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Show 1887.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. 431 the hind wing. The usual Japanese and Corean form is much larger than either of the forms mentioned, has much smaller and fewer spots, and no trace of a second white band on the underside of fl- A^mSl the underside is very variable. No definite opinion on this difficult species can be formed without longer series than at present exist. v EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE XXXV. Fig. 1. Papilio mikado, p. 406. 2. Apatura cauta, p. 417. 3. <S 2 Polyommatus auratus, p. 414. PLATE XXXVI. Eig. 1. c? ? Euripus coreanus, p. 418. 2. Dipsas flamen, p. 410. 3. O n a Second Collection of Birds formed by Mr. L. Wray in the Mountains of Perak, Malay Peninsula. By R. B O W D L E R S H A R P E , F.L.S., F.Z.S., & c , Zoological Department, British Museum. [Received April 15, 1887.] (Plates XXXVII. & XXXVIII.) Mr. L. Wray, the Curator of the Perak Museum, has forwarded me another interesting collection of birds, amongst which are several novelties. The circumstances under which the collection was made are best explained by the following letter from Mr. Wray himself:- " Perak Museum, " Perak, Straits Settlements, Nov. 15, 1886. " M Y DEAR SIR,- " In accordance with the promise contained in my last letter, I now send you a collection of 51 bird-skins, which I made during a six weeks' stay on the hills in the months of September and October. Although it is not to be considered a complete collection, still, from the difficulty experienced in getting fresh species during the latter part of the time, I fancy it is a fairly representative one. " Tbe house in which I have been staying, and near which the collection was made, is about 4400 feet above the sea-level, and there is only one other peak near which is higher, and that reaches to 4700 feet. No other hills in the range, at least for many miles, rise higher than 5600 feet. This range, which is known as the Larut Range, is more or less connected on the north at the watershed of the Perak River with the main range of the peninsula. It is covered with dense unbroken forest from base to peaks, without any elevated open or grass lands. 29* |