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Show 352 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. [June 29, RHINOCICHLA MITRATA (S. Mull.); Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 452. Ianthocincla mitrata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 3/1. " No. 12. Males. Irides brown ; beak orange ; legs yellow ; skin under eye pure white. Common above 3000 feet." Two specimens sent, identical with others in the Museum from Sumatra, to which island the species has hitherto been supposed to be confined. Fam. TIMELIID^E. H Y D R O C I C H L A RUFICAPILLA (Temm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 319. Henicurus ruficapillus, Temm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 534. "No. 17. Female. Irides brown ; legs nearly white ; beak black ; Rocky streams in the jungle on the bills." Agrees with the females of this species as described by Messrs. Hume and Davison. SIBIA SIMILLIMA (Salvad.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vol. vii. p. 402. Ileterophasia simillima, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xiv, p. 232. "No. 13. Female. Iris brown; beak black ; legs plumbeous. Flies about among the tops of trees in parties of from 20 to 30. Above 3000 feet." The two specimens sent agree precisely with a Sumatran example in the British Museum collected by Mr. Carl Bock. MESIA ARGENTAURIS, Hodgs.; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 642. "No. 10. Female. Iris brown ; feet and beak of same colour as throat of female. Male bird has red under tail-coverts; throat orange. From the hills of Perak over 3000 feet. Flies about in small parties of 10 or 12." The female sent is absolutely identical with Himalayan specimens, and the note given by Mr. Wray as to the colouring of the male also suits the Himalayan bird and does not agree with the Sumatran M. laurinae, Salvad. (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 231), which is the species one would have expected to find along with Sibia simillima. Fam. CAPITONIDiE. PSILOPOGON PYROLOPHUS, S. Mull. ; Marshall, Monogr. Capit. p. 133, pi. 53. "No. 14. Male and female. Iris brown; legs dull green; bare skin under eye green. On tbe hills over 3000 feet." This species has only been recorded from Sumatra up to the present time. Fam. ALCEDINID^E. CARCINEUTES PULCHELLUS (Horsf.) ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 251, pi. 96. "No. 16. Male. Irides white; bare skin under eye pale brown |
