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Show 278 MR. R. B. SHARPE O N [May 15, Fam. MOTACILLID-E. LlMONIDROMUS INDICUS (Gm.). Limonidromus indicus, Oates, t. c. p. 164; Hume, Str. F. 18/9, p. 65. "No. 133. $ ad. Larut, Perak Mountains. " Irides light." Fam. EURYL-EMID-E. CORYDON SUMATRANUS (Raffl.). Cory don sumatranus, H u m e & Davison, t. c. p. 97; Oates, t. c. p. 430; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 50; Salvad. t. c. p. 200. "No. 92. $ ad. Gunong Batu Putch (3400 feet). " Irides light brown ; bill above reddish, on ridge lighter, white at tip, beneath pale flesh-colour; bare skin round eye flesh-red ; feet and legs black ; soles of feet light brown. "Male has the bill black above, tinted with red. The patch under the neck is also paler than in the female. " The bird I send from the low country (No. 116) differs in several respects from the hill form, but possibly the differences are not sufficient to separate the two specifically. Iris brown ; bill fleshy red." The differences in plumage noticed by Mr. Wray consist principally in the darker coloration of one of the specimens, but it is not sufficient to separate them. Fam. CAPRIMULGID-E. LYNCORNIS TEMMINCKI, Gould. Lyncornis temmincki, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 48 ; Salvad. p. 195. "No. 129. 8 ad. Batang Padang Mountains, Perak. " Irides dark brown." Fam. CYPSELID_E. MACROPTERYX COMATUS (Temm.). Macropteryx comatus, Hume & Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. Salvad. t. c. p. 196. Dendrochelidon comata, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 47. " No. 120. 8 2 • Batang Padang Mountains, Perak. "Irides dark brown. This bird sits on the upper branches of a tall tree and flies off, like a Flycatcher, after insects, returning again to its perch. I have seen it on the hills as high as 1000 feet." MACROPTERYX LONGIPENNIS (Rafin.). THacropteryx longipennis, Hume & Davison, t. c. p. 52. Dendrochelidon longipennis, Hume, Str. F. 18/9, p. 47. " No. 130. rj ad. Larut, Perak Mountains. "Irides dark brown." |