( 562 ) 



12N. Trochalopteron peninsulae Sliarjie. 



Trochalopterum pi'iiiiisulae Sharjie, P. Z. S. 1887. p. 43(i. PI. XXXVII. (Mts. 

 of Perak). 



A scries of five was obtained in October, lOul, on Gunong Tahan, between 50(i0 

 and 7UO0 ft. IMr. Butler shot one on Gunong Ijau. 



1~"'. Pomatorhinus borneensis ('ab. 



PomatorliiuKs boniceiixis L"ab., Miis. Ikiii. i. p. 84 (1S50, Borneo). 

 (?. Gunong Tahan, Spjitember 1901, at about 4000 ft. 



130. Rhinocichla mitrata (S. Miill.). 



Timalla mitrata S. Mlill., Xat. TijtUchr. 1S3.5. p. 345 (Sumatra). 

 Two adults, Gunong Tahan, between 5000 and 7000 ft. Mr. Butler obtained it 

 on Gunong Ijau. 



Specimens from Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula are indistinguishable. 



131. Pellorneum subochraceum Swinh. 



Pello]-»i;iim subochraceum Swinh., Ann. ij' Mag. N. H. (4) vii. p. 267 (1871. — 

 " Collected in the Tenasscrim provinces, sent by Mr. Blyth "). 

 Sungei Lebeh and Gunong Tahan, at lUOO ft. 



132. Turdinus abbotti olivaceum (Strickl.). 



[Malncocincla abbotti Blyth, Joiirn. As. Sor. Bein/. xmJl84o. p. 601 (Island of 

 Ramree, Arracan).] ' ^ 



Malacojitcron oliracexm Strickl., Ann. cj- Mag. Xat. Hist. xix. 1847. p. 132 

 (Malacca). 



Gunong Tahan, lOOK ft. above the sea, and Sungei Lebeh. We have also skins 

 from Selangor and from the foot of the Gunong Ijau, near Thaiping in Perak. 



The Malayan form cannot be united with typical abbotti, being much paler 

 underneath, the under tail-coverts and flanks much less rufous-ochre. Dr. Sharpe 

 was aware of these differences as long ago as 1883. He then said {Cat. B. vii. 

 p. 542). " Malayan and Bornean specimens are rather paler than those from Burma 

 and Assam, and do not acquire the rich colour of the under tail-coverts which the 

 last-named birds exhibit. The shade of colour, however, is too slight to found a 

 specific difference upon." Nevertheless, modern ornithologists will recognise it as a 

 subspecies, T. abbotti olicaceim, but they will not agree with the old-fashioned 

 '■ lumper" in uniting it, nor with the " splitter" in calling it a species. Recently, 

 Dr. Finsch has described the Bornean bird as Malacocinrla buttikofcri {Notes 

 Leyden Mas. xxii. 1901. p. 218 •), without referring to Strickland's olivaceum. It 

 seems to me that the Bornean form is the same as that from Malacca, in which case 

 " Malacocincla biittikoj'eri " would be a synonym of Turdinus abbotti olicaceum. 



* This part has two dates. It is called " no. iii. July 1900," and at the bottom we find " I'ublishcd 

 March, 1901." Such things are most disturbing. If editors cannot get their periodicnls out at the time 

 they would liljc to, they mu.st of course publish the actual date of appearance ; but why call a part that 

 nppe.ired in March, 1901 "July. 1900 " I / Another fault 1 lind with the celebrated " Notes Leyden Mus.," 

 which I am nf course using almost daily, is tliat many meaningless MS. names of birds are published in it. 

 The publication of M:i. names is useless, and moreover burdens our synonymioal lists still more I 



