( .^03 ) 



13:!. Turdinus sepiaria subsp. nov. ? 



Braclii/pterijx sepiaria Horsl'., Trans. Linti. Soc. xiii. (1S2U_) p. 158 (Javaj. 



An "unsexed" skin obtained in the Pahang lowlands in winter 1901, by 

 Waterstradt's native hunters, agrees (juite with T. si'jiiaria from Java, except that it 

 is brighter ochraceous on the flanks and under tail-coverts. It has the same dark 

 greyish crown, the dark feathers on the forehead, without the whitish butf shaft- 

 lines of T. (Motli, has the dark legs of T. sepiaria, not the light ones of T. abbotti, 

 and agrees better with T. sepiaria in its dimensions. T. sepiaria is only known 

 with certaiaty from Java and Bali, where Doherty discovered it. The specimens 

 which are supposed to be from Borneo in the British Museum must be wrongly 

 located, as the Leyden Museum (with which one had been exchanged) does not 

 possess it from Borneo I Eyton's specimen too is unreliable, as it has no history. 

 Js^o collector has yet found T. sepiaria on Borneo. 



134. Erythrocichla bicolor (Less.). 



Brachi/pteri/x bicolor Less., Itec. Zool. 1830. p. 138 (Sumatra). 

 cJd". Gunong Tahan, August 1001, 1500 ft. high. 



135. Malacopteron magnirostris (Moore). 



Alcippe vuKjnirostris Moore, P. Z. S. 1854. p. 277 (Malacca, Cantor coll.). 



Gunong Tahan at 1500, between 2000 and 5000, and between 5000 and 7000 ft.^ 

 hoping that the latter label is correct. This species is certainly better in the genus 

 Malacopteron than in Turdinus. 



130. Trichastoma rostratum Blyth. 



Trichastoma rostratum Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beiiy. xi. 1842. ji. 705 

 (Singajrore, ex coll. Mackay). 



Ptilocickla leucoijastra Davison, Ibis 1892. p. 100 (cf. Sharpe, Bull. B. U. Ci 

 i. p. vii. 1802) (Malay Peninsula;. 



cJ. Gunong Tahan, between 2000 and 5000 ft, July lOUl. Also obtained in the 

 Pahang lowlands by native skinners. I have compared these two Pahang skins, 

 one from Selaugor, two native-made Malacca skins, and one from the Liugga 

 Islands with a series of Bornean examples, and I And that in the latter the n])pcr 

 side is paler, the back more olive. Therefore the Bornean form is to be scj)arated 

 as a subspecies, and must bear the name Trichastoma rostratum umbratile, 

 {Trichastoma umbratile Strickl., Contr. Orii. for 1848. p. 120. PI. 35, ex M.S. 

 on label from Verreaux, hab. Borneo !) " Brachi/ptcri/x biixtoni," Walden, P. Z. S. 

 1877. p. 367, appears to be the same as the Malaccan bird. I do not know the 

 bird described as T. bi'ittikoferi from S. Sumatra (Vorderm., S. Tjdschr. Ned. Ind. 

 (8) xii. p. 230 (1894). 



137. Malacopteron magnum Eyton. 



Malacopteron magnum Eyton, P. Z. 8. 1^30. p. 103 (" Malaya," i.e. Malacca).* 

 <J. Gunong Tahan, 1500 ft. Also obtained in the Pahang lowlands. 



* In Cat. U. Brit. Mus. vii. p. jG5 the oiigioal locality is urroneouslv given as Sumatra. 



