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Show 436 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. [May 3, various parts of India seems to be that the white tips to the tail-feathers are rather larger and not ashy white, but pure white. Tenasserim specimens, however, seem to be intermediate. NILTAVA GRANDIS, Hodgs.; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 351. "No. 38. c? . Irides brown. Only one specimen seen in this stage of plumage." The specimen is a young bird in spotted dress. MUSCICAPULA MACULATA (Tick.); Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 207; Salvad. t. c. p. 203 (1884). " No. 36. c? • Irides brown. Quite common about 3500 feet." COPSYCHUS MUSICUS (Raffl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 63 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 64 ; Kelham, t. c. p. 515; Salvad. t. c. p. 236. " No. 52. Only found on clearings of the hills." [Not sent.] MYIOPHONEUS, sp. inc. " No. 54. S 2 - It is found in the rocky ravines and river-beds of the hills from 1000 feet or so to nearly 4000 feet, but is a rare and shy bird." [Not sent.] Mr. Wray supposes this bird to be M. temmincki, and says that it agrees with Jerdon's description of that species. I think it will probably be M. eugenii. I O L E TICKELLI (Blyth) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vi. p. 60. Hgpsipetes ticlcelli, H u m e & Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 296. " N o . 39. d1 2 • Irides red-brown. Has an erectile crest. It is common above 3500 feet, either solitary or in pairs. It hawks for insects, and also eats vegetable matter." There is a slight difference between the birds of Perak and typical I. tickelli from Tenasserim. The Perak birds are rather darker, more ashy below, and decidedly more dingy olive on the flanks. These dull colours may, however, be due in great part to worn nesting-plumage, of which Mr. Wray's specimens bear evidence. TROCHALOPTERUM PENINSULA, sp. n. (Plate XXXVII.) " No. 25. <$ $. Irides brown. Usually seen in the undergrowth, but sometimes on the higher trees. One pair that I shot on a fair-sized tree had been feeding on some large green seeds. There were also partly digested remains of insects in both of their stomachs. This bird has a pretty clear song, and roosts low down in the undergrowth." This species finds its nearest ally in T. melanostigma of Tenasserim, resembling that species in the black wing-spot formed by the primary-coverts, but it differs in many important points, which may be summarized as follows : - 1. A darker chestnut crown. 2. The back chestnut-brown instead of ashy. 3. Ear-coverts dingy rufous-brown, not ashy. 4. Breast chestnut-brown instead of ashy. |
