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138. Malacopteron cinereus Evtoii. 



Mohirojiterait riiwnvix {sic) Evtoii, P. Z.S. 18'30. ]). lo:5 (•■ Malaya," / e. Malacca). 



(1 am dimbtl'iil about the correctness of the acceptation of Eyton's name, but 

 see Hnme, Sti-c/>/ Feathers 1878. p. 271, 1879. p. (SI, and Sharpc, Cnt. />'. Brit. 

 Mux. vii. p. .')(j(>. In order not to disturb the nomenclature used at present I accept 

 their e.Kplanation, and thus the name " M. cii^ereit.f.") 



Sungei Taban and Gnnong Taban at 1500 and 3000 ft. 



139. Malacopteron albogularies (Blyth). 



Setaria albor/ulari.y Blyth, Joiir/i. .U. Soc. Beiiy. xiii. p. 385 (1844; Singapore). 

 Snngei Taban and Gnnong Taban at 1500 ft. 



140. Malacopteron melanocephalum Davison. 



Malaropterum melanoce/jhalum Davison, Ibis 1892. p. 101 (Mouth of Temeling 

 River, E. coast of Malay Peninsula). 



One skin from the Pahang lowlands, obtained by native collectors iu the 

 winter of 1901. 



Mr. Davison's description suits the bird before me very well indeed, excejit that 

 the tail-feathers are tinged with rusty all over, not merely on the outer webs. 

 ,17. albiyxlaris is very diti'erent, by its sliarply defined white superciliary line, black 

 ear-coverts, slaty grey breast and rnfous flanks. I should compare M. mrlniio- 

 cephalum with M. riftiiic, from which it only differs in its deeper blaeki.-ih crown, 

 less rul'ons, more deep brown tail, slightly darker back and a few minor details. 

 Before finding Davison's description I had indeed enumerated it as M. ajfiite, an 

 sp. uov. ?, not daring to describe such an allied species from a single sjiecimen. 

 The ap])earance, however, of this second example seems fully to justify the sjilitting 

 of the late Mr. Davison. 



141. Turdinulus humei sp. nov. 



" c?."' Very mucli like 7'. ex.'iul from Borneo above and on the wings, only a 

 shade juiler and more t)live-brown, but differs iu the colour of the underside, wliicli 

 is mostly bntfy white, feathers of the breast with brown fringes, flanks rusty brown. 

 Cheeks white with brown fringes to the feathers, sides of throat white, with scarcely 

 a trace of rust-colour. Wing 55, tail 24, tarsus 20 mm. 



Ti/jic : Gnnong Taban, September 1901, loDO ft. high, John Waterstradt coll. 



Although Waterstradt sent only one specimen, 1 am perfectly justified iu 

 describing it as new, as there is an entirely similar specimen from Klaug, .Selaugor, 

 Malay Peninsula, in the British Museum. Thi|^ has the above MS. name on its 

 label, which I adopt with pleasure, as I have a great admiration for Mr. Hume's 

 former energetic work (ivV/f his enormous collection, the best ornithological treasure 

 in the British Museum, and the Strai/ Feathers). This Klang. specimen is the one 

 with " the entire throat and even part of the breast white, and the greater part of 

 the abdomen unstreaked white, clouded with rufescent buff," described by Hume in 

 Strai/ Feathers ix. (ISSO) p. 110, lines 15 and 10 from the top. It is also described 

 by Mr. Grant in Ibis 1»9G, p. 00. I appreciate Mr. Grant's and other authors' 

 laudable caution in not describing it from a single specimen, but the existence of 

 my second entirely similar example from the Malay Peninsula destroys all doubts, 



