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Show 272 MR. R. B. SHARPE O N [May 15, ANTHIPES MALAYANA, Sharpe, anted, p. 247. " No. 94. 8 ad. Gunong Batu Putch (4300 feet). " Irides dark brown ; legs and feet white ; bill nearly black. Lives apparently on the ground." A young bird, mottled all over after the manner of Flycatchers, is sent by Mr. Wray from the same locality. " No. 98. Irides deep brown; legs and feet pale flesh-colour. Hops about among the undergrowth, searching for insects, making a nearly continual chirping." Although the H u m e Collection does not contain any young Anthipes for comparison, I think that the present specimen must belong to a species of that subgenus. NlLTAVA GRANDIS, HodgS. Niltava grandis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 251. "No. 11. $ ad. Batang Padang Mountains, Perak." NILTAVA LEUCOPROCTA (Tweedd.). Niltava leucoprocta, Oates, B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 298. " No. 103. 8 ad. Gunong Batu Putch (3400 feet). " Irides light brown ; bill black ; legs and feet light grey, soles of /eet flesh-colour." I have compared the adult male now sent with others from Tenasserim, and find it to be identical. The extension of the range of the species is interesting. Fam. PYCNONOTID^E. C R I N I G E R G U T T U R A L I S (Bp.). Criniger gutturalis, Oates, t. c. p. 185 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 61. " N o . 104, 105. 8 ad. Gunong Batu Putch (3400 feet). " Irides red-brown. A noisy harsh-voiced bird; flies in small parties, rather high up in the trees." Mr. Wray sends one Criniger (no. 105), which, after much hesitation and careful comparison with the series of skins in the Hume Collection, I have decided to be only the young of C. gutturalis. Its much lighter bill and rufous wings and tail, at first sight, make it look very different. RUBIGULA CYANIVENTRIS (Blyth). Rubigula cyaniventris, Oates, t. c. p. 200. Ixidia cyaniventris, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 63; Salvad. t.c. p. 220. "No. 131. 2 ad. Larut. "Irides light brown." TRACHYCOMUS OCHROCEPHALUS (Gm.). Trachycomus ochrocephalus, Oates, t. c. p. 188; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 61 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 218. "No. 121. o* ad. Batang Padang Mountains, Perak. " Irides brown ; bill black. |
