown egg appeared greenish, while the brown
egg of the Jacana gave similar results with a dark green cap.
The thin layer of brown colour on Gulls’, Pheasants’ eggs, etc.,
is mixed and deposited with the glutinous or uppermost layer.
117 [ Vol. xlvii.
Red Grouse, Lapwing. These two eggs, with conspicuous
unmarked zones, showed no markings on these parts, the
blood not being absorbed owing to the excessive hardness
of the shell.
Lesser Spotted Eagle. A very beautiful egg, with greyish
underlying marks, proved to be heavily marked rich reddish-
brown.
Greater Spotted Eagle. A poor-looking egg appeared to
be heavily marked. A similar egg of the Golden Eagle
showed the same result.
Egpytian Vulture. These appeared even more beautiful
than those of the Guillemots’. The rich blood-markings of
the eggs of the Accipitres, surpassing in richness anything
previously seen, proved that some of the most conspicuous
markings were on the mammille-layer.
Osprey. Showed much the same results as the former.
Sparrow- Hawk. A heavily-marked egg proved the marks
were all superimposed, while a bluish egg with purplish-
grey markings appeared richly and heavily marked with
reddish-brown.
Song-Thrush. The beautiful blue almost entirely dis-
appeared.
Barred Warbler. A typical and an erythristic egg were
heavily marked, the marking on these eggs is very rarely
superimposed.
Bearded Titmouse. Lechner was unable to find the grey
or greyish-red speckles mentioned by Thienemann *. I[]lumi-
nation confirmed this—z. e., they were not present.
Cuckoo. A greenish-grey egg exhibited markings all of
the same shade.
The normal characteristics of many eggs disappeared
almost entirely when illuminated, the markings, however,
according to density, were all of the same colour, ranging from
brownish-black to bright reddish, and markings completely
obscured were not only revealed but proved to be of the
same colour.
* ‘Qologia Neerlandica,’ vol. i,
Vol. xlvii.] 118
Mr. W. L. ScitaterR communicated the following notes
on African birds :—
On THE GENUS CALAMOCICHLA.
The genus Calamocichla was first proposed by Sharpe in
1883 (Cat. Bds. vii. p. 131) for two species of Swamp-
Warblers, Calamoherpe newton Hartl. and Calamodyta
brevipennis Keulemans, from Madagascar and the Cape
Verde Islands respectively. No type was designated. In
1896 Shelley (Bds. Afr.i. p. 79) definitely designated the
Madagascar bird, C. newtonz, the type. |
In 1908 Neumann (Nov. Zool. xv. p. 244) revised the
genus, several other species having been in the meantime
added to it. He, however, believing that such was Sharpe’s
intention, made C. brevipennis the type of the genus and
proposed for the Madagascar bird, which obviously is not
congeneric, a new generic name—Hemiellesia. His action.
though possibly dictated by what the original describer
intended, is obviously not justified according to the Inter-
national Code of Nomenclature, and the genus Calamocichla
must be restricted to the Madagascan C. newtont. 7
It appears to be necessary, therefore, to give a new generic
name to the African Swamp-Warblers formerly placed in
Calamocichla, and I propose for this group the name
Calamornis, gen. nov.,
with type Calamodyta brevipennis Keulemans.
In Colonel Stephenson Clarke’s collection, recently pre-
sented to the British Museum, I find a single example of this
genus which notably exceeds in size any of the other species
yet described. I propose to call it
Calamornis foxi, sp. n.
Description. Closely resembling C. ansorget in general
appearance, but very much larger, the wing measuring 85
against 80 mm. in the latter ; the wing is also more pointed
in the Angola bird, the second primary (from outside) is as
long as the secondaries, while in C. ansorget it is distinctly
shorter; the fourth, fifth, and sixth are about equal and
119 [Vol. xlvii.
longest. “Iris pale brown, upper mandible brownish-black,
inside of mouth brownish-grey, feet grey.”
Measurements. Wing 85 mm., tail 85, culmen 18, tarsus
(broken) c. 31, hind claw 11.
Type. A male collected by Mr. T. V. Fox at Lake Maraye
in Kigezi District, S. W. Uganda, on 8 January, 1911, and
presented to the British Museum by Colonel Stephenson
Clarke. B.M. Reg. No. 1923. 8.7. 3282.
Obs. Only a single adult example is available. A second
specimen from the same place, but obtained previously on
4 Dec., 1910, is smaller (wing 75), and is in the rufous
plumage which in this genus appears to be characteristic of
the young bird ; it is sexed male. It closely resembles in
every way two specimens in the juvenile rufous plumage from
Fort Beni in the Semliki valley and from the Mubuku
valley, EH. Ruwenzori, referred by Ogilvie-Grant to C.
nilotica. As the species of this genus are not well known
and material is very scarce, I have considered it advisable to
name the new form binominally, but it certainly appears to
belong to the ansorget group.
CINNYRIS OSEUS DECORSEI.
Through the courtesy of M. J. Berlioz of the Paris
Museum I have been privileged to examine the type of
Cinnyris decorset, described by Oustalet (Bull. Mus. Paris,
x. p. 536, 1904) from the Lake Chad region, and I find, as
I had previously suspected, that it is undoubtedly identical
with Cinnyris osea butlert W. Scl. and Praed (‘ Ibis,’ 1918,
p. 619) from Kajo Kaji in the Lado district of the Upper
White Nile, and which has also been obtained by Admiral
Lynes in Darfur, where he found it to be a “ common winter
breeding visitor on the heights of Jebel Marra.” This
Sun-bird must therefore be known in future as Cinnyris
oseus decorset Oustalet.
ELMINIA SCHWEBISCHI.
At the same time M. Berlioz was kind enough to send me
the type of Elminia schwebischi Oustalet (N. Arch. Mus.
Paris, (3) iv. p. 216, 1892), obtained at Franceville in French
Vol. xlvii.] |, 52g
Congo. As I had anticipated, this proved to be identical
with Hrannornis (formerly called Elminia) longicauda tere-
sita (Antin.), which ranges from the Upper White Nile and
Bahr el Ghazel west to Cameroon and south to Uganda and
the Semliki Valley, and is now proved to extend to southern
French Congo.
EsTRILDA XANTHOPHRYS.
Last year (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. xlvii. p. 32) I described as
new a little Waxbill under this name, a pair of which were
presented to the British Museum by M. Delacour, who had
them alive from a dealer at Marseilles, and it was supposed
they had come trom Senegal. Subsequently, I was informed
that Mr. H. Whitley also had some of the same birds alive in
captivity, and a female which died in his aviaries was sent
to the Museum and found to be identical with the original
Ei. wanthophrys. Mr. Whitley informed Mr. Kinnear that
these Waxbills formed part of a consignment brought to
England last year by young Rogers, the son of the well-
known dealer in Liverpool, and that the birds all came from
Abyssinia.
The true locality of Hstrilda xanthophrys is therefore
Abyssinia, and it should probably be considered merely as a
subspecies of Lstrilda troglodytes (E. cinerea auct.), which
has a wide distribution from Senegal to the Nile Valley,
with an orange instead of a yellow face-streak.
Mr. Grucory M. Maruews sent the following :—
The genus OREICOLA Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci.
Paris, vol. xxxviii. p. 6, Jan. 2nd, 1854—type (by subse-
quent designation, Gray, 1855, p. 143), Sawicola pyrrhonota
Miill.,— will replace ErytHRomytas Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit.
Mus. vol. iv. p. 199, March 26th, 1879. Type, Sazicola
dumetoria Wallace, with the species 1
Oreicola dumetoria (Wallace),
Oreicola muelleri (Blyth),
Oreicola pyrrhonota (Mill.),
Oreiwola buruensis (Hart.).
121 [ Vol. xlvii.
The genus Oreicola of the Cat. Birds, vol. iv. p. 263, must
be called Rhodophila Jerdon, Birds of India, vol. ii. pt. 1,
p. 128, 1863. Type (by monotypy), R. melanoleuca Jerdon=
Oreicola jerdoni Blyth, with the species
Rhodophila jerdoni (Blyth),
Rhodophila melanoleuca Vieillot, which equals
Rhodophila gutturalis Vieillot,
Rhodophila ferrea (Gray).
4 Mr. H. C. Rosinson sent the following
Note on Phodilus Less.
The Malayan form of Phodilus badius (Horsf.), of which
the typical locality is Java, has recently been described by
Oberholser (Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci. xiv. 1824, p. 302) from
a single unsexed specimen as Phodilus badius abbott.
I have compared three birds from Java with a series from
the Malay Peninsula, and, allowing for the greater age of
the Java skins, can detect no difference in coloration.
Birds from Borneo (ten specimens examined) are perhaps
rather paler with a tendency to greater spotting above.
There is no available material from Sumaira, but a single
bird from Billiton (in partial moult, however) is very
small.
When we come to Indian birds, currently called P. b.
nipalensis (Gray, Hand-list, i. p. 53), we find that this name
is not available, in that it is a nomen nudum, and is also, as
pointed out by Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. ii. 1875, p. 309,
footnote, based on a specimen of Otus spilocephalus (Blyth).
Sikkim and Darjiling birds can, however, easily be separated
from the Malayan birds, and may be recorded as
Phodilus badius saturatus, nom. nov.
Deeper and more richly coloured above than the typical
form, especially on the head. Size decidedly larger. Wing
of type 231 mm.
Vol. xlvii.] 122
Type adult (probably female). Native Sikkim, Jan. 1874.
Mandelli. B.M. Reg. No. 1886. 2. 1. 1123.
The races therefore are :
1. Phodilus badius badius (Horsf.).
Java: Wing 186-196 mm. (3 spms.).
Borneo: Wing 181-191 mm. (10 spms.).
Malay Peninsula: Wing 191-202 mm. (9 spms.).
Billiton : Wing 171 mm. (1 spm.).
2. Phodilus badius saturatus, supra.
Native Sikkim and Dariiling: Wing 216-231 mm.
(7 spms.).
Buxa Duars: Wing 227 mm. (1 spm.).
Assam and Cachar: Wing 212-213 mm. (2 spms.).
Birds from Burma, as might be expected, are intermediate.
Karin Hills: Wing 194-204 mm. (2 spms.).
Tonghoo: Wing 213 mm. (1 spm.).
3. Phicditus badius assimilis Hume.
Darker, more chestnut-brown and less bay, patch on the
outer under wing-coverts, blackish brown not chest-
nut-bay.
Ceylon: Wing 197-204 mm. (4 spms.).
123 [ Vol. xlvii.
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May 11th, 1927, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great
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Members intending to dine are requested to inform the
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No. CCCXYV.
Tae three-hundred-and-tenth Meeting of the Club was
held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street,
W. 1, on Wednesday, May 11th, 1927.
Charman: H. F. WivTHERBY.
Members present :—W. Suore Batty; D. A. BANNER-
MAN; I. J. F. Barxinaton ; P. F. Bonyarp; A. L. Burier;
Sir Percy Cox; J. CunnrncHam; Major 8S. 8. Flower;
G. H. Gurney; Rev. J. R. Hate; R. E. Heatu; Rev.
F. C. R. Journaiy; N. B. Krynear (Ldttor); Dr. G. C.
Low (Hon. Sec. & Treas.) ; Dr. P. R. Lowe; N.S. Lucas ;
Lt.-Col. H. A. Macrara; Dr. P. H. Manson-Baur ;
G. M. Maruews; Col. R. MernertzHacen; Mrs. Mrererrz-
HAGEN ; T. H. Newman; C.B. Rickert; H.C. Rosryson ;
Lord Roruscuinp; W. L. Sctater; L. J. Tourtun;
Dr. Casey A. Woop.
Guests :—F. W. Batty; P. W. T. Bovucuton-LeiGu ;
: Capt. J. B.S. Frower ; Dr. C. W. Townsenp ; D. E. Warp,
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Vol. xlvii.| 126
Mr. C. H. B. GRant communicated the following remarks
on certain birds in Tanganyika Colony :—
Among the specimens I have obtained for the British
Museum within recent years is a pair of Hzrundo angolensis
angolensis Bocage (type-loe., Huilla), taken at Kasulu in
Kigoma Province, Tanganyika Territory, on the 3rd
February, 1924.
As regards Kasulu, this Swallow arrives about November
and after breeding, sometimes rearing two broods, it departs
whence it came about May. Numbers arrive together, but
after a day or so they all depart, with the exception of two
or three pairs which nest in the Boma, the nest being similar
to that of Smith’s Swallow (Hirundo smith). I am of
opinion that this Swallow is a nesting migrant only to Tan-
ganyika Territory and returns to the Belgian Congo or
Angola for the rest of the year. Reichenow records it from
Rungwe District, but we have no record of it between this
locality and Kasulu, and I know it does not occur in the
towns of Kigoma or Ujiji, nor have I seen it at any of the
railway-stations between Kigoma and Malagarasi.
Larus cirrhocephalus Vieillot (type-loc., Brazil) is also a
migrant to Lake Tanganyika, at least so far as the 130 miles
of lake-shore of Kigoma District is concerned, and observa-
tions show that it arrives in October and departs in May.
Immature birds, obviously birds of the year, are noticeable
when this Gull arrives in October, but I have not seen, or
heard of, a breeding-ground on the east side of the lake.
Dwight (“ Laridz,” Bull. Amer. Mus. vol. lii. p.272) mentions
Lake Tanganyika as one of its breeding-grounds, but it would
be interesting to learn on what data this information is based.
Mr. H.C. Rosinson exhibited and described the following
new Owl from Sumatra :—
Athenoptera spilocephalus stresemanni, subsp. nov.
Pisorhina lucie Robinson & Kloss, Journ. Fed. Malay
States, vii. (2) 1918, p. 126.
Otus spilocephalus lucie (partim) Stresemann, Mittheil.
Zool. Mus. Berlin, xu. 1, 1925, p. 192.
127 ' [ Vol. xlvii.
2. More uniform above and less of a rufous tinge than
either A. s. vulpes from the southern Malay Peninsula or
A. s. siamensis from Peninsular Siam. Much paler and
less marked than A. s. lucte from Kinabalu and Dulit,
N. Borneo. Cervical collar almost obsolete, indicated merely
by slight broadening of the white shaft-stripes, with which
the upper surface is sparsely flecked, these stripes being
bordered by black. Forehead pale pinky-buff, lighter than
in the other races. Lower breast lightly vermiculated with
black, many of the feathers with ill-defined whitish and
blackish-brown shaft-stripes. Total length 190; wing 138;
tail 70 ; tarsus 26°5 ; bill from gape 20°5 mm. (measured in
the flesh).
Type (and only specimen examined in the British
Museum), adult female, Scolah Dras, Korinchi, West
Sumatra, 3000 ft. Collected by H. C. Robinson and C. B.
Kloss, March 18th, 1914. B.M. Reg. No. 1920. 6.29. 90.
Compared with the type of A. s. siamensis, the type and
four others of A. s. vulpes, and five specimens of A. s. lucia
from Kinabalu and Dulit, Borneo.
Remarks. I have followed Dr. Stresemann in regarding
these insular forms as subspecies of A. spilocephalus of the
Himalayas, with which, however, A. hambroeckiw (Swinh.)
from Formosa and A. latouchu (Rickett) from China and
the Tenasserim-Siam border as well A. vanderwateri, also
from W. Sumatra, are not in my opinion very closely con-
nected. Sharpe’s genus, Heteroscops, typified by A. lucia,
may fairly be resuscitated for these small Owls ; the name
is, however, antedated by Athenoptera Hutton, in Hume’s
“Rough Notes Indian Ornithology,’ pt. i. No. 2, 1870,
p- 392. Type, Hphialtes spilocephalus huttont Hume.
Messrs. N. B. KINNEAR and H. ©. RoBINSON made the
following communication :—
We owe to the kindness of Dr. F. W. Thomas, Librarian
to the Indian Office, the opportunity of examining in detail
a volume of coloured drawings of Sumatran birds made
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under the superintendence of Sir Stamford Raffles, while
Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough, Sumatra.
The drawings were forwarded to Europe about June
1820, or rather earlier, together with a collection of birds
and mammals, and thus escaped the destruction that in-
volved the bulk of Sir Stamford Rafiles’s collection when the
Indiaman ‘ Fame’ was burnt off the coast of Sumatra.
These drawings and the skins accompanying them formed
the basis of Rafiles’s ‘ Descriptive Catalogue of a Zoological
Collection made on the Island of Sumatra and its Vicinity,’
dated Fort Marlborough, June 1820. This was read before
the Linnean Society on March 20th, 1821, and published in
vol. xu. of the ‘ Transactions,’ pp. 277-342, between March
and May 1822.
The collections were probably made in part by Dr. Arnold,
famous as the discoverer of Lafflesca arnoldi Brown, the
largest (or almost the largest) known flower, who died in
Sumatra in July 1818, and in part by Diard and Duvaueel,
two French naturalists on the staff of Sir Stamford Raffles,
but with whom misunderstandings arose after they had been
in Sumatra but little more than a year, to which fact was due
the early publication of this paper by Sir Stamford Raffles
himself.
After the destruction of the ‘ Fame,’ Sir Stamford caused
further collections to be made, which he brought home with
him. These collections were presented to the Zoological
Society of London by Lady Raffles on April 24th, 1827,
after her husband’s death. An account of thisfinal collection
(by N. H. Vigors) is contained in the Appendix, ‘‘ Memoir
of Sir Stamford Raffles,” London, 1830. This paper contains
descriptions of a few species not contained in the earlier
collections. On the dispersal of the Society’s Museum in
1855, many of the specimens passed by purchase to the
British Museum, but some cannot now be traced.
The drawings are for the most part excellent and faithful
to their subjects, though a certain number are incomplete,
iris, bill, and feet remaining to be coloured. They were
129 [ Vol. xlvii.
probably executed by a Javanese draughtsman and in ‘prac-
tically all cases the species can be recognized at a glance.
Many of them have undoubted claims to be recognized as
the actual types of Raffles’s descriptions, certainly so in the
cases in which no skins were received with the drawings.
With the exception of two, a Tern ( Clitonias sp., immature)
and a Caprimulgus, all the drawings, 128, have been identi-
fied or admit of identification. For the most part they have
been correctly listed in Horsfield and Moore’s ‘ Catalogue of
Birds in the Museum of the Kast Indian Company,’ vols. i.-ii.
1856, 1858, but a few of the drawings, unaccompanied by
specimens, are not referred to by those authors. Of three
ef these we are now able to supply identifications, viz. :—
(1) Laniws divaricatus Raffles, tom. eit. p. 306. India
Office drawing, 598.
This is an immature female in moult of Pericrocotus
cinereus Lafresnaye, Rey. Zool. vill. 1845, p. 94 (Luzon,
Philippines).
Raffles’s name has priority and this well-known Minivet
therefore becomes
PERICROCOTUS DIVARICATUS (Raffles),
the type being the above-mentioned drawing at present in
the India Office Library.
(2) Zurdus ambiguus Rafiles, tom. cit. p. 311. India
Office drawing, 616.
This drawing is taken from a somewhat immature specimen
of the Tit described as
Parus cinereus malayorum Robinson & Kloss, Journ. Fed.
Malay States Mus. viii. (2) 1918, p. 227 (Korinchi, W.
Sumatra), which now becomes
PARUS CINEREUS AMBIGUUS (Raffles),
with the above-mentioned drawing as type.
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(3) Ardea picta Raffles, tom. cit. p. 326. India Office
drawing, 651.
This is the young stage (in dark plumage) of Ardea
melanolopha Raffles, described on the same page, but of which
neither specimen nor drawing is, so far as we can discover,
extant. = Gorsachius goisagi melanolophus (Raffles).
It should be added that the whole collection bears evidence
that it was entirely collected at low altitudes, as no single
species confined to an elevation of 3000 feet or over is com-
prised in it. Except, therefore, where there is definite
evidence to the contrary, as in the case of Sterna sumatrana
Raffles, which was collected at Acheen, the type-localities of
all Raffles’s species may be taken as the neighbourhood
of Bencoolen, W. Sumatra.
Lord RoruscuHiLp exhibited a skin of the Western Caro-
lina Parrot (Conuropsis carolinensis interior QO. Bangs) and
a skin of the typical Carolina Parrot (C. carolinensis caro-
linensis (Linn.), for comparison. He remarked that this was
the sole example in Europe and that now both races of the
Carolina Parrot were extinct. C. c¢. interior differs from
C. c. carolinensis in having a larger bill, longer wing, and in
the yellow of the head and neck being much paler. The
green of most parts of the plumage is also much bluer,
verdigris-green as opposed to bright apple-green. C. ¢. in-
terior was spread over a large part of the Central and
Western areas of the United States, whereas C. ¢. carolinensis
was confined to the southern half of the Atlantic coastal
states—most examples in collections being from Florida.
BIRDS OBSERVED ON A VOYAGE TO SENEGAL.
Mr. Davin BANNERMAN gave an account of his recent
voyage from Marseilles to Senegal and back, vid Tangier,
Casablanea, and Grand Canary, and of the birds he met with
en route.
Leaving Marseilles on 14th Feb., the Straits were passed
on the night of the 16th, and the following day a few Shear-
waters were noted, which from their decidedly dusky flanks
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and under surface he believed to be Pujinus puffinus maure-
tanicus Lowe.
No Passerine birds were encountered on the outward
voyage. Between Mazagan and Mogador, on Feb. 18th, the
ship passed through a huge gathering of Gannets about
10 miles from the coast, and nearing Cape Jaby a single
Kittiwake was noted in company with many Larus atlantis.
Twenty-four hours’ steam from Cape Verde, on Feb. 21st,
over fifty Pomatorhine Skuas (Stercorarius pomarinus) joined
the ship, remaining all day—only a very small percentage in
the uniform brown plumage. When settled on the water the
barred flanks and under tail-coverts of the light-plumaged
birds showed very conspicuously. In flight they were easily
recognised by the twisted tail and the collar and yellow
cheeks, for, unlike the Gulls, the Skuas flew backwards and
forwards close along the sides of the ship, not following in
its wake as were hundreds of very small Petrels not certainly
identified. Flocks of small grey Waders were passing
north all that day, but none sufficiently close to be certain of
the species.
The return voyage was uneventful until Gibraltar had
been passed. In the Straits, on April 12th, flocks of Puffinus
“pufinus yelkouan were seen passing westwards—their pure
white breasts in contrast to those of the Shearwaters seen
near Tangier on the outward voyage. That same night the
ship encountered the severe cyclone which did so much
damage on land and sea in the Western Mediterranean—the
wind was at gale force and the following two days numerous
weary migrants alighted on the ship (Warblers, Song-
Thrushes, Larks, Pipits, and Swallows), hunting diligently
amongst the banana-crates piled on deck for any insects
which they might harbour. On the 14th a Woodchat,
identified as the typical form, came aboard between Majorca
and Barcelona. Marseilles was reached on April 15th.
NovTE ON THE ExporTATION OF Live Brirps
FROM SENEGAL.
In the course of his remarks Mr. BANNERMAN drew
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attention to the very unsatisfactory methods employed in
the export trade of small brightly-coloured Weavers and
other birds from Senegal for sale in Hurope. Hundreds of
these birds were shipped at Dakar on the liner in which he
travelled to Marseilles, and the condition of these birds
called forth protests from every humane passenger on board.
The birds were crammed into long cages or wooden crates
with wire fronting some 4 ft. x 2 x 14 in size, over a hundred
in each cage—the floor-space and inadequate perches filled
to overflowing with fluttering birds struggling to gain a foot-
hold. These birds, mostly the commoner small Weavers,
were all freshly netted wild birds, and their fruitless efforts
to gain their liberty added to the heavy mortality which
must have taken place. The whole enormous consignment
was in charge of one native boy sent from Dakar. The
crates were piled on the aft hatch under a tarpaulin which
had to be removed in port, and the conditions of feeding,
watering, and protection from the weather left much to be
desired. Particularly distressing was the case of a Woolly-
necked Stork confined in a small wooden box without room
to stretch up its neck.
Mr. Bannerman spoke very strongly on this unnecessary
cruelty entailed. He said he was far from wishing the export
of foreign birds prohibited, but he pleaded for a much more
rigorous control of the manner in which our foreign cage-
birds reached Hurope.
A discussion followed and Major FLownr, late Director of
the Giza Gardens, Egypt, Dr. Casey Woop of the U.S.A.,
Mr. GERARD GURNEY, a well-known aviculturist, and others
spoke of similar experiences, and urged that steps should be
taken to mitigate this state of affairs.
It was agreed that Mr. Bannerman should be asked to
report to the International Committee for the Protection of
Birds, who would, it was hoped, take the matter up.
Novses on «A VISIT TO GRENOBLE MUSEUM.
Mr. BANNERMAN went on to describe his recent visit to
the Grenoble Museum of Natural History, of which he gave
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an interesting account. The galleries, he said, were admiably
arranged and the mounted specimens well cared for. Of
particular interest to visitors was the room given over to the
Fauna of Dauphiné—the Department in which Grenoble is
situated ; the instructive labels for the public accompanying
the mounted specimens were a model of what such notices
should be, and the arrangement brought great credit to the
Director—M. Giraud. The collection is rich in local speci-
mens of the Bearded Vulture, which is now excessively rare
in the mountains of Dauphiné. Another room is given over
to M. Lavauden’s private collection—all mounted. Included
in this were the type and three other examples of Falco
peregrinus blancheti, also the type of Sawxicola torquata
defontanesit, and a remarkable aberrant Gypaétus barbatus
grandts, shot in Sardinia—the usually yellowish underparts
being almost white.
Mr. Bannerman deplored the mounting of types, and
hoped the practice would be discontinued in France.
THE WHITE-BREASTED BARN-OWL IN THE CANARIES.
Mr. BANNERMAN exhibited the first authentic specimen of
a Barn-Owl from Grand Canary. The mummified body was
seen hanging in a tree near Telde by Mr. Gerard Gurney,
who secured it. As suspected, this Owl proves to be Tyto
alba alba, similar to the Barn-Owl of Tenerife, and not
T. a. gracilirostris, the form in the eastern islands of the
Archipelago.
REMARKS ON THE Eiaas or IrBy’s RAVEN.
The Rev. F. C. R. Jourparn exhibited three clutches of
egos of the Moorish or Irby’s Raven (Corvus corax tingi-
tanus)—one of six eggs, one of seven, and one of eight.
They showed considerable variation in colouring, the seven
clutch, taken last year in Algeria, being of the pale blue
type, while the eight clutch, from the province of Oran,
W. Algeria, was heavily marked on a green ground. The
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last-mentioned nest was found with seven eggs on April 17th,
1927, and on returning to the site next day eight eggs were
found in the nest. The Ravens seem to form an exception
to the rule that in the high north the number of eggs in the
clutch is larger than in the south, for there is little difference
between the average size of the clutch, whether laid in Green-
land or Iceland or in the Mediterranean region. There is,
however, a great difference in size between northern and
southern eggs, and the eggs of C. corax rujicollis are no
larger than those of Corvus corone in many cases.
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Note on A Hysrip Hummine-Birp.
Mr. A. L. Buruer exhibited a Humming-bird which he
considered to be a hybrid between two Brazilian species,
Thalurania glaucopis (Gm.) and T. eriphyle (Less.), the
specimen showing a curious combination of the colouring of
both these presumed parents, adult males of which were
shown for comparison.
In the hybrid (?) the crown is violet as in T. glaucopis,
but shows two irregular patches of the brilliant green of the
crown of 7. eriphyle ; the parts of the under surface, which
are green in 7’. glaucopis and blue in T. eriphyle, are of a
distinctly bluish-green ; there are distinct scapular patches
of a greenish Prussian blue (the absence of shoulder-patches
being a character of JT. glaucopis) ; the under tail-coverts
are as in 7’. eriphyle, the longer ones blackish edged with
white near the hase, instead of being entirely green as in
T. glaucopis.
The range of J. glaucopis in Brazil is more western than
that of T. eriphyle, but both species occur in the states of
Bahia, Minas, Rio, and 8. Paulo.
The bird exhibited came from a collection formed by the
late Senhor Monteiro of Lisbon and was without locality,
but the skin appeared to be of Bahia make.
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NOTICES.
The next Meeting of the Club, the last of the Session,
will be held on Wednesday, June 8th, 1927, at PAGANI’S
RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W. 1. The
Dinner at 7 p.m.
Members intending to dine are requested to inform the
Hon. Secretary, Dr. G. C. Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor
Square, W. 1.
Members who intend to make any communication at the
next Meeting of the Club are requested to give notice before-
hand to the Editor, Mr. N. B. Kinnear, at the Natural History
Museum, South Kensington, S.W.7, and to give him their
MSS., for publication in the ‘Bulletin,’ not later than at
the Meeting.
BULLETIN
OF THE
ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB.
Wo. CCCXVI.
Tue three-hundred-and-eleventh Meeting of the Club was
held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street,
W. 1, on Wednesday, June 8th, 1927.
Charman: G. M. Matuews.
Members present :—H. C. Stuart Baker; D. BAanner-
MAN; I’. J. F. Barrineton ; P. F. Bonyarp; A. L. Bururr;
mini Percy Cox; Major S, 8S. ELower; Rev. F.:C:,R.
JourpDAIN; N. B. Kinnear (Editor); Dr. G. CarmicHaEL
Low (Hon. Sec. § Treas.) ; Dr. P. R. Lowe; N.S. Lucas ;
C. W. Mackworru-Prazp; Col. R. MB&INERTZHAGEN;
C. B. Rickert; H. C. Rozsinson; Lord Rortuscuixp ;
D. Seru-Smita ; B. W. Tucker; Dr. Casty A. Woop.
| Guests :—W.J. Crappock; L. R. Fawcus; W. Rowan.
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EXHIBITION OF DRAWINGS AND SPECIMENS OF MELANISTIC
Forms oF VARIOUS FAMILIES oF BirRDs.
Lord Roruscuitp, I.R.S., exhibited a series of drawings
of melanistic mutants of various families of birds, and said :—
Recently much interest has been aroused by the increasing
numbers of the melanistic mutation of the Common Pheasant
(mut. tenebrosus Hachisuka),and a great deal has been written
and talked about this bird which is quite erroneous. The most
frequent suggestion made is that these dark Pheasants, with
their blue males and the females resembling the Red Grouse,
are solely the result of hybridisation of the Common Pheasant
with the Japanese Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus versicolor).
This is not the case, as the above-mentioned dark Pheasant
appears occasionally among pure wild P. c¢. colchicus, among
the mongrel race of Pheasants common to most woods and
coverts, often the offspring of three or four races of P. col-
chicus,and also among Pheasants crossed with P. c. versicolor.
In all three cases the mutation is similar: viz., the cocks have
breast and flanks deep blue with white shaft-markings on
flanks and no white neck-ring, while the hens are deep
brown and heavily barred. In contrast to these the non-
melanistic examples of the versicolor cross show in the cocks
a strong DARK GREEN not BLUE suffusion on the breast and
more or less red on the flanks, whilst the hens are grey like
c. colchicus hens, only darker. This tendency to melanistic
mutation is found in many birds besides those of which
pictures are shown to-night ; and, in addition to the skins of
certain normal birds exhibited for comparison and enumerated
later, IT have brought the skins of the following, showing
melanic mutants :— |
1. Lanzus scHacH scHacH Linn.
and melanic mutants L. fuscatus Less. and a more extreme
form.
2. SIPHIA STROPHIATA STOPHIATA Hodgs.
and its melanic mutant.
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3. H#MATOPUS O. OSTRALEGUS Linn.
and melanic mutant H. meadewaldoi Bann.
4. HIMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS Gould
and melanic mutant HZ. novezealandie Gould.
5. STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS (Linn.)
and dark form.
6. STERCORARIUS LONGICAUDUS (Vieill.)
and dark phase.
7. AESTRELATA NEGLECTA Schleg.
and dark phase.
8. NuMIDA GALEATA Pall.
and violet-mauve mutant.
9. ACCIPITER ALBIGULARIS Gray
and mut. versicolor Rams.
10. AccIPITER LEUCOSOMUS Sharpe
and black mutant.
11. AccIPTER OVAMPENSIS Gurn.
and mut. helgerti Erl.
12. ACCIPITER VENTRALIS Sclat.
and mut. nigroplumbeus Lawr.
13. CucuLus sonirarits Steph.
and mut. clamosus Lath.
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14. CLAMATOR JACOBINUS HYPOPINARIUS Cab. & Heine.
and mut. serrator Sparrm.
15. PoDICA SENEGALENSIS Vig.
and mut. camarunensis Sjost.
16. TcHITREA IGNEA (Reiehenow)
and mut. camburnt Neum.
17. RHIPIDURA FLABELLIFERA (Gm.)
and mut. fuliginosa (Sparrm.).
a2
Vol. xlvii.] 140
Besides these the following show dark mutants :—Pavo
cristatus Linn. with P. cristatus mut. nigripennis Sclat. ;
Catarrhactes pachyrhynchus Gray and mut. atratus Hutt. ;
and Catarrhactes schlegeli Finsch, also with an entirely black
mutant. Most of the white-breasted dark-backed Petrels
(Procellariide) have a melanistic phase with the breast sooty-
grey, brown, or black. Also Melanerpes rubrifrons Spix and
M. cruentatus ; Cacomantis simus Peale and C. infuscatus
Hartl. ; Attila spadicea Gm.and A. brasiliensis Less. ; Terp-
siphone (Tchitrea) tricolor Fras. and TY. (7'.) rujfiventris
Swains. ; Malaconotus perspictllatus Rchnw. and M. gladiator
Rehnw.; Stphia strophiata strophiata Hodgs. with a mutant
having the throat and breast entirely black; and Chloro-
phoneus multicolor Gray and Chl. nigrithorax Sharpe are
respectively the normal forms and melanic mutants. It
should be here pointed out that the melanic mutants of the
Golden Pheasant (mut. obscurus Schleg.) and of the Peacock
(mut. nzgripennis Sclat.) are only known in captivity, never
having been found in a wild state. It is also of importance
to remember that there has been mueh difference of opinion
on the question of the status of the ‘“‘ Oystercatchers”; Dr.
Hartert has united them all into two species, the “ Pied ”’
Hematopus ostralegus and the “ Black” H. niger, each with
numerous subspecies. Dr. Stresemann has, however—and he
believed rightly,—pointed out that while the two African
black forms niger (=mocquini) and meadewaldoi have the
razor-edged bill of ostralegus, the other black races ater,
unicolor, etc., have more rounded bills and are certainly dis-
tinct from the two above-mentioned ones. He therefore was
convinced that niger from South Africa, which is entirely
black, and meadewaldot from the Canary Islands, with a little
white on the wing, are two local melanic mutants of ostralequs
which have in their respective habitats completely ousted the
typical form. He exhibited the following drawings :—
La. PHASIANUS COLCHICUS mut. tenebrosus Hachis.
2a. CHRYSOLOPHUS PIOTUS mut. obscurus Schleg.
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3a. LOPHOPHORUS IMPEJANUS (Lath.)
and melanic mutant,
4a, PeRDIx PERDIX (Linn,)
and black-masked heavily-barred mutant.
5a. PERDIX PERDIX mut. montanus Gm,,
extreme form and less extreme form.
6a. ALECTORIS RUFA RUFA (Linn.)
and melanie mutant.
7a. TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO PALLIDICINOTUS Ridgw.
and melanic mutant.
8a. TETRASTES BONASIA GRISEIVENTRIS Menzb.
form. norm. volgensis Buturl. and melanic mutant grisei-
ventris Menzb.
9a. COTURNIX COTURNIX (Linn.)
and ¢ 2 mut. lodoisie Verr. & des Murs.
10a. APTENODYTES PATAGONICA Forst.
and black-breasted mutation.
lla. CHARMOSYNA STELLZ GOLIATHINA Rothsch. & Hart,
and mut. atra Rothsch. |
12a, CAPELLA GALLINAGO GALLINAGO (Linn.)
and mut. sabinez: Vig., ordinary form and extreme form,
13 a. ScoLOPAX RUSTICOLA Linn.
and melanie mutant.
14a. EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS RUBEA Hensh.
and mut. berlepscht Hart.
Lord Roruscuitp also exhibited for comparison the
following skins :—
1. Various examples of PHASIANUS COLCHICUS x P. oc.
VERSICOLOR, ¢.
1. P. c. VERSICOLOR, ¢ 2.
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2. NUMIDA GALEATA Pall.
3. CHRYSOLOPHUS PICTUS Linn., ¢ ¢.
4, P. coLcHicus mut. tenebrosus Hachis., extreme ?.
He said in the above exhibits the following called for
some remarks :—No. 3a, Lophophorus impejanus, shows in a
wild state strong individual variation, and the melanistic
mutants are of four kinds: the one shown on the drawing,
which is the nearest equivalent to P.c. colchicus mut. tene-
brosus; then L. impejanus mut. chambayanus, intermediate
between ubove and impejanus; thirdly, mut. mantowi, with the
metallic green and copper of the hind-neck and interscapulum
replaced by deep purple-blue ; and, fourthly, mut. obscurus,
entirely dull black with the tail cinnamon-brown as in normal
examples. No. 4a, Perdix perdix. The mutant is from Devon-
shire, two examples being at Tring. No. 10. In this
Goshawk there are three forms : first, the typical leucosomus,
which is pure white all over; secondly, the black mutant
figured; and, thirdly, the normal form, also figured, = etorques
Salv. No. 11a. In some parts of the ranges of the three
races of Charmosyna stelle the black mutant forms quite half
the number of the examples observed, especially in the
Weyland Mts. In the case of Cacomantis simus and C. in-
fuscatus, and in Nos. 13 & 14, Cuculus solitarius and Clamator
4. hypopinarius, many authors maintain that the birds treated
here as melanistic mutants are good species or subspecies.
Their reason is that in some parts of the ranges of these
birds one form only is found. In answer to this, the facts
are that in the majority of cases melanism proves to be a
“ Dominant” factor, and throughout the animal kingdom
many melanic forms have almost ousted the original form
or are in a considerable majority ; and in the case of these
Cuckoos this is certainly the fact, at all events, in parts of
their range.
In the case of Chlorophoneus multicolor and Ch. nigrithoraxr
the black of the fore-neck and breast is very sharply defined
143 | Vol. xlvil.
and cut off from the orange-yellow of the belly, and does not
run into it as the orange-red of the normal bird does ; all
the same, such appearances are not unique among mutants,
and it is almost certain that this also is only a case of
melanistic mutation. In the case of Lanius schach schach
Linn. and L. fuscatus Less., Monsieur Delacour’s series from
Indo-China proves this to be undoubtedly a case of melanie
mutation and not, as Mr. La ‘Touche maintains, two separate
species. Another case of a similar mutation is that of
Butorides brevipes (Hempr. & Hhr.), which is the melanic
mutant of Butorides striatus atricapillus Afzel. The Spur-
winged Geese are another example of melanic mutations,
Plectropterus gambensis and Pl. g. riippellt Sclat., having as
respective melanic mutants Pl. niger Sclat. and Pl. scioanus
Salvad. The Skuas (Stercorarius) form an analogous case
to the Petrels before mentioned, as each species of Skua is
found in a light and dark phase.
In conclusion, he said that he diagnosed the difference
between a mutation and an aberration as consisting in the
fact that a mutation paired with a similar mutation breeds
true from the first generation, whereas an aberration did not
breed true, or else displayed partial or entire Mendelian
segregation. |
These remarks were followed by a discussion, in which
Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Stuarr Baker, Dr. P. R. Lows,
Prof. Rowan, and others joined, from which it appeared
that there was a considerable diversity of opinion on the
subject.
EXHIBITION OF A PICTURE OF THE DopDo.
Dr. Casey A. Woop exhibited a remarkably fine water-
colour painting of a Dodo (Didus cucullatus), formerly in the
collection of Taylor White, F.R.S., of Wallingwells, Notts.
This picture, together with nine hundred paintings of birds
and other vertebrates, has recently been acquired by the
Blacker Library of Zoology, McGill University, Montreal.
Vol, xlvii. ] 144
Dr. Casey Wood remarked that, though the present picture
closely resembled the one in the British Museum, he had
come to the conclusion, after a careful study, that it was a
portrait of a different bird.
Dr. Casey Wood also showed a photograph of a “ feather
picture” in the Blacker Library which is supposed to
represent a Dodo-—-it was made by Dionisio Minaggio, of
Milan, in 1618.
In conjunction with Mr. Casey Wood’s exhibition
Lord RotuHscuHILD also exhibited the picture of the Reunion,
or White Dodo, by Pieter Witthoos and its companion picture.
He said that he had given a full account of this picture in
‘The Ibis,’ vol. i. 11th series, 1919, p. 78, plate ii., so he
would only say here that the first mention of the Reunion
Dodo (Didus solitarius= Didus borbonicus) was that of Chief
Officer Tatton in Castleton’s Voyage (‘ Purchas his Pilgrimes,’
1625 edition, vol. i. p. 331: “ Bourbon ou Reunion”). There
are five pictures extant of the White Dodo taken from life,
viz., two by Pieter Witthoos and two by Pieter Holsteyn—all
four from a living adult female which was brought to Amster-
dam between the years 1670 and 1693. The fifth picture is
that published by Frauenfeldt of the young bird brought alive
to the Vienna Imperial Palace of Schoenbrunnen. ;
On A NEW Race oF MuscrcarvuLéA MELANOLEUCA.
Mr. C. BopEn Koss forwarded the following communi-
cation :— |
When Mr. H. ©. Robinson and I recorded specimens of
the Little Pied Flycatcher from Annam merely as Musei-
capula melanoleuca (Hodgs.) in ‘ Ibis,’ 1919, p. 446, we did so
because, while we were able to note differences between
them and M. m. westermanni Sharpe, of the Malay States,
we were at the time unable to say whether they differed from
the typical form inhabiting India and Burma.
With females from the Naga Hills now before me—which
are not, as Mr. E. 8. Baker says (Fauna Brit. India, Birds,
ii. 1924, p. 224), the Malayan race, but are far browner and
145 [ Vol. xlvii.
probably belong to the typical form—I find that Annam
birds differ in being greyer, much less brown, above. As
they are also paler and greyer, less bluish, above than
Malayan birds and slightly tinged with ochraceous on the
rump, they represent a subspecies which may be known as
Muscicapula melanoleuca langbianis Kloss, subsp. nev.
Type in the British Museum: adult female collected at
Arbre Broyé, Langbian Massif, South Annam, 5400 ft., on
14th May, 1918, by ©. Boden Kloss. Wing 60 mm.
Registered No. 1927.6. 1.1.
South-eastern females (hasseltt Temm., of Java) are, as
regards brownness, very near to the north-western birds.
DESCRIPTIONS OF Two NEW BirRDSs FROM BonIN ISLANDS
AND VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN.
On behalf of Mr. T. T. Momryama. the Editor forwarded
the following description :—
Zosterops palpebrosa boninsime, subsp. nov.
This race is nearest in size to Z. p. stejnegert Seebohm
(1891) from Seven Islands (type-locality—Hatidio-sima),
and is intermediate between that form and Z. p. alani
Hartert (1905) from Volcano or Ywé Islands (type-locality—
“S$. Dionisio” error, restricted type-locality, Sulphur Is-
land), but the bill is decidedly shorter than Z. p. stejnegeri
and distinctly longer and broader than Z. p. alani.
Measurements :—
Z. p. steynegert. Z.p.boninsime. Z. p. alan.
amecio?g. log & Ibo. 19g &1389.
mm, mm, mm,
Exposed culmen...... 15-17 125-15 12-14
Bill trom nostril,..... - 9-11 8-9°5 75-9
Width of bill at nostril 4°5-5:3 4-4°5 4-4'8
Height of billat nostril 3°5-4°5 3°5-4:5 3-4'2
RVING cay, peme eee 59-645 59-64°5 56-63°5
BSL oc. ais ae ae 43°5-51 45-51 44-52
Vol. xlvii.] 146
Type in Athenzei Ornithologici Momiyamici: ¢@ ad., Oh-
mura, Titi-sima, Bonin Islands, Dec. 13th, 1924. Collected
by T. T. Momiyama. No. 1266.
Distribution. Probably confined in Bonin Islands.
Material examined. 44 birds from Hatidio-sima, 1 only
from Awoga-sima, 2 from Miyake-sima, of Z. p. steynegert ;
25 from San Alessandro I.,7 from Sulphur I., of Z. p.alani ;
and 22 from Titi-sima and 11 from Haha-sima, of Bonin
Islands new race.
Horornis diphone iwootoensis, subsp. nov.
Nearest to HH. d. diphone (Kitilitz) (1830) from Bonin
Islands, but the bill thicker and stouter and the tail and
tarsus longer.
Measurements :—
HT, d. wwootoensis. HT. d. diphone.
tale. 89. 163. lhe os
mm. mm. mm. mm.
Exposed culmen...... 13°5-14 = 12°5-18 13°5-14 125-13
Width of bili at nostril. 45-5 3-7-4 37-A5 aes
Height of both man-
dibles at nostril .. 3°5-4 2°6-3°5 3-3'5 2:5-3
RW sane e ostiaescat Gna > 57:°5-60 49°5-52 555-585 47-49°5
Sec cee ates piss 59°5, 63-66'5 55-59 63-66 52-55
TARSWUStY. s\ Aas ac ale Oe 23-25 20-22 93-24. 19°5-21
Typein Athenei Ornithologici Momiyamici: ¢ ad., Moto-
yama, Sulphur Island, Voleano Islands, Dec. 20th, 1924.
Collected by T. T. Momiyama. No. 1297.
Distribution. Probably confined to the Volcano Islands.
Material examined. 8 S and2 2 from Sulphur Island or
Naka-Yw6-t6, 3¢ and 6 2? from San Alessandro Island
or Kita-Yw6-té, of the new form. 9 ¢ and 9 2? from Titi-
sima or Peel Island,6 ¢ and 6 ? from Haha-sima or Coffin
Island, 1 ¢ and 2 9? from Mei-sima,1 ? from Mukou-sima
or Plymouth Island, of the Bonin Islands race.
Mr. Davin BANNERMAN exhibited some interesting birds
obtained this year by Admiral Lynes during his travels in
147 (Vol. xlvii.
South Africa, and described a new Moor-Chat and-a new
Swamp-Warbler trom the Benguella Province of Angola.
Myrmecocichla lynesi, sp. nov.
Forehead, crown, and nape brown, the freshly-moulted
feathers broadly fringed with grey and buff, so that the bird
appears to have a light head spotted with brown until the
margins wear off. A patch of short dark bristles in front of
each eye. Mantle, back, coverts, and secondaries brown with
pale margins. Feathers along the bend of the wing whitish.
Rump and upper tail-coverts white. Basal half of primaries
white, forming a distinct wing-patch ; remainder blackish.
Rectrices white at the base for one-third their length,
remaining part blackish-brown. Chin white ; throat buftish-
white. Remainder of the under surface greyish-white
marbled with brown, caused by the exposed dark middles to
the feathers. Soft feathers of the flanks brown and buff.
Under tail-coverts white. Bill black with short stiff rictal
bristles. Feet black.
Bill, from nasal aperture, 12mm. ; wing 104 (3rd primary
in moult) ; tail 78 ; tarsus 35.
\\« Type in the British Museum: ¢ ad. (in moult), Huambo,
“ Beengulla Prov., Angola, 26th Feb., 1927. Admiral H.
Lynes coll. No. 424.
Habitat. Grassy moors, 5500 ft. above the sea. The
female resembles the male and is likewise two-thirds through
its moult. The head, however, is much more uniform brown,
tle pale edges of the feathers having been worn off.
This very distinct species is quite unlike any known
Myrmecocichla, and Admiral Lynes, in whose honour the
bird is named, is to be congratulated on such an interesting
discovery.
Bradypterus brachypterus benguellensis, subsp. nov.
This new Swamp-Warbler resembles somewhat B. 6.
centralis and B. msiri, but is darker than either. It is also.
a larger bird than centralis, the wing of the male being 65 and,
Vol. xlvii. | 148
of the female 58 mm., while the tail from the base measures
70 (much worn) and 80 mm. (fresh moulted) respectively.
The darker coloration and the shorter, more slender bill
(11-12 mm. exposed) distinguish it from the typical species.
This is, in fact, the darkest member of the group which
T have examined; the freshly-moulted feathers of the upper
parts are deep brown and entirely lack the rich chestnut
tinge of msiri. As in B. b. brachypterus, there are a few
blackish streaks on the lower part of the throat.
The male, which has not quite completed its moult, was
courting a female (not obtained). Admiral Lynes was of
opinion, from examination of the sexual organs, that the
birds had not commenced to breed, but were on the point of
doing so.
Bill slaty-black, with basal half of lower mandible
yellowish-white; bill-lining pale primrose; palate delicate
flesh in male, dusky with flesh tint in female; legs and feet
dirty grey.
The stomach contained insects.
Type in the British Museum: ¢ ad,, Chicuma, Benguella
Prov., Angola, 9th Feb., 1927. Admiral Lynes collection.
No. 348.
Habitat. “ A swamp in grass-land,’’ Chicuma, 5400 ft.,
and “‘ open swamp,” Huambo, 5500 ft., Benguella Province.
On A NEW Race oF Rock-TuHrusH, VonrircoLa RUFIVENTRIS
(ERYTHROGASTER auctorum) *.
Mrs. A. ©. Murinertzaacen forwarded the following
description of a new race of Rock-Thrush :—
Monticola rufiventris sinensis, subsp. nov.
Male. They appear darker on the upper parts, but this
may not be constant, and cannot be decided till more
specimens are available,
Female. Distinguished from the female VM. r. rujiventris
by the darker, more slate-coloured upper parts ; lower back,
rump, and upper tail-coverts barred and with horseshoe-
* Vide Oberholser, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. xxxiv. 1921, p. 49.
149 [ Vol. xlvii.
shaped markings of ash-grey instead of yellowish-buff as in
typical M. r. rufiventris (two Chinese specimens examined
had some feathers of the rump with yellowish-buff bars).
The underparts are usually darker, the ground-colour
black-brown, barred lightish buff; in the typical form the
underparts are barred black-brown and yellowish-buff ;
worn specimens of I. r. rufiventris with yellow tips and bars
abraded have underparts almost as dark as the Chinese
birds.
Measurements: 5 &, wing 123-128 mm.; 7 2, wing
119-130 mm. 7
Material examined. 5 6 & 7 2 from Fokien and Yunnan.
Type in the British Museum: ¢?, Kuatun, N.W. Fokien,
Qist May, 1927. Reg. No. 1905. 12. 24.349. Collected by
C. B. Rickett.
Distribution. Southern China. Specimens examined from
Fokien and Yunnan. la Touche gives Kwangtung, and
West Szechuen where they are resident. Nepal and Sikkim
birds appear to be intermediate between the typical and the
Chinese form.
Mr. G. M. Maruews forwarded the following corrections
to ‘Systema Avium Australasianarum,’ vol. i. p. 424 :—
Place Centropus bicolor Lesson on p. 424 as synonym of
Pyrrhocentor celebensis (Q.et G.) (p.423), and page 403 delete
first reference, 1.e., Collocalia f. spodiopygia.
DESCRIPTION OF AN APPARENTLY NEW FORM OF JAY
FROM THE ISLAND OF HOKKAIDO, JAPAN.
On behalf of Dr. N. Kuropa, the Editor forwarded the
following description :—
Garrulus glandarius pallidifrons, subsp. nov.
DMagnosis. Similar to Garrulus glandarius taczanowskiz
Lonnberg, of Sakhalin, but distinguishable from it by the
foxy-red colour of the head and neck duller and the
general coloration of the forehead and nasal bristles are
on an average constantly much more paler buff instead of
Vol. xlvii.] 150
intense foxy-red colour. The underparts also paler and the
throat buffy-white instead of more foxy-red colour wash than
in those of taczanowskii. (10 specimens examined.)
Type. & ad., Uenai, Yufutsu-gun, Prov. Iburi, Hokkaido,
N. Japan, 22.xi.1925. H. Orii coll. N. Kuroda coll.,
No. 9924.
Measurements of Type (3). Wing 178 mm.; tail 157 ;
tarsus 41 ; entire culmen 34; depth of bill at nostril 1271;
width of upper mandible at anterior of nasal bristles 8°5.
Measurements of other specimens :—
Depth of Width of upper
Sex. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. aS bill at mandible at anterior
culmen. sf ;
nostril. of nasal bristles.
Sia. esses 1765-1775 | 154-159 | 41°5-43°5 | 30-31°5 | 11°9-12°5 75-81
6Q 171-177 150-153 38—42°5 | 31°5-34 11:5-12°5 75-8
Habitat. Apparently confined to the island of Hokkaido,
North Japan.
Remarks. Specimens from Central Korea and South Man-
churia {Dalni) are identical with Momiyami’s okaz * (1927)
of Korea, but if wssuriensis Buturlin (1910) is wholly
separable from brandtii as a good form, okai seems to be
merely a synonym of ussuriensis. Two specimens from
Kunashiri, Kurile Islands, do not differ from taczanowsku and
are apparently separable from the new form from Hokkaido.
Mr. E. C. Stuart Baxer forwarded the following de-
scription of a new subspecies of Fishing-Hagle :—
Ichthyophaga ichthyaétus plumbeiceps, subsp. nov.
Similar in every way to J. i. ichthyaétus, except in being
much smaller and in fully adult plumage rather less cinereous
brown above, a difference already pointed out by Legge.
Measurements. Wing 420 to 435 mm., once 445; tail
232 to 242; tarsus about 85 to 90 ; culmen about 409 to 47.
* Garrulus brandtii okai Momiyama, Journal of Chosen Natural
History Society, no. 4, pp. 5, 6, Jan, 10, 1927 (Koryo, C. Korea).
£51 [ Vol. xlvii.
In the typical form the wing is generally between 460 and
515 mm., once 450. The culmen is 47 to 54 mm.
Distribution. Ceylon only. There is no material available
to show whether birds in South Travancore are of this small
race or of the larger northern form.
Type in the British Museum: ¢, Trincomalee, Ceylon,
15th June, 1875. Collected by Col. W. V. Legge. Ree.
No. 1878. 10.4. 86.
Material examined. Typical form 22. Ceylon form
7 specimens.
Mr. Baker also renamed the Vulture Gyps indicus tenui-
rostris :—
The name tenuirostris of Hume (Str. Feath. vii. p. 326:
1878) is unavailable, as Gray in 1869 in his ‘ Hand-List’ gives
this name and tenuiceps as synonyms of G. indicus. ©
Hodgson’s name tenuiceps is a nomen nudum, and Gray
again gives it as a nomen nudum in 1846. Neither tenwe-
rostris nor tenuiceps were therefore available for use by
Hume in 1878.
On account of its extremely bald head and neck, I name
it Gyps indicus nudiceps, nom. nov.
New Brrps rrom INDo-CHINA.
M. J. DeLacour sent the description of forty new forms of
birds discovered and collected by M. P. Jabouille, Mr. W.
P. Lowe, and himself during their third Expedition to French
Indo-China in 1926-1927:—
Phasianus colchicus takatsukas@, subsp. nov.
Allied to P. ¢. torquatus Gm., from 8.H. China and N.E.
Tonkin, but generally darker, especially the yellow colour of
the flanks and upper back, which is richer and deeper ;
the chestnut of the scapulars and greater wing-coverts is also
of a much darker shade, more maroon. The lower back is
browner and darker and the purplish-lilac fringe of the
rectrices is much deeper. The white eyebrow is present in
all our specimens.
The female is altogether darker than P. ¢. torquatus with
coarser markings.
Vol. xlvii. | 152
3. Iris orange-yellow ; bill greenish-white ;. legs and feet
light grey.
?. Iris brown; bill and legs horny-grey.
Measurements: 3. Wing 243 mm. ¢. Wing 210 mm.
Types in the Paris Museum. ¢ & 92. Langson, Hastern
Tonkin, Jan. 12 and 17, 1927. Nos. 2599 and 2660.
Material examined. Nine examples.
Norrt.—Named in honour of Prince N. Takatsukasa.
Ring-necked Pheasants, obtained in N.E. Tonkin (Ngan-
son), differ from Langson specimens, and can be referred to
P. c. torquatus, but area slightly darker yellow on the
upper back than in most Chinese specimens.
Tropicoperdix charltoni tonkinensis, subsp. nov.
Differs considerably from 7. charltoni charltoni (HKyton),
from Siam and the Malay States, in having the ear-coverts
mingled grey and chestnut instead of plain russet-chestnut,
a smaller chestnut area on the breast, not extending to the
sides of the neck, no black collar on the throat and no black
stripes on the sides of the neck. The upper parts and flanks
are more blotched with black, and the spotted plumage of
the lower breast reaches lower and runs into the buffish-
yellow of the abdomen. Iris brown; eyelids grey with red
border ; bill greenish-yellow with red base; legs and feet
greenish-yellow, nails yellow.
Measurements: 8. Wing 157 mm.; tail 80; tarsus 40;
culmen 20.
Types in the Paris Museum. Backan (N.E. Tonkin),
Jan. , 2020.. gNo, 2340,
Material examined. Highteen specimens.
Sphenurus sieboldi murielz, subsp. nov.
Differs from other S. steboldi (Temm.) in its much smaller
size, paler and less yellow head, throat, and breast, and in
having avery distinct orange tinge on the upper breast. The
whole colour is greyer and less yellowish. The female is very
similar to that of S. seeboldi sieboldi, but decidedly smaller
and slightly less yellow on the forehead, throat, and breast.
153 [ Vol. xlvii.
Iris: inner ring blue, outer ring pink; bill blue with
horny tip ; legs and feet dark crimson.
Measurements: g. Wing 175 mm.; tail 123; tarsus 22;
culmen 20. 2. Wing 180 mm.; tail 124; tarsus 20;
culmen 18.
Types inthe British Museum. 4. Hanoi, Central Tonkin,
Jan. 17,1927. No. 2823. 9°. Tam Dao, Central Tonkin,
Nov. 30, 1926. No. 1398. Registered No. 1927.6.5.1 & 2.
Material examined. Three examples.
Nots.—Named in honour of Mrs. Alfred Ezra.
Megalema lagrandieri rothschildi, subsp. nov.
Differs from Cochin-Chinese and Annamese specimens in
having the frontal plumes and bristles crimson (with obsolete
grey basis) instead of yellow and crimson, and the general
colour slightly darker.
Iris brown; bill greenish-grey with dark culmen; legs
and feet dusky green.
Measurements: §. Wing 138 mm. ; tail 109; tarsus 30;
culmen 42.
Type in the Bettish Museum. 2. Backan, N.E. Tonkin, Aarss
Dec. 24, 1926. No. 2136. (fBucr0c wit ppb)
Material eaamined. Fifteen examples.
Nots.—Named in honour of Lord Rothschild.
Cyanops franklini tonkinensis, subsp. nov.
Resembles C. f. franklim (Blyth), but distinguishable by
the blue, not so yellowish, general colour and the much
reduced black stripes on the sides of the head.
Iris brown; bill black with grey gape and base of
maxilla ; legs and feet greenish-grey.
Measurements: §. Wing 101 mm.; tail 70; tarsus 24 ;
culmen 24.
Type in the Paris Museum. ¢. Tam Dao, Central
Tonkin, Nov. 11, 1926. No. 1220.
Material examined. Nineteen specimens.
Norr.—Specimens from Laos and Annam belong te a
widely different form, C. f. auricularis Rob. & Kloss.
b
—— 4
Vol. xlvii. | 154
Thereiceryx faiostrictus pallidus, subsp. nov.
Birds from Tonkin differ from those from Annam and
Cochin China by the slightly larger size, the paler yellowish-
green colour, and in having the head-feathers with broader
light grey margins.
Tris hazel-brown; bill horny-grey with ace culmen ;
legs and feet greenish-grey.
Measurements: 3. Wing 120 mm.; tail 82; tarsus 24 ;
culmen 28.
Type in the Paris Museum. ¢. Backan, N.E. Tonkin,
Dee. 7, 1926. No. 1603.
Material examined. Twenty-three specimens.
>
Gecinulus grantia indochinensis, subsp. nov. “
Intermediate between G. g. grantia (McClell.) from the
Himalayas and G. g. viridanus Slater from 8. China, but
nearer to the latter, from which it differs in the more
chestnut mantle and redder wings. From G. g. grantia it
is distinguished by the larger size and less bright colour.
Iris red; eyelids green; bill greenish-white; legs and
feet greenish-grey.
Measurements: 8. Wing 130 mm; tail 110; tarsus 21 ;
culmen 23. |
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Backan, N.H. Tonkin,
Dec. 2, 1926. No. 1616. Registered No. 1927. 6.5.3.
Material examined. Seven specimens.
Norz.—Specimens from 8. Annam are identical with the
Tonkinese series.
Blythipicus pyrrhotis intermedius, subsp. nov. ~~
Larger and not so dark as B. p. annamensis Kinnear from
S. Annam, but with broader and less distant dark bars on
the wings. Very much darker than B. p. sinensis (Rickett).
Iris reddish-brown; bill light yellow ; legs and feet dark
greenish-grey.
Measurements: g. Wing 147 mm.; tail 121; tarsus 24 ;
culmen 46.
*
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Type in the British Museum. 4. Backan, N.E. Tonkin,
Dec. £21926. No. 1662. Registered No. 1927.6.5.4.
Material examined. Thirteen examples.
Anthocichla phayrei obscura, subsp. nov.
Much darker than A. p. phayret Blyth from Burma and
Siam, with dark blackish nape.
Iris brown; bill black; legs and feet horny flesh-colour.
Measurements: 9. Wing 106 mm; tail 63; tarsus 29;
culmen 22.
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Lakes Babé, N.E.
Tonkin, Dec. +2; 1926. No. 2053. Registered No. 1927.
6.5.5. Lae:
Material examined. Three female specimens.
Nore.—The male is unknown. A single specimen from
Laos agrees with the Tonkin birds.
Pitta douglasi tonkinensis, subsp. nov.
Birds from Tonkin are similar to those from Hainan, but
very much larger. Like’ all Pittas of the nepalensis group,
there is much individual variation.
Iris brown; bill brown; culmen black; legs and feet
horny flesh-colour.
Measurements: $§. Wing 125 mm; tail 66; tarsus 54 ;
culmen 26.
. Type in the British Museum. 4. Backan, N.H. Tonkin,
Dec. 23, 1926. No. 2083. Registered No. 1927. 6.5. 6.
Material examined. Sixteen specimens.
Nore.—In my report of our 1925-1926 Expedition
(Recherches Orn. dans les Provinces du Tranninh, de Thua-
Thien et de Kontoum, p. 84) I proposed to consider all the
Pittas of the old subgenus Hydrornis as subspecies of P. ni-
palensis. The fact that during the present expedition we
obtained many specimens of two distinct forms, P. d. ton-
kinensis and P. n. nipalensis, in the same localities and at the
same time, and that in the winter months and in what seems
to be the northernmost territory of the birds, obliges me to
change my opinion on the classification of these Pittas.
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_ I now consider that there are four species and two subspecies,
as follows :—
Pitta nipalensis nipalensis (Hodgs.).
P.n. soror Wardl. Rams.
P. douglasi douglasi O.-Grant.
P. douglasi tonkinensis Delacour.
P. oates. (Hume).
P, schneider Hartert.
Rhipidura albicollis cinerascens, subsp. nov.
Differs from the typical form and from R. a. atrata Salv. .
in its general colour being of a less blackish-grey and in
having the chin spotted with white.
Tris dark brown ; bill, legs, and feet black.
Measurements: 3. Wing 75 mm.; tail 105; tarsus 15 ;
culmen 9.
Type in the Paris Museum. <6. Djiring, 8S. Annam,
March 17, 1927. No. 3970.
Material examined. Ten examples.
Pericrocotus brevirostris tonkinensis, subsp. nov. ))
Near to P. b. affinis McClell. from Assam and N. Burma,
but differs in the smaller size and deeper crimson-carmine
colour without any yellow tinge. Females are lighter in
colour, especially on rump and throat, and have a greener
mantle.
Iris dark brown; bill, legs, and feet black.
Measurements: 3. Wing 88 mm.; tail 95; tarsus 12;
culmen 9.
Type in the British Museum. ¢ & ¢?. Backan, N.E.
Tonkin, Dec. 31 and Dec. 23, 1926. Nos. 2298 and 2108.
Registered No. 1927.6.5. 7 & 8.
Material exanuned. Hight specimens.
Pycnonotus hainanus indochinensis, subsp. nov.
Continental specimens from Tonkin and Annam differ
from Hainan birds in the much narrower dark brown patch
on the nape and the greyer, less yellowish, underparts.
nay [ Vols siya.
Iris brown ; bill, legs, and feet black.
Measurements: g. Wing 85 mm.; tail 81; tarsus 20;
culmen 13.
Type in the Paris Museum. 6. Langson, KE. Tonkin,
Jan. 14,1927. No. 2625.
Material examined. Twenty specimens.
Pycnonotus sinensis meridionalis, subsp. nov.
Resembles in size P. s. stresemanni La Touche, but differs
in having a smaller white patch on the hind part of the
crown and a narrower dark brown one on the nape. The
underparts are greyer, less yellowish, and the olive-yellow
border on the wing-feathers narrower.
Iris brown; bill, legs, and feet black.
Measurements: g. Wing 87 mm.; tail 83; tarsus 21;
culmen 13.
Type in the Paris Museum. ¢. Langson, HE. Tonkin,
Janz 12, 4927, Ne. 2582.
Material examined. Nine examples.
Dryonastes perspicillatus annamensis, subsp. nov.
Differs from D. p. perspicillatus (Gm.) from China and
Tonkin in having less black on the forehead and eyebrows,
the black colour being less deep. The crown is lighter and
more yellowish, and the whole plumage is paler and slightly
grey.
Iris reddish-brown ; bill black ; legs and feet brown.
Measurements: 2. Wing 126 mm.; tail 152; tarsus 40;
culmen 22.
Type in the Paris Museum. ¢. Hué, C. Annam, April 9,
1926. No. 36.
Material examined. Ten specimens.
» Garrulax pectoralis robini, subsp. nov.
Resembles G. p. picticollis Swinh. from China, but smaller.
The upper parts are of a more olive and darker brown colour,
with a much narrower or less bright rufous collar on the
hind-neck.
Vol. xlvii.] 158
Iris brown ; bill black with base of maxilla grey ; legs
and feet grey.
Measurements: &. Wing 130 mm.; tail 142 ; tarsus 44;
culmen 24. :
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Tam Dao, C. Tonkin,
Dec. 2, 1926. No. 1473. Registered No. 1927. 6.5.9.
Material examined. Six specimens. .
Note.—Named in honour of M. R. Robin, Resident
Supérieur of Tonkin. Birds collected in Laos (Tranninh) in
1925-1926 belong to the present race.
. Garrulax moniliger tonkinensis, subsp. nov.
W
Near to G. m. melli Stresemann from §8.E. China, but
of a darker and less ochraceous-brown above and with
flanks of a deeper reddish-orange.
Iris yellow; bill black with light edges; legs and feet
grey. .
Measurements: ¢. Wing 120 mm.; tail 133; tarsus 43 ;
culmen 23.
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Backan, N.E. Tonkin,
Dec. 12, 1926. No. 1835. Registered No. 1927. 6.5.10.
Material examined. Ten specimens.
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1 Trochalopterum milnei indochinensis, subsp. nov.
Resembles T. m. sharpe: Rippon in the grey ear-coverts,
but differs in the breast-feathers being olive-brown edged
with grey, giving a very particular brown-spotted appear-
ance. The whole plumage is browner, less olive, and the
erimson colour en the wing and tail is deeper.
Iris brown ; bill, feet, and legs black.
Measurements: 6. Wing 109 mm.; tail 117; tarsus 34;
culmen 19.
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Tam Dao, Central
Tonkin, Dec. 5, 1926. No. 1569. Registered No. 1927.
6.0. Lis
Material examined. Ten specimens.
rag [ Vol. xlvii.
» Pomatorhinus ruficollis saturatus, subsp. nov.
Nearer to P. r. reconditus Bangs & Philip from Yunnan,
but darker above, with the sides of the neck and nuchal half-
collar of a much deeper chestnut; chestnut spots on the
breast redder and deeper. Size decidedly smaller.
Iris reddish-brown ; bill pale yellow, culmen black ; legs
and feet grey. |
Measurements: 3. Wing 73 mm.; tail 70; tarsus 28 ;
culmen 17.
Type in the British Museum. <. Tam Dao, C. Tonkin,
Nov. 26, 1926. No. 1285. Registered No. 1927.6.5.12.
Material examined. Sixteen specimens.
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»Pomatorhinus ferruginosus orientalis, subsp. nov.
Resembles P. f. marie Wald., but is smaller and darker
brown above; the feathers of the crown have a narrow dark
border, giving a slightly scaly aspect; underparts whiter.
Iris yellow ; bill red; legs and feet green.
Measurements: g. Wing 92 mm.; tail 113; tarsus 32;
culmen 26. .
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Tam Dao, Central
Tonkin, Dec.2,1926. No.1485. Registered No. 1927.6.5. 23.
Material examined. Three specimens.
* Pomatorhinus tickelli tonkinensis, subsp. nov. ~
Very close to our P. t. laotianus, but with a shorter bill
and the colour less greyish, more reddish-brown. The
chestnut of the supercilium and sides of the neck is richer,
with darker buff spots; the ear-coverts are rufous-buff,
instead of brownish-grey. J eathers of the sides of the breast
and flanks lighter grey with wider white stripe.
Iris brown ; bill grey, darker above; feet and legs horny-
orey.
Measurements: 8. Wing 104 mm.; tail 110; tarsus 40;
culmen 38. ;
Type in the British Museum. (¢. Lakes Bahé, N.E.
Tonkin, Dec. 20, 1926. No. 2071. Registered No. 1927.
fa: o. 13.
Material examined. Seven specimens.
Vol. xlvii.] 160
* Pomatorhinus tickelli friesi, subsp. nov.) K
Differs from P. t. laotianus and P. t. tonkinensis in its
smaller size and shorter bill. The upper plumage is of a
brighter chestnut-brown above, the flanks and breast-feathers
paler with a broader central white streak. The chestnut
patches on the sides of the neck much reduced and partly
replaced by greyish-brown spotted with white instead of
buff.
Iris brown ; bill, legs, and feet grey.
Measurements: 2. Wing 100 mm.; tail 105; tarsus 34;
culmen 31.
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Thua-Luu, C. Annam,
Feb. 13, 1927. No. 3153. Registered No. 1927. 6.5.14.
Material examined. Four specimens.
Nots.— Named in honor of M. C. Fries, Résident Supérieur
in 2einam,
Jabouilleia, gen nov.
Intermediate between the Pomatorhinus of the tickella
croup and Rimator. Differs from the first-mentioned genus
in having the tail shorter than the wing and a very different
bill, not so long, more compressed, with a higher ridge;
nostrils are open and oval.
From Aimator, in which it was previously placed, the
new genus differs in the much larger size, less Wren-like,
with a longer tail, stronger and coarser bill and legs.
Culmen ridge higher.
Type: Rimator danjoui Rob. & Kloss. (‘ Ibis,’ 1919, p. 578.
no. 133).
Norre.—Named in honor of my friend and associate-
ornithologist, M. P. Jabouille.
- Jabouilleia danjoui parvirostris, subsp. nov.
Differs from J. d. danjow (Rob. & Kloss.) from 8S. Annam
in being smaller and witha shorter bill. The rufous patches
on the sides of the neck purer and larger, the throat and
upper breast pure white and centre of breast white with some
161 [ Vol. xlvii.
dark brown and chestnut spots ; the centre of abdomen is
white, faintly washed with brown.
Iris brown; bill horny-grey; legs and feet fleshy-
brown.
Measurements: g. Wing 72 mm.; tail 61; tarsus 26 ;
culmen 22.
Type in the British Museum. 6. Bana, C. Annam,
Aug. 14, 1926. No. 725. Registered No. 1927.6.5.15.
Material examined. Two specimens.
- Drymocataphus pusillus, sp. nov.
Upper parts brown, the feathers of the crown with faint
dark edgings, the rump and upper tail-coverts brighter.
Feathers round the eyes, cheeks, and ear-coverts grey, mottled
with brown; throat pale rufous, each feather terminated
with blackish, producing a speckled appearance; rest of
underparts olive-rufous.
Iris brown ; bill horny-grey ; legs and feet brown.
Measurements: g. Wing 56 mm.; tail 55; tarsus 20 ; |
culmen 11.
Type in the SareMuseum. ¢. Tam Dao, C. Tonkin, <77/511/ |
Dec. 12, 1926. No. 1475. W fmaicae adda |
Material examined. A single example. |
Nore.—This very distinct bird is certainly rare and |
difficult to obtain, as it lives on high mountains among the |
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dense undergrowth. For that reason I venture to name it,
although reluctantly, as one specimen only, in poor condition,
is available.
, Corythocichla brevicaudata obscura, subsp. nov.
A very dark race, nearer to C. b. leucosticta Sharpe from
the Malay States, but still darker and of a more olive-brown. )
Wing-spots white. :
Iris reddish-brown; bill blackish above, grey below ; legs ;
and feet dark brown. )
Measurements: 6. Wing 70 mm.; tail 54; tarsus 27;
culmen 16.
Vol. xlvii. ] 162
Type in the British Museum. <¢. Tam Dao, C. Tonkin,
Dec. 2, 1926. No. 1495. Registered No. 1927. 6.5.16.
Material ecamined. Ten specimens.
‘ Corythocichla brevicaudata rufiventer, subsp. nov. U
Nearer to C. b. venningt (Harington) from the Shan
States, but the feathers on the upper parts with broader dark
edgings, and the breast,j abdomen, and under tail-coverts
of a much richer and more reddish-fulvous. Wing-spots
buff.
Iris reddish-brown ; bill blackish above, grey below; feet
and legs fleshy-brown.
Measurements: g. Wing 56 mm.; tail 45; tarsus 23;
culmen 14.
Type in the British Museum. 6. Djiring, 8. Annam,
March 12, 1927. No. 38756. Registered No. 1927. 6.5.17.
Material examined. Two specimens.
, Actinodura ramsayi kinneari, subsp. nov. 0
Resembles A. 7. minor Kinnear from Western Tonkin,
but differs in having the upper parts of a slightly more
ochraceous brown ; crown of a lighter brown, less chestnut
on the forehead; wings with a much more reddish tinge,
especially on primaries; deeper black cross-bars, all the
different markings being more distinct, Primary coverts
and bastard-wing almost pure black. Underparts lighter
and of a more buffish-brown.
Tris brown ; bill, feet, and legs grey.
Measurements: ¢. Wing 88 mm.; tail 119; tarsus 29 ;
culmen 14.
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Tam Dao, Tonkin,
Jan. 12,1926. No. 1464. Registered No. 1927.6. 5.18.
Material examined. Six specimens.
Pterythius enobarbus laotianus, subsp. nov.
Stands between P. @. annamensis and P. «. intermedius
(Hume) from Burma, and differs from the latter in having
163 | Vol. xlvii.
a smaller bill, less yellow on the forehead, and much less
brown on the breast, although it has much more of it than
P. ce. annamensis.
Iris brown ; bill grey ; legs and feet horny Hesh-colour.
Measurements: 6. Wing 61mm.; tail 43; tarsus 18;
culmen 7.
Type in the Paris Museum. 2. Xieng-Khowang, Laos,
Jan. 7,'1926."' No. H.1616.
Material examined. Four specimens.
Nore.—These birds were obtained during our 1925-1926
Expedition, and put down on our report as P. @. intermedius
(Hume).
Pterythius enobarbus indochinensis, subsp. nov.
Very near the typical bird, but with darker chestnut-
brown on the forehead and throat, extending a little farther
on the upper breast. Front of the crown more yellow ;
half-cirele in front of the eye blacker.
Iris brown; bill bluish-grey, tip and culmen black; legs
and feet flesh-colour.
Measurements: g. Wing 61 mm.; tail 42; tarsus 18; |
culmen 9.
Type in the Paris Museum. <. Dyjiring, 8. Annam,
March 12, 1927. No. 3757.
Material exanuned. ‘Two specimens.
Cissopica, gen. nov.
Differs from Urocissa in having a much coarser and more
powerful bill and legs, and a shorter tail, never exceeding
the wings by more than 30 mm. General plumage grey,
black and pale yellow, never blue.
Young birds retain for a long time their distinct juvenile
plumage, a very peculiar fact amongst the Corvide.
Type: Urocissa whiteheads O.-Grant.
Nore.—I chose the name of this new genus to show the
affinity of these birds to the Cissa, which they exactly
resemble in their actions and voice. ‘The only difference in
Vol. xvii. | 164
their habits is that they fly about the trees and bamboos, and
across the narrow valleys in larger flocks, often of 20 or 25
individuals.
They also remind one of the true Magpies with their pied
plumage, especially on the wing.
Cissopica whiteheadi xanthomelana, subsp. nov.
Rictal bristles mixed black and grey. Forehead and crown
black, with narrow brownish edgings to the feathers, giving
a very slightly scaly appearance. Mantle black, passing to
yellowish on the rump, the feathers of which have yellowish-
white tips. Upper tail-coverts dark grey, with broad pale
yellow tips and whitish bases. Rectrices yellowish-grey at
their base and on one-third of their inner web, then black,
with pale yellow tips, increasing on outer feather so that the
outermost are yellow on more than half of the length,
Primaries black, with grey margins on the base and a small
white terminal spot, the outer grey margin obsolete on some
specimens; secondaries black, with yellowish-white margins
extending to the end of the terminal one-third of the outer
web ; greater wing-coverts black, with broad pale yellow
tips; primary coverts black; lesser wing-coverts, under
wing-coverts, and axillaries pale yellow. Chin, throat, and
breast black, slightly suffused with yellow, passing to
yellowish-grey on the flanks and lower breast, and to pale
yellow on the abdomen and under tail-coverts.
Female similar to male.
This bird differs from C. w. whiteheadi in its larger size,
coarser and larger feet and beak, and in tho colour of the
rectrices, which are grey with a subterminal black patch
in the Hainan bird. Also less grey on the outer webs of
primaries.
Iris pale greenish-yellow ; bare skin behind the eye
brownish-green ; beak orange, with a greenish base to the
maxilla ; legs and feet black, with some orange at the joints;
nails brown.
Measurements: 6. Wing 224mm. ; tail 243 ; tarsus 52;
culmen 42.
165 Vol. xlvii.
Type in the British Museum. ¢. Backan, N.H. Tonkin,
Dec. 25, 1926. No. 2150. Registered No. 1927.6. 5.19.
Juvenile plumage. Head, nape, sides of neck, and back dark
grey, with light yellowish-grey edgings to the feathers ;
mantle darker grey ; rump light yellowish-grey; tail as
in the adults, also the wings, with the exception of the
primaries and six first secondaries which have grey outer
webs, and the primary coverts are also grey. Chin, throat,
and breast yellowish-grey, passing to pale yellow on the
abdomen.
Older birds have a darker and almost black mantle.
Iris yellowish-brown; beak brownish-grey, with a small
reddish-orange tip and greenish base, rather variable and
sometimes entirely grey ; feet and legs black.
Material examined. Twenty-two specimens.
Notre.—Birds in juvenile plumage being generally more
numerous in the flocks than fully adult ones, I believe that
they remain a long time in immature dress. The adult birds
had not bred for several months, and the sexual organs of
the young birds were well developed.
Dendrocitta formose intermedia, subsp. nov.
Intermediate between D. f. himalayensis Sharpe from the
Himalayas and N. Laos and D. f. sinica Stresemann from
the lower parts of N.H. Tonkin, 8. China, but more like the
latter, from which it differs in having a longer tail and
the basal half about the central rectrices being grey on the
outer web.
Iris reddish-brown ; bill, legs, and feet black.
Measurements: ¢. Wing 138 mm.; tail 175; tarsus 29 ;
culmen 27.
Type in the Paris Museum. 6. Tam-Dao, Central
Tonkin, Nov. 30, 1926. No. 1410.
Material examined. 8ix specimens.
Dendrocitta frontalis kurodz, subsp. nov.
Differs from D.f. frontalis in being altogether darker, the
rufous and grey parts of the plumage much duller.
Iris reddish-brown ; bill, legs, and feet black.
J
Vol. xlvii.] 166
Measurements: g. Wing 138 mm. ; tail 224; tarsus 29;
culmen 22.
Type in the Paris Museum. 6. Backan, N.H. Tonkin,
Dec. 28, 1926. No. 2212.
Material examined. Hight specimens.
Nore.—Named in honour of Dr. N. Kuroda, of Tokyo.
Parus minor indochinensis, subsp. nov.
Resembles P. m. commixtus Swinh. from 8. China, but
much smaller.
Iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs and feet bluish-grey.
Measurements: 6. Wing 62 mm.; tail 56; tarsus 15 ;
culmen 8.
Type in the Paris Museum. 6. Backan, N.E. Tonkin,
Jan. 3, 1927... No. 2349.
Material examined. Eleven specimens.
Nore.—Birds from Xieng-Khusang, Laos, reported as
P. major thibetanus, can be referred to the present race,
though slightly larger.
Parus monticolus legendrei, subsp. nov.
Differs from all other races in having a much duller and
lighter yellow on the underpart, a broader black line on
breast and abdomen, and a duller and greyer-green mantle.
Iris dark brown; bill black ; legs and feet bluish-grey.
Measurements: g. Wing 65 mm.; tail 16; tarsus 16;
culmen 9. | |
Typé in the Paris Museum. 2. Djiring, 8S. Annam,
March 3, 1927. No. 3604.
Material examined. Ten examples.
Note.—Named in honour of M. Marcel Legendre.
Psittiparus ruficeps magnirostris, subsp. nov.
Near to P. r. bakeri Hartert from Burma, but differs in
having a larger and thicker bill, darker brown upper parts,
richer and more reddish-rufous head and neck.
Tris reddish-brown ; bill, legs, and feet bluish-grey.
Measurements: 3. Wing 90 mm.; tail 90; tarsus 21 ;
culmen 14,
167 [ Vol. xlvil.
Type in the Paris Museum. ¢@. Tam-Dao, C. Tonkin,
Dec. 1, 1926. No. 1426. |
Material examined. Six specimens.
Psittiparus margarite, sp. nov.
Forehead, crown, and nape deep black. Lores, feathers
round the eyes and sides of the neck mottled white and dark
grey ; ear-coverts similar, but darker ; pileous feathers round
the bill and chin black ; throat white, with a few black spots
on the middle forming faint streaks. Underparts slightly
yellowish-white. Upper parts light brown, with blackish
inner webs to the primaries and a slightly greyer tail with
faint whitish tips to the rectrices.
Iris brown ; bill reddish-orange ; legs and feet green.
Measurements: 8. Wing 87 mm.; tail 83; tarsus 26;
culmen 14,
Type in the Paris Museum. 6. Djiring, S. Annam,
March 3, 1926. No. 3356.
Material examined. Three specimens.
Nore.-—Named in honour of my mother. The occurrence
of a Crow-Tit at as low a latitude as 11° is a remarkable
circumstanee. This distinct species is nearest to P. gularis.
Suthora davidiana tonkinensis, subsp. nov.
Resembles S. d. thompsoni (Bingham) from the Shan
States, but differs in having pale grey shafts to the feathers
of the lower throat, producing a squamated appearance ;
also the colour of the throat is not sharply defined from that
of the breast, but blends into the grey of the underparts,
which is purer ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged with chest-
nut on inner webs and reddish on outer webs.
Iris reddish-brown ; bill white ; legs and feet fleshy-grey.
Measurements: . Wing 50 mm.; tail 39; tarsus 16;
culmen 11.
Type in the Paris Museum. 6. Backan, N.E. Tonkin,
Bec. 12; Fa207 wu ere.
Material examined. Only one specimen.
Vol. xlvii.] 168
Oriolus traillii robinsoni, subsp. nov.
The adult male differs from O. t. traillii (Vig.) from India,
Burma, N. Laos, and Tonkin in its slightly smaller size,
shorter and thicker bill, and in its lighter and more crimson
maroon colour.
The adult female is quite different to that of O. t. traillii.
The head, neck, wings, and thighs are black; the back
blackish-brown suffused with crimson, passing to crimson
on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; tail-feathers crimson-
maroon with black shafts, the central ones with a broad
blackish margin, the others with a dark border on the outer
web only. Underparts crimson-maroon like those of the
male, but the maroon is merely a broad fringe ; the whole of
the hidden part of the feathers is grey instead of white, with
the exception of a small white base, and produces a rather
dark and slightly scaly aspect.
The young male has the crown, hind part, and sides of the
neck black; upper parts blackish-brown, passing to dark
crimson-maroon on the rump and tail-coverts. Tail-feathers
light pinkish-maroon with an outer brown margin, the
central rectrices almost entirely pinkish-brown. The whole
of the underparts streaked light pinkish-buff and dark brown,
the abdomen with larger and whiter markings.
The young female is similar, with coarser and whiter
markings underneath.
A nestling, just out of the nest, has the whole head and
neck smoky-black ; the upper parts blackish, with chestnut-
brown margins to the feathers broader on the rump and
passing to pinkish-chestnut on the tail-coverts; tail light
crimson and brown. Underparts streaked brown and pinkish-
buff, with white marking on the abdomen. Iris grey.
Iris yellow ; bill, legs, and feet bluish-grey.
Measurements: 3. Wing 142 mm.; tail 102; tarsus 22;
culmen 25.
9. Wing 142 mm.; tail 102; tarsus 23 ; culmen 26.
Types in the British Museum. f 2. Djiring,S. Annam,
March 1 and 5, 1927. Nos. 3349 and 3522. Registered
No. 1927. 6.5.20 & 21.
Material examined. ‘Thirty-one specimens.
169 [ Vol. xlvii.
Nore.—In N.E. Tonkin we found together typical O. t.
éraillit and a light crimson bird with a shorter and thicker
bill; careful comparison has shown that the latter is identical
with O. ardens Swinh. from Formosa and O. nigellicauda
Swinh. from Hainan. We therefore consider that there is
only one form of the Crimson Oriole, O. ardens, inhabiting
Formosa, Hainan, and Tonkin.
Dr. Stresemann’s Oriolus mellianus is quite a distinct bird,
with a grey back. When more material than the single
female is available, it will be possible to decide whether it is
a subspecies of O. ardens or of O. traillii.
Arborophila davidi, sp. nov. ,
A very distinct species, not nearly allied to any Indo-
Chinese form.
Forehead to the eyes dirty greyish, hinder crown barred
with black and dull rufous ; occiput and nape black. From
behind the eye a broad grey stripe becoming rust-red on
sides of neck; a broad black stripe from the jaw-gape running
round the throat over the ear-coverts; chin white, throat
rust-red ; upper chest dull brown, washed with ferruginous ;
upper breast grey, with large heart-shaped black spots on each
feather, bordered basally with buffy-white; belly greyish-
white ; under tail-coverts black with broad greyish-white
tips and a narrow buffy subbasal bar. Flank-feathers
greyish at the base, with very broad glossy black bars and
tips and a much narrower subterminal white bar.
Upper surface much as in A. brunneipectus.
Iris brown; bill black, the base of the mandible and the
skin of the face and throat red; feet and claws “ rose.”’
Wing 134 mm.; tail 49; tarsus 30; bill from gape 21.
Type in the British Museum. Sex uncertain. Phurieng,
38 miles east of Saigon, Cochin China, altitude 800 feet.
Collected on 1st February, 1927, by Mons. André David, in
whose honour the species is named. Reg. No. 1927.6. 5. 24.
This handsome Tree-Partridge is not closely allied to any
known form. It is perhaps nearest to A. rubrirostris (Salvad.)
from Sumatra, but that species has the head black, the throat
black and white, and with no ferruginous markings anywhere.
c
Vol. xlvii. ] 170
Picus chlorolophus harmandi, subsp. nov. i“
Differs from P.c. burme Meinertzhagen (P. c. chlorolo-
phoides Gyldenstolpe) in its pale lemon crest, devoid of any
tinge of orange or chrome. Darker above than any of the
other races, except P.c. rodgert (Hartert & Butler) from
the mountains of the Malay Peninsula and P. c. vanheysti
from Sumatra.
Iris red ; bill plumbeous, bright yellow at base ; legs and
feet greyish-green.
Measurements: Wing 188 mm.; tail 100; bill from gape 29.
BRITISH [ Type in Beste] Museum. @ adult. Collected at Phurieng,
onus North Cochin China, on March 30th, 1927, by Messrs. J.
/ Delacour and Jabouille. No. 4289.
There is also an adult male from the Hargitt Collection in
the British Museum, collected in Cochin China by Harmand.
Registered No. 98. 3.10. 368.
NOTICES.
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INDEX.
[ Names of new species and subspecies are indicated by clarendon type
under the generic entry only. | °
abbotti, Phodilus badius, 121.
abingdoni kavirondensis, Compothera,
70.
Accipiter albigularis, 139.
hilgerti, 139.
leucosomus, 139.
nigroplumbeus, 139.
ovampensis, 139.
ventralis, 139.
——- versicolor, 139.
Acrocephalus palustris, 66.
scirpaceus, 66.
Actinodura ramsayi kinneari,
subsp. n., 162.
acuta, Dafila, 84.
ZEchmorhynchus cancellatus, 70.
egyptius angole, Pluvianus, 100.
enobarbus annamensis, Pterythius,
163.
laotianus, Pterythius, 162.
eruginosus, Circus, 61.
Aestrelata neglecta, 139.
ZEthopyga ezrai, sp. n., 21.
affinis affinis, Trochalopterum, 112.
Ailuredus, 80.
alani, Zosterops palpebrosa, 145.
Alauda arvensis lonntergi,
subsp. n., 23.
pekinensis, 23, 24.
alba, Motacilla, 66.
alba, Tyto, 138.
gracilirostris, Tyto, 138.
albicillus, Certhiparus, 41.
albicollis,. Muscicapa, 66.
cinerascens, Rhipidura, 156.
albigularis, Accipiter, 189.
leucogastra, Setaria, 54, 93.
moultoni, Ophrydornis, 93.
alboides, Motacilla, 67.
Alcedo meninting phillipsi,
subsp. n., 72.
Alcippe nipalensis lactianus,
subsp. n., 72.
major, sulsp. n., 18.
Alectoris rufa rufa, 141.
Alethe choloens'is, subsp. n., 86.
algiriensis, Ammomanes deserti, 34.
alpestris subea, Hremophila, 141.
altaicus, Gennaia, 91.
orientalis, Tetraogallus, 36.
altifrons, Charadrius, 64.
aluco harmsi, Strix, 40.
obscurata, Strix, 39.
sancti-nicolaz, 40.
Amaurornis fuscus zeyloni-
cus, subsp. n., 73.
ambiguus, Parus cinereus, 129.
, Lurdus, 129.
Ammomanes deserti algiriensis, 34.
deserti, 34.
isabellina, 34.
analts, Picus, 42.
Anarhynchus frontalis, 41.
angole, Pluvianus egyptius, 100.
angolensis angolensis, Hirundo, 126.
annamensis, Drymocataphus tickelli,
17.
——., Dryonastes perspicillatus, 157.
——, Leptocoma flammacxillaris, 68.
, Sphenurus sphenurus, 9.
ansorget, Mirafra sabota, 29, 30.
Anthocichla phayrei obscura,
subsp. n., 155.
Anthreptes hypogrammica
lisettz, subsp. n., 22.
malacensis basilanicus,
subsp. n., 68.
—— —— sanghirana, subsp. n.,
68.
Anthus rufulus lynesi, 25.
apicauda laotianus, Sphenurus, 10.
apricarius, Charadrius a., 64.
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Aptenodytes patagonica, 141.
Apteryx australis lawryi, 40.
mantelli, 41.
aquila, Fregata, 100.
Arborophila brunneipectus neveut, 95.
— neveni, subsp. n., 8, 95.
—— davidi, sp. n., 169.
rufogularis laotianus, 95.
—— laotinus, subsp. n., 9, 95.
Ardea melanolopha, 130.
picta, 130.
ardens, Oriolus, 169.
artel, Fregata, 92, 100.
arvensis lonnbergi, Alauda, 23.
pekinensis, Alauda, 23, 24.
assimilis, Phodilus badius, 122.
Astur gentilis gentilis, 61, 113.
Athene cuculoides brugeli, 94.
noctua ludlowi, subsp. n.,
58.
Athenoptera spilocephalus
stresemanni, subsp. n., 126.
athertoni, Nyctiornis, 108.
atlantis, Larus, 131.
atra, Charmosyna, 141.
atratus, Catarrhactes, 140.
atricapillus, Butorides striatus, 143.
Attagen minor, 100.
Attila brasiliensis, 140.
spadicea, 140.
aucklandica, Coenocorypha, 40.
aurantiacus, Casuarius unappendicu-
latus, 27.
auratus, Garrulax gularis, 15.
aureiventer media, Zosterops, 93.
parvus, Zosterops, 56, 93.
auricularis, Cyanops franklini, 158.
australis lawyri, Apteryx, 40.
mantelli, Apteryx, 41.
badius, Phodilus, 121.
abbotti, Phodilus, 121.
assimilis, Phodilus, 122.
badius, Phodilus, 122.
nipalensis, Phodilus, 121.
saturatus, Phodilus, 121.
bakeri, Turdinus macrodactylus, 54,
bankiva, Gallus gallus, 83.
barbatus, Picus, 41.
— grandis, Gypaétus, 133.
basilanicus, Anthreptes malacensis, 68.
belcheri, Buccanodon, 85.
benguellensis, Bradypterus brachy-
pterus, 147.
herlepschi, Eremophila, 141.
berliozt, Xanthixus flavescens, 14.
Bhringa remifer sumatrana,
subsp. n., 57, 94.
bicolor, Centropus, 149.
blancheti, Faico peregrinus, 138.
172
Blythipicus pyrrhotis inter-
medius, subsp. n., 154.
bonasia griseiventris, Tetrastes, 141.
volgensis, Tetrastes, 141.
boninsime, Zosterops palpebrosa, 145.
borbonicus, Didus, 144.
borealis, Horornis canturians, 58,
bornensis, Hupetes macrocercus, 75.
bourdellei, Hemixus flavala, 13.
brachydactyla, Calandrella, 33.
mauritanica, Certhia, 25.
—- raisulii, Certhia, 25.
Brachylophus chlorophoides, 42.
brachyphorus, Dissemurus paradiseus,
75 ;
, Edolius, 75.
Brachyurus forsteni, 40.
Bradypterus brachypterus
benguellensis, subsp. n., 147.
bradypterus benguellensis, Brady-
pterus, 147.
brandti okai, Garrulus, 150.
brasiliensis, Attila, 140.
sl Ne obscura, Corythocichla,
1
rufiventer, Corythocichla, 162.
brevipennis, Calamodyta, 115.
brevipes, Butorides, 143.
brevirostris tonkinensis, Pericrocotus,
156.
brugeli, Athene cuculoides, 94.
brunneiceps, Yungipicus hardwicki, 42.
brunneipectus neveni, Arborophila,8,95.
nev.n', Arborophila, 95.
Bubo bubo turcomanus, 72.
bubo turcomanus, Bubo, 72.
Buccanodon belcheri, sp. n., 85.
Bucia, 108.
Butastur indicus, 108.
butleri, Cinnyris osea, 119.
Butorides brevipes, 143.
striatus atricapillus, 143.
cabanisi stephensoni, Dryobates, 42.
stresemanni, Dryobates, 42.
cacharensis, Zosterops palpebrosa, 89,
0.
Cacomantis infuscatus, 140.
simus, 140.
cerulescens,Hxcalfactoria chinensis, 69.
Calamocichla, 118.
nilotica, 119.
Calamodyta brevipennis, 118.
Calamoherpe newtont, 118.
Calamornis, gen. n., 118.
— foxi, sp. n., 118.
Calandrella brachydactyla, 33.
hermoniensis, 33.
Calendula dunni, 28.
Callene macclouniet, 86.
camarunensis, Podica, 1389.
camburni, Tchitrea, 139.
Campothera abingdoni kavi-
rondensis, subsp. n., 70.
cancellatus, Aichmorhynchus, 70.
candicans, Hierofaico, 91.
canifrons laotianus, Spizixus, 14,
canorus, Cuculus, 45.
canturians borealis, Horornis, 538.
taivanorum, Horornis, 53.
canus sanguiniceps, Picus, 41.
Capella gallinago gallinago, 141.
sabiner, 141.
Caprimulgus grandis, 108,
caragane, Perdix hodgsonie, 72.
carolinensis interior, Conuropsis, 130.
Carpodacus erythrinus mu-
rati, subsp. n., 20.
Casuarius mitratus, 26, 27.
philipi, 26, 27.
— unappendiculatus, 26, 27.
aurantiacus, 27.
—— — laglaizei, 26, 27.
occipitalis, 26, 27.
rothschildi, 26, 27.
rufotinetus, 26, 27.
—— —— suffusus, 27.
unappendiculatus, 26, 27.
Catarrhactes atratus, 140.
pachyrhynchus, 140.
schlegelt, 140,
celebensis, Pyrrhocentor, 149.
centralis, Tetraogallus tibetanus, 37.
Centropus bicolor, 149.
Cerchneis tinnunculus subsp., 103.
dorriesi, 108.
interstinctus, 1038.
—— —— japonicus, 1038.
—— —— objurgatus, subsp. n.,
106.
———
_—.
—
saturatus, 103.
tinnunculus, 103.
Cerithia brachydactyla mauritanica,
25.
raisulii, subsp. n., 25.
Certhiparus albicillus, 41.
ceylonensis orientalis, Ketupa, 11.
pallidior, Culicicapa, 108.
Charadrius a. altifrons, 64.
a. apricarius, 64.
pecuarius, 85.
charltont tonkinensis, Tropiceperdi ,
152.
Charmosyna atra, 141.
stelle goliathina, 141.
chauleti, Cissa hypoleuca, 19.
chinensis cerulescens, Hxcalfactoria, 69.
> ’
Chlamydera maculata, 81.
chlorolophoides, Brachylophus, 42.
chlorolophus chlorophoides, Picus, 42.
harmandi, Picus, 170.
laotianus, Picus, 12.
173
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Chloropetella holochrous holochrous,
32.
— — suahelica, 32.
suahelica, 31.
Chlorophoneus multicolor, 140.
nigrithorax, 140,
choloensis, Alethe, 86.
Chrysolophus pictus, 140, 142,
obscurus, 140.
var. obscurus, 50.
cincta, Notiomystis, 41.
cinerascens, Rhipidura albicollis, 156.
cinereiceps, Polihierax insignis, 101.
cinereocapilla, Cryptolopha, 109.
cinereus ambiguus, Parus, 129.
malayorum, Parus, 129.
Cinnyris osea butleri, 119.
—— oseus decorset, 119.
Circus eruginosus, 61.
cirrhatus confusus, Pieumnus, 112.
cirrhocephalus, Larus, 126.
Cissa hypoleuca cnamlees
subsp. n., 19.
Cissopica, gen. n., 163.
—— whiteheadi xantho-
melana, subsp. n., 164.
Clamator jacobinus hypopinarius, 139.
serrator, 139.
clamosus, Cueulus, 139.
Cenocorypha aucklandica, 40,
colchicus, Phasianus, 140, 141.
— edzinensis, Phasianus, 35.
takatsukase, Phasianus, 151.
tenebrosus, Phasianus, 142.
— mut. tenebrosus, Phasianus, 51,
140.
torquatus, Phasianus, 140.
versicolor, Phasianus, 141.
collurioides griseicapilius, Lanius, 13.
melanocephalus, Lanius, 13, 70.
nigricapillus, Lanius, 70.
confusus, Picumnus cirrhatus, 112.
Conuropsis carolinensis interior, 180,
corax tingitanus, Corvus, 138.
Corvus corax tingitanus, 138.
Coryllis vernalis rubropygi-
alis, subsp. n., 44.
Corythocichla brevicaudata
obscura, subsp. n., 161.
——7——_ Funventer,, subsp. ny,
162.
Coturnix coturnix, 141.
lodoisia, 141.
cristatus, Pavo, 140.
mut. vgripennis, Pavo, 51, 140,
cruentatum hainanum, Diceum, 69.
kuseri, Ithaginis, 111.
cruentatus, Melanerpes, 140.
Cryptolopha cinereocapilla, 109.
cucullatus, Didus, 148.
cuculoides, Noetua, 59.
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cuculoides brugeli, Athene, 94.
cuculoides, Glaucidium, 59.
—— fuivescens, Glaucidium, 60,
94.
rufescens, Glaucidium, 59.
whitelyi, Glaucidium, 95.
Cuculus canorus, 45.
clamosus, 189.
solitarius, 139.
Culicicapa ceylonensis palli-
dior, subsp. n., 108.
cupido pallidicinctus, Tympanuchus,
141.
cyanea tristis, Cyanopica, 74.
willoughby, Pitta, 12.
Cyanopica cyanea tristis,
subsp. n., 74.
Cyanops fr anklini auricularis, 153.
tonkinensis, subsp. n.,
153.
Cyrtostomus frenatus hachi-
suka, subsp. n., 67.
— olivaceus, subsp. n., 68.
Dafila acuta, 84.
danjoui, Jabouilleia, 160.
parvirostris, Jabouilleia, 160.
davidi, Arborophila, 169.
davidiana tonkinensis, Suthora, 167.
decorsei, Cinnyris oseus, 119.
defontanesii, Saxicola torquata, 133. ,
Dendrobiastes hyperythrus innexa, 75.
malayana, 93
subsp. n.,
52, 93.
, subsp. n.,
52, 75.
Dendrocitta formose inter-
media, subsp. n., 165.
—— frontalis kurodz, subsp. n.,
165.
deserti algiriensis, Ammomanes, 34.
deserti, Ammomanes, 34.
isabellina, Ammomanes, 34.
Diceum cruentatum haina-
num, subsp. n., 69.
——hematostictum white-
headi, subsp. n., 55.
pygmzum palawanorum,
subsp. n., 55.
Dicrurus leucogenys meridi-
onalis, subsp. n., 56.
Didus borbonicus, 144.
cucullatus, 148.
solitarius, 144.
diphone twootoensis, Horornis, elo
Dissemurus formosus, 94.
paradiseus brachyphorus, 75.
insularis, subsp. n., 58,
174
Dissemurus paradiseus wal-
lacei, subsp. n., 58. 75, 94.
divaricatus, Lanius, 129.
, Pericrocotus, 129.
dorriest, Cerchneis tinnunculus, 180.
douglast douglast, Pitta, 156.
tonkinensis, Pitta, 155.
Drymocataphus pusillus, sp.
n., 161.
-—— tickelli annamensis, subsp.
nara,
Dryobates cabanisi stephensoni, 42.
—— stresemanni, 42.
pectoralis, 42.
Dryonastes grahami, 22.
maesi, 22, 83.
—— perspicillatus annamen-
sis, subsp. n., 157.
varennei, sp. n., 15.
dumetoria, Saxicola, 120.
dunni, Calendula, 28.
, Hremalauda, 28.
Edolius brachyphorus, 75.
edzinensis, Phasianus colchicus, 35.
egregia, Zosterops palpebrosa, 90.
elegans sibirica, Hmberiza, 35.
—— ticehursti, Emberiza, 30.
elliott2, Pitta, 8.
Elininia schwebischa, 119.
elwesi, Zosterops palpebrosa, 88.
Emberiza elegans sibirica, 35.
ticehursti, nom. n., 35.
Ephialtes spilocephalus huttoni, 127.
epilepidotus laotianus, Turdinulus, 17.
Erannornis longicauda teresita, 120.
Eremalauda, gen. n., 28.
dunni, 28.
Eremophila alpestris rubea, 141.
berlepschi, 141.
Ereunetes pusilius, 65.
Eriocnemis soderstromi, sp. n.,
62.
eriphyle, Thalurania x T. glaucopis,
134.
Erithacus rubecula lavau-
deni, subsp. n., 24.
Erolia minutilla, 65.
erythrinus murati, Carpodacus, 20.
Erythrocercus holochlorus, 31.
Erythromyias, 120.
Estrilda xanthophrys, sp. n., 32.
xanthophrys, 120.
Ethelornis magnirostris co-
bana, nom. n., 40.
Eupetes macrocercus bornensis, 75.
subrufus, subsp. n., 54,
75, 94.
Eixcalfactoria chinensis ceru-
lescens, subsp. n., 69.
ezrai, Abthopyga, 21.
175
Jaiostrictus pallidus, Thereiceryx, 154.
Faleo indicus, 107.
peregrinus blancheti, 133.
rufipedordes, 108.
saturatus, 106.
severus rufipedoides, 107.
tinnunculus, 105.
japonicus, 105.
Serruginosus orientalis, Pomatorhinus,
158.
flabellifera, Rhipidura, 139.
flammaxillaris annamensis, Leptocoma,
flavala bourdellei, Hemixus, 13.
jlavescens berliozi, Xanthixus, 14.
JSormose intermedia, Dendroeiita, 165,
Jormosus, Dissemurus, 94.
foxt, Calamornis, 118.
Francolinus pintadeanus
wellsi, subsp. n., 9.
Franklin auricularis, Cyanops, 153.
tonkinensis, Cyanops, 153.
Fregata aquila, 100.
ariel, 92, 100.
Srenatus hachisuka, Cyrtostomus, 67.
olevaceus, Cyrtostomus, 68.
Sriesi, Pomatorhinus tickelli, 160.
Srontalis, Anarhynchus, 41.
kurodai, Dendrocitta, 165.
Sulicarius, Phalaropus, 65.
Juliginosa, Rhipidura, 139.
fulvescens, Glaucidium cuculoides, 60,
fuscatus, Lanius, 138, 142.
Suscus zeylonicus, Amaurornis, 73.
galeata, Numida, 139, 142.
Galerida maculata, 34.
nigricans, 34.
gallinago gallinago, Capella, 141.
Gallus gallus, 82.
— bankiva, 83.
— — gallus, 838.
— — murghi, 83.
robinsont, 82.
gallus, Phasianus, 82.
gambensis, Plectropterus, 143.
Gampsorhynchus rufulus
lucie, subsp. n., 16.
Garrulax gularis auratus,
subsp. n., 15.
moniliger tonkinensis,
subsp. n., 158.
pectoralis robini, subsp. n.,
157.
Garrulus brandti okai, 150.
glandarius pallidifrons,
subsp. n., 149.
taczanowskii, 150.
Gecinulus grantia indochin-
ensis, subsp. n., 154.
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Gecinus weberi, 95.
Gennaia altaicus, 91.
hendersoni, 91.
lorenzi, 91.
—— milvipes, 91.
—- sacer, 91.
——— saceroides, 91.
gentilis gentilis, Astur, 61, 113.
gladiator, Malaconotus, 140.
glandarius pallidifrons, Garrulus,
149,
taczanowskit, aie 150.
Glaucidium cuculoides cuculoides, 59.
fulvescens, subsp. n.,
60.
—— —— rufescens, subsp. n., 59,
94.
whitelyt, 95.
glaucopis, Thalurania X T. eriphyle,
134
goisagi melanolophus, Gorsachius, 130.
goliathina, Charmosyna stelle, 141.
Gorsachius goisagi melanolophus, 130.
gracilirostris, Tyto alba, 133.
grahami, Dryonastes, 22.
grandis, Caprimulgus, 108.
grantia indochinensis, Gecinulus, 154.
griseicapillus, Lanius collurioides, 13.
grisewentris, Tetrastes bonasia, 141.
gularis auratus, Garrulax, 15.
laotianus, Psittiparus, 19.
Gypaétus barbatus grandis, 133.
Gyps indicus jonesi, subsp. n.,
74.
—— —— nudiceps, subsp. n., 151,
tenuirostris, 1d1.
tenuiceps, 151.
gyrfaico, Hierofaico, 91.
hachisuka, Cyrtostomus frenatus, 67.
Hematopus meadewaldoi, 139, 140.
—— mocquini, 140.
niger, 140.
ostraleyus, 140.
ostralegus, 139.
hematostictum whiteheadi,
55.
hainanum, Diceum cruentatum, 69.
hainanus indochinensis, Pycnonotus,
156.
Halcyon smyrnensis smyrnensis, 87.
zugmay ri, 87.
brunneiceps,
Diceum,
hardwicki
42.
harmandi, Picus chlorolophus, 170.
harmsi, Strix aluco, 40.
harterti, Zosterops palpebrosa, 56.
hasselti, Muscicapula, 145.
Heliocorys modesta saturatior, 30.
striimpelli, 30.
Hemiellesia, 118.
Yungipicus,
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Hemixus flavala bcurdellei,
subsp. n., 15.
hendersoni, Gennara, 91.
hermoniensis, Calandrella, 38.
Heteroscops lucie, 127.
Hierofalco candicans, 91.
gyt falco, 91.
éslandus, 91.
labradorus, 91.
hilgerti, Accipiter, 139.
Himantopus leucocephalus, 139.
nove zealandie, 139.
Hirundo angolensis angolensis, 126.
hispanica, Hnanthe, 50.
hodgsoni, Motacilla, 67.
hodgsonie caragane, Perdix, 72.
: occidentalis, Perdix, 38.
sifanica, Perdix, 38.
holochlorus, Erythrocercus, 31.
holochrous holochrous, Chloropetella,
32.
suahelica, Chloropetella, 32.
Horornis canturians borealis, 53.
taivanorum, subsp. n.,
53.
diphone iwootoensis, 146.
huttoni, Ephialtes spilocephalus, 127.
Hypacanthis monguilloti,
sp. n., 20.
hyperythra innexa, Dendrobiastes, 75.
hyperythrus malayana, Dendrobiastes,
93.
—- swmatranus, Dendrobiastes, 52,
taivanicus, Dendrobiastes, 52, 75.
hypogrammica lisette, Anthreptes, 22.
hypoleuca, Muscicapa, 66.
chauleti, Cissa, 19.
hypopinarius, Clamator jgacobinus, 139,
ichthyaétus plumbeiceps, Ichthyophaga,
150.
Ichthyophaga ichthyaétus
plumbeiceps, subsp. n., 150.
ignea, Tchitrea, 139.
impejanus, Lophophorus, 141.
indicus, Butastur, 108.
, Falco, 107.
——— jonesi, Gyps, 74.
nudiceps, Gyps, 151.
—-— tenuirostris, Gyps, 151.
indochinensis, Gecinulus grantia, 154.
, Parus minor, 166.
——, Pterythius enobarbus, 168.
—, Pycnonotus hainanus, 156.
, Trochalopterum milnet, 158.
infuscatus, Cacomantis, 140.
innexd, Dendrobiastes hyperythrus, 75.
, Siphia, 75.
insignis cinereiceps, Polihierax, 101,
176
tnsularis, Dissemurus paradiseus, 58,
75, 94.
interior, Conuropsis carolinensis, 130.
intermedia, Dendrocitta formose, 165.
, Lynx torquilla, 73.
intermedius, Blythipicus pyrrhotis,154.
interstinctus, Cerchneis tinnunculus,
103.
, Falco, 106.
isabellina, Ammomanes deserti, 34.
islandus, Hierofailco, 91.
isclata, Ninox scutulata, 60.
itale paynt, Passer, 76.
Ithaginis cruentatus kuseri, 111.
iwootoensis, Horornis diphone, 146.
Iynx torquilla intermedia,
subsp. n., 7d.
Jabouilleia, gen. n., 160.
— danjout, 160.
a parvirostris, subsp. n.,
160.
jacobinus hypopinarius, Clamator, 139.
japonicus, Cerchneis tinnunculus, 108.
—-—, Falco tinnunculus, 105.
jonest, Gyps indicus, 74.
kavirondensis, Campothera abingdoni,
70.
Ketupa ceylonensis orientalis,
subsp. n., Ll.
kinneart, Actinodura ramsayt, 162.
klossi, Suya superciliaris, 53,
kurode, Dendrocitta frontalis, 165.
kuseri, Ithaginis cruentatus, 111.
labradorus, Hierofalco, 91.
laglaizei, Casuarius unappendicu-
latus, 26, 27.
lagrandiert rothschildi, Megalema,
153.
langbianis, Muscicapula melanoleuca,
145.
Lanius colluricides griseica-
pillus, subsp. n., 13.
melanocephalus,
subsp. n., 13, 70.
nigricapillus, nom. n.,
70.
divaricatus, 139.
—— fuscatus, 138, 142.
melanocephalus, 70.
——- schach schach, 188.
laotianus, Alcippe nipalensis, 19.
, Arborophila rufogularis, 95.
——., Picus chlorolophus, 12.
—., Pomatorhinus tickelli, 16.
—., Psittiparus gularis, 19.
—-, Pterythius enobarbus, 162.
——, Sphenurus apicauda, 10.
——., Spizixus canifrons, 14.
Rea
laotianus, Strix newarensis, 11.
, Turdinulus epilepidotus, 17.
laotinus, Arborophila rufogularis, 8,
95.
Larus atlantis, 131.
cirrhocephalus, 126.
lavaudeni, Erithacus rubecula, 24.
lawryi, Apteryx australis, 40.
_ legendrei, Parus monticolus, 166.
leoninus, Zosterops senegalensis, 86.
Leptocoma flammaxillaris
annamensis, subsp. n., 68.
Lerwa lerwa major, subsp. n.,
LO:
leucocephalus, Himantopus, 139,
leucogastra, Setaria albigularis, 54, 93.
leucogenys meridionalis, Dicrurus, 56.
leucopsis, Motacilla, 67.
leucosomus, Accipiter, 139.
lisette, Anthreptes hypogrammica, 22.
lobatus, Phalaropus, 65.
lodoisie, Coturnix, 141.
longicauda teresita, Hrannornis, 120.
longicaudus, Stercorartus, 139.
linnbergi, Alauda arvensis, 23.
Lophophorus impejanus, 141.
mantoui, 142.
lorenzi, Gennaia, 91.
lucie, Gampsorhynchus rufulus, 16.
, Heteroscops, 127.
——.,, Otus spilocephalus, 126.
, Pisorhina, 126.
ludlowt, Athene noctua, 58.
lugens, Motacilla, 67.
, Tetrao urogallus, 51.
lugubris, Motacilla, 66, 67.
lutescens, Mixornis rubricapilla, 18.
lynest, Anthus rufulus, 25,
, Myrmecocichla, 147.
macclouniet, Callene, 86.
macconnelli, Picumnus, 112.
macrocercus bornensis, Hupetes, 75.
subrufus, Eupetes, 54, 75, 94.
macrodactylus bakeri, Turdinus, 54,
maculata, Chlamydera, 81.
, Galerida, 34.
maderaspatensis, Motacilla, 67.
maesi, Dryonastes, 22, 83.
magnifica, Megalaima virens, 43.
magnirostris, Psittiparus ruficeps, 166.
major, Aleippe nipalensis, 18.
, Lerwa lerwa, 101.
thibetanus, Parus, 166.
milacensis basilanicus, Anthreptes, 68.
sanghirana, Anthreptes, 68.
Malaconotus gladiator, 140.
perspicillatus, 140.
malayana, Dendrobiastes hyperythrus,
93.
(Vol. xlvi.
malayorum, Parus cinereus, 129.
mantelli, Apteryx australis, 41.
mantout, Lophophorus, 142.
margarita, Psittiparus, 167.
masaujt, Micralcyone pusilla, 90.
mauretanicus, Puffinus puffinus, 131.
mauritanica, Certhia brachydactyla,
meadewaldoi, Hematopus, 139, 140.
media, Zosterops aureiventer, 93.
Megalzema lagrandieri roth-
schildi, subsp. n., 153.
Megalaima virens magnifica,
subsp, n., 43.
Melanerpes cruentatus, 140.
rubrifrons, 140.
melanocephalus, Lanius, 70.
: collurioides, 13, 70.
melanoleuca, Muscicapula, 144.
langbianis, Muscicapula, 145.
melanolopha, Ardea, 130.
melanolophus, Gorsachius goisagt, 130.
Melanopitta bonapartena,,
nom. noyv., 40.
meleagris, Numida, 91.
melinus, Sericulus, 80.
mellianus, Oriolus, 169.
meninting phillipsi, Alcedo, 72.
meridianus, Picus viridanus, 95.
meridionalis, Dicrurus leucogenys,
56.
——-, Pycnonotus sinensis, 151.
merlint vivida, Tropicoperdiz, 9.
Micralcyone pusilla masauji,
subsp. n., 90.
milnet indochinensis, Trochalopterum,
158.
milvipes, Gennaia, 91.
minor, Attagen, 100.
indochinensis, Parus, 166.
minutilla, Erolia, 65.
Mirafra nigrescens, 31.
sabota ansorgei, subsp. n.,
29, 30.
nevia, 30.
— —— plebeja, 30.
sabota, 30.
—— —— waibeli, 30.
— striimpelli, 30.
mitratus, Casuarius unappendiculatus,.
26, 27.
Mixornis rubricapilla lutes-
cens, subsp. n., 18.
mocquini, Hematopus, 140.
modesta saturatior, Helicorys, 30.
striimpelli, Heliocorys, 30.
modestus, Sphenurus siemundi, 10,
monguilloti, Hypacanthis, 20.
moniliger tonkinensis, Garrulax, 158.
montanus, Perdix perdix, 141.
, Rhopodytes, 44.
Vol. xlvii. | i
Monticola rufiventris sinen-
sis, subsp. n., 148.
monticolus, Rhopodytes, 44.
legendrei, Parus, 166.
Motacilla alba, 66.
—— alboides, 67.
hodgsoni, 67.
lugens, 67.
lugubris, 66, 67.
leucopsis, 67.
maderaspatensis, 67.
vidua, 67.
yarrelli, 67.
moultont, Ophrydornis albogularis, 93.
multicolor, Chlurophoneus, 140.
murati, Carpodacus erythrinus, 20.
murghi, Gallus gallus, 83.
muriele, Sphenurus sieboldi, 152.
Muscicapa albicollis, 66.
hypoleuca, 66.
Muscicapula hasselti, 145,
melanoleuca, 144.
langbianis, subsp. n.,
145.
—— —— westermanni, 144.
Myrmecocichla lynesi, sp. n.,
147.
nevia, Mirafra sabota, 30.
neglecta, Aestrelata, 139.
neveni, Arborophila brunneipectus, 8,
95.
neveut, Arborophila brunnetpectus, 95.
newarensis laotianus, Strix, 11.
newtoni, Calamoherpe, 118.
nicobariensis, Zosterops palpebrosa, 90.
nigellicauda, Oriolus, 169.
miger, Hematopus, 140.
, Plectropterus, 145.
nigrescens, Mirafra, 31.
nigricans, Galerida, 34.
nigricapillus, Lanius colluroides, 70.
nigripennis, Pavo, 50, 64.
5 cristatus, 51, 140.
nigristriatus, Rhopodytes tristis, 44.
nigrithorax, Chlorophoneus, 140.
nigroplumbeus, Accipiter, 139.
nilgiriensis, Zosterops palpebrosa, 89.
nilotica, Calamocichla, 119.
Ninox scutulata isolata,
subsp. n., 60.
nipalensis, Phodilus badius, 121.
, Pitta nipalensis, 156.
laotianus, Alcippe, 19.
major, Alcippe, 18.
soror, Pitta, 156.
Noctua cuculoides, 59.
noctua ludlowi, Athene, 58.
Notiomystis cincta, 41.
novecedlandie, Himantopus, 139.
8
nudiceps, Gyps indicus, 151.
Numida galeata, 139, 142.
meleagris, 91.
Nyctiornis, 108.
athertoni, 108.
Nyctornis, 108.
oatesi, Pitta, 156.
objurgatus, Cerchneis tinnunculus,
LU6
obscura, Anthocichla phayrei, 155.
, Corythocichla brevicaudata, 161.
, Thaumalea, 51, 140.
obscurata, Strix aluco, 39.
obscurus, Chrysolophus pictus, 50.
occidentalis, Perdix hodgsonie, 38.
occidentis, Zosterops palpebrosa, 88.
occipitalis, Casuarius wnappendi-
culatus, 26, 27.
ochracea querulivox, Sasia, 43.
(Hnanthe hispanica, 50.
okat, Garrulus brandti, 150.
olivaceus, Cyrtostomus frenatus, 68.
Ophrydornis albogularis moultoni,
93.
Oreicola buruensis, 120.
dumetoria, 120.
—— muelleri, 120.
pyrrhonota, 120.
orientalis, Ketupa ceylonensis, 11.
, Pomatorhinus ferruginosus, 159.
—-, Tetraogallus altaicus, 36.
Oriolus ardens, 169.
mellianus, 169.
nigellicauda, 169.
Wri cieae robinsoni, subsp. n.,
168.
osea butleri, Cinnyris, 119.
oseus decorset, Cinnyris, 119.
ostralegus, Hematopus, 139, 140.
, —— ostralegus, 139.
Otus spilocephalus, 121.
lucie, 126.
ovampensis, Accipiter, 139.
Oxypogon stiibelit, 64.
pachyrhynchus, Catarrhactes, 140.
palawanorum, Diceum pygmeum, 55.
pallidicinctus, Tympanuchus cupido,
pallidifrons,Garrulus glandarius,149.
pallidior, Culicicapa ceylonensis, 108.
pallidus, Thereiceryx faiostrictus,
154.
palpebrosa alan, Zosterops, 145.
—— boninsime, Zosterops, 146.
— cacharensis, Zosterops, 89, 90.
egregia, Zosterops, 90.
——. e/wesi, Zosterops, 88.
palpebrosa harterti, Zosterops, 56.
nicobariensis, Zosterops, 90.
nilgiriensis, Zosterops, 89.
occidentis, Zosterops, 88.
palpebrosa, Zosterops, 88.
steynegert, Zosterops, 145.
palusiris, Acrocephalus, 66.
paradiseus brachyphorus, Dissemurus,
75.
58, 75,
insularis, Dissemurus,
parasiticus, Stercorarius, 13.
Parus cinereus ambiguus, 129.
malayorum, 129.
—— major thibetanus, 166.
minor indochinensis,
subsp. n., 166.
monticolus legendrei,
subsp. n., 166.
parvirostris, Jabouilleia danjoui, 160,
e rvus, Zosterops aureiventer, 56, a
pee italze payni, subsp.
i a Aptenodytes, 141.
Pavo cristatus, 140.
nigripennis, D1, 140,
nigripennis, OU, 64.
payni, Passer itale, 76.
pectoralis, Dryobates, 42.
Picus, 42.
robini, Garrulaxr, 157.
pecuarius, Charadrius, 89.
pekinensis, Alauda arvensis, 23, 24.
Perdix barbata przewalskii,
subsp. n., 38.
— hodgsonie caragane, 72.
ea subsp. n.,
38.
sifanica, 38.
perdix, 141.
montanus, 141.
peregrinus bluncheti, Falco, 133.
Pericrocotus brevirostris ton-
kinensis, subsp. n., 156.
—— divaricatus, 129.
perspicillatus, Malaconotus, 140.
annamensis, Dryonastes, 157.
Phalaropus fulicarius, 65.
lohatus, 69.
Phasianus colchicus, 140, 141.
-—— edzinensis, subsp. n.,
e
oD.
—— takatsukase, subsp. n.,
Ydl.
—— tenebrosus,
51, 140, 142.
torquatus, 140.
versicolor, 141.
— gullus, 82.
mut. n.,
fio
‘wallace, Dissemurus, 58, 75, 94.
[ Vol. xlvi.
phayrei obscura, Anthocichla, 155.
phitipi, Casuarius, 26, 27.
phillipsi, Alcedo meninting, 72.
Phodilus badius, 121.
abbotti, 121.
a assimitis, 122.
badius, 122
— —— nipalensis, 121,
saturatus,
121.
picta, Ardea, 180.
pictus, Chrysolophus, 140, 142.
obscurus, Chrysolophus, 140.
var. obscurus, Chrysolophus,
nom. n,,
50.
Picumnus cirrhatus confusus,
subsp. n., 112.
macconnelli, 112.
Picus analis, 42.
barbatus, 41.
canus sanguiniceps, 41.
—— chlorolophus chlorolophoides,
42.
—— —— harmandi, subsp. n.,170.
laotianus, subsp. n., 12.
pectoralis, 42.
viridanus meridianus, 95.
(Gecinws) weber, 95.
pintadeanus wellse, Francolinus, 9.
Pisorhina lucie, 126. ;
Pitta cyanea willoughbyi,
subsp. n., 12.
douglasi douglast, 156.
tonkinensis, subsp. n.,
155.
elliotti, 8.
—— nipalensis nipalensis, 156.
soror, 156.
oatesi, 156.
schneidert, 156.
plebeja, Mirafra sabota, 30.
Plectropterus gambensis, 148.
ruppelli, 143.
—— niger, 143.
sctoanus, 148.
plumbiceps, Ichthyophaga ichthyaétus,.
150.
Pluvianus egyptius angole,
subsp n., LOO.
Podica camarunensis, 189.
senegalensis, 139.
Polihierax insignis
ceps, subsp. n.. 101.
pomarius, Stercorarius, 131.
cinerei-
Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
orientalis, subsp. n., 169.
—— ruficollis saturatus,
subsp. n., 159.
tickelli friesi,
160.
subsp. n.,
Vol. xlvii. |
Pomatorhinus tickelli laoti-
anus, subsp. n., 16.
—— —— tonkinensis, subsp. n.,
159.
Procellaria agilis, 40.
przewalskii, Perdia barbata, 38.
, Tetraogallus tibetanus, 37.
Psittiparus gularis laotianus,
subsp. n., 19
margarite, sp. n., 167.
ruficeps magnirostris,
subsp. n., 166.
Pterodroma siliga, nom. n., 40.
Pterythius znobarbus indo-
chinensis, subsp. n., 163.
—— —— intermedius, 163.
laotianus, subsp. n., 162.
Ptilonorhynchus, 80.
Puffinus puffinus mauretanicus, 131.
yelkouan, 131.
pusilla masauji, Micralcyone, 90.
pusillus, Drymocataphus, 161.
, Ereunetes, 65.
Pycnonotus hainanus_ indo-
chinensis, subsp. n., 156.
sinensis meridionalis,
subsp. n., 157.
pygmeum palawanorum, Diceum,
55
Pyrotrogon wardi, sp. n., 112.
Pyrrhocentor celebensis, 149.
pyrrhonota, Saxicola, 120.
pyrrhotis intermedius, Blythipicus,
154.
querulivox, Sasia ochracea, 43.
raisulii, Certhia brachydactyla, 25.
ramsayi kinneart, Actinodura, 162.
remifer sumatrana, Bhringa, 57, 94.
Rhipidura albicollis ciner-
ascens, subsp. n., 156.
flabellifera, 139.
—— —— kempi, 40.
—— —— melande, nom. n., 40.
Ffuliginosa, 139.
Rhodoplila ferrea, 121.
gutturalis, 121.
jerdoni, 121.
melanoleuca, 121.
Rhopodytes monticolus, 44.
tristis nigristriatus,
subsp. n., 44.
robini, Garrulax pectoralis, 157.
robinsoni, Gallus gallus, 82.
, Oriolus traillii, 168.
rothschildi, Casuarius unappendicu-
latus, 26, 27.
, Megalema lagrandieri, 153.
rubea, Kremophila alpestris, 141.
rubecula lavaudent, Hrithacus, 24.
180
rubricapilla lutescens, Mixornis, 18.
rubrifrons, Melanerpes, 140.
rubropygialis, Coryllis vernalis, 44.
rufa rufa, Alectoris, 141.
rufescens, Glaucidiwm cuculoides, 59.
rujficeps magnirostris, Psittiparus,
166.
rujficollis saturatus, Pomatorhinus,
rufipedoides, Falco, 108.
, ——- severus, 107.
rufiventer, Corythocichla brevicaudata,
62.
rujiventris, Tchitrea, 140.
sinensis, Monticola, 148.
rufogularis laotianus, Arborophila,
laotinus, Arborophila, 8, 95.
rufotinctus, Casuarius unappendicu-
latus, 26.
rufulus lucie, Gampsorhynchus, 16.
lynest, Anthus, 25. .
ruppelli, Plectropterus gambensis, 148.
rusticola, Scolopax, 141.
sabinei, Capella, 141.
sabota, Mirafra sabota, 30.
ansorget, Mirafra, 29, 30.
nevia, Mirafra, 30.
plebeja, Mirafra, 30.
sabota, Mirafra, 30.
waibeli, Mirafra, 30.
sacer, Gennaia, 91.
saceroides, Gennaia, 91.
sancti-nicolai, Strix aluco, 40.
sanghirana, Anthreptes malacensis, 68.
sanguiniceps, Picus canus, 41.
Sasia ochracea querulivox,
subsp. n., 43.
saturatus, Cerchneis tinnunculus, 103.
, Falco, 106.
— ., Phodilus saturatus, 121.
, Pomatorhinus ruficollis, 159.
Saxicola dumetoria, 120.
pyrrhonota, 120.
torquata defontanesi, 1338.
Scenopeetes, 80.
schach schach, Lanius, 188.
schlegeli, Catarrhactes, 140.
schneideri, Pitta, 156.
schwebischt, Himinia, 119.
sctoanus, Plectropterus, 145.
scirpaceus, Acrocephalus, 66.
Scolopax rusticola, 141.
scutulata isolata, Ninox, 60.
senegalensis, Podica, 139.
leoninus, Zosterops, 86.
Sericulus melinus, 80.
serrator, Clamator, 139.
Setaria albigularis leucogas-
tra, subsp. n., 54, 93.
181
severus rufipedoides, Falco, 107.
sibirica, Emberiza elegans, 35.
sieboldi muriele, Sphenurus, 152.
stemundi modestus, Sphenurus, 10.
sifanica, Perdix hodgsonie, 38.
simus, Cacomantis, 140.
sinensis, Monticola rufiventris, 148.
meridionalis, Pycnonotus, 157.
Siphia innexa, 75.
strephiata strophiata, 138, 140.
smyrnensis smyrnensis, Halcyon, 87.
zugmayert, Halcyon, 87.
soderstromi, Hriocnemis, 62.
solitarius, Cuculus, 139.
-—., Didus, 144.
spadicea, Attila, 140.
Sphenurus apicauda laoti-
anus, subsp. n., 10.
— sieboldi muriele, subsp. n.,
152.
—— siemundi modestus, subsp.
vivre ()
sphenurus annamensis,
subsp. n., 9.
spilocephalus, Otus, 121.
huttont, Ephialtes, 127.
—— lucie, Otus, 126.
stresemanmi, Athenoptera, 126.
Spizixus canifrons laotianus,
subsp. n., 14.
stejnegert, Zosterops palpebrosa, 145.
stelle goliathina, Charmosyna, 141.
stephensoni, Dryobates cabanist, 42.
Stercorarius longicaudus, 139.
parasiticus, 139.
pomarinus, 131.
Sterna sumatrana, 1380.
stresemanni, Athenoptera spilocepha-
lus, 126.
-, Dryobates cabanist, 42.
striatus atricapillus, Butorides, 148.
Strix aluco harms, 40.
obscurata, subsp. n., 39.
sancti-nicolat, 40.
— newarensis laotianus,
subsp. n., 11.
strophiata strophiata, Siphia, 138, 140.
striimpelli, Mirafra, 30.
stubelit, Oxypogon, 64.
suahelica, Chloropetella, 3).
subrufus, Hupetes macrocercus, 54, '75,
94,
suffusus, Casuarius unappendiculatus,
sumatrana, Bhringa remifer, 57, 94.
, Sterna, 130.
sumatranus, Dendrobiastes hypery-
thrus, 52, 93.
superciliaris klossi, Suya, 53.
Suthora davidiana tonkinen-
sis, subsp. n., 167.
[ Vol. xlvii.
Suya superciliaris klossi,
subsp. n., 53.
taivanicus, Dendrobiastes hyperythrus,
52, 75.
taivanorum, Horornis canturians, 58.
takatsukase, Phasianus colchicus, 151.
Tchitrea camburni, 139.
ignea, 139.
—— rufiventris, 140.
——- tricolor, 140.
tenebrosus, Phasianus colchicus, 51,
42
tenuiceps, Gyps, 151.
tenuirostris, Gyps indicus, 151.
teresita, Hrannornis longicauda, 120.
Tetrao urogallus lugens, 51.
Tetraogallus altaicus orien-
talis, subsp. n., 36.
—— tibetanus centralis, subsp.
N., Oi.
—_ —— przewalskit, 37.
—— —— tschimenensis, subsp.
n., 30.
Tetrastes bonasia griseiventris, 141.
—— volgensis, 141.
Thalurania ertphyle x T. glaucopis,
134,
glaucopis x T. eriphyle, 134.
Thaumalea obscura, 51.
Thereiceryx faiostrictus
pallidus, subsp. n., 154.
thibetanus, Parus major, 166.
tibetanus centralis, Tetraogallus, 37.
przewalskii, Tetraogallus, 37.
—— tschimenensis, Tetraogallus, 36.
ticehursti, Emberiza elegans, 39.
tickelli annamensis, Drymocataphus,
lye
friesi, Pomatorhinus, 160.
—— laotianus, Pomatorhinus, 16.
tonkinensis, Pomatorhinus, 159.
tingitanus, Corvus corax, 133.
Tinnunculus interstinctus, 106.
tinnunculus, Falco, 105.
subsp., Cerchneis, 103.
dorriest, Cerchneis, 1038.
interstinctus, Cerchneis, 1038.
——- japonicus, Cerchneis, 103.
, Falco, 105.
objurgatus, Cerchneis, 106.
saturatus, Cerchneis, 108.
tinnunculus, Cerchneis, 108.
tonkinensis, Cyanops franklint, 153.
, Garrulax moniliger, 158.
—, Pericrocotus brevirostris, 156.
——., Pitta douglasi, 155.
—., Pomatorhinus tickelli, 159.
——, Suthora davidiana, 167.
, Tropicoperdix charltoni, 152.
torquata defontanesit, Saxicola, 138.
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torquatus, Phasianus colchicus, 140.
torquilla intermedia, Iynx, 73.
trauli robinsoni, Oriolus, 168.
tricolor, Tchitrea, 140.
tristis, Cyanopica cyanea, 74.
nigristriatus, Rhopodytes, 44.
Trochalopterum affinis affinis, 112.
milnei indochinensis,
subsp. n., 158.
Tropicoperdix charltoni ton-
kinensis, subsp. n., 152.
merlini vivida, subsp. n., 9.
tschimenensis, Tetraogallus tibetanus,
turcomanus, Bubo bubo, 72.
Turdinulus epilepidotus lao-
tianus, subsp. n., 17.
Turdinus macrodactylus
bakeri, subsp. n., 54, 93.
Turdus ambiguus, 199.4%
Tympanuchus cupido : pallidicinctus,
141.
Tyto alba alba, 133.
gracilirostris, 133.
anappendiculatus aurantiacus, Casu-
arius, 27.
laglaizei, Casuarius, 26, 27.
—— mitratus, Casuarius, 26, 27.
occipitalis, Casuarius, 26, 27.
—— philipi, Casuarius, 26, 27.
_ rothschildi, Casuarius, 26, 27.
rufotinctus, Casuarius, 26,27.
suffusus, Casuarius, 27.
—— unappendiculatus, Casuarius, 26,
2
wrogallus lugens, Tetrao, 51.
varennet, Dryonastes, 15.
ventralis, Accipiter, 139.
vernalis rubropygialis, Coryllis, 44.
versicolor, Accipiter, 139.
, Phasianus colchicus, 141.
vidua, Motacilla, 67.
virens magnifica, Megalaima, 43.
viridanus meridianus, Picus, 95.
vivida, Tropicoperdix merlini, 9.
volgensis, Tetrastes bonasa, 141.
waibeli, Mirafra sabota, 30.
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182
wallacet, Dissemurus paradiseus, 58,
75, 94.
wardi, Pyrotrogon, 112.
weberi, Picus ( Gecinus), 95.
wellsi, Francolinus pintadeanus, 9.
westermannt, Muscicapula melano-
leuca, 144.
whiteheadi, Diceum hematostictum,
55.
xanthomelana, Cissopica, 164.
whitelyt, Glaucidium cuculoides,
Ib.
willoughbyi, Pitta cyanea, 12.
Xanthixus flavescens ber-
liozi, subsp. n., 14.
wanthomelana, Cissopica whiteheadi,
164.
xanthophrys, Estrilda, 32, 120,
yarrelli, Motacilla, 67.
yelkouan, Puffinus puffinus, 131.
Yungipicus hardwicki brun-
neiceps, subsp. n., 42.
zeylonicus, Amaurornis fuscus,
3
Zosterops aureiventer media, 93.
parvus, subsp. n., 56,
93.
—— fusca, 40.
—— palpebrosa alam, 145
boninsime, subsp. n.,
44s.
—— — cacharensis, 89, 90.
— egregia, 90.
— elwesi, 88.
— —— harterti, subsp. n., 56.
—_—— nicobariensis, YO.
—— —— nilgiriensis, subsp. n.,
89.
—— — occidentis, subsp. n.,
88.
palpebrosa, 88.
—— —— stejnegeri, 145.
senegalensis leoninus,
subsp. n., 86.
zugmayeri, Halcyon smyrnensis, 87.
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