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in 1898, and a good series of Himalayan sjjeciiuens. I find that all the Malayan 

 birds are duller, more greenish, less golden yellow above, the markings on the crown 

 dnller, not so deep black. Dr. Sharpe (P. Z. S. 1887. p. 440) is certainly in error- 

 due to his having examined only one skin— in assigning the Perak form to i-!/ri/saea, 

 while recognising assimi/is as a good species. The Sumatran form (named S. bocagii 

 by Count Salvadori) seems to be the same as the Malaccan one, and I cannot 

 distinguish them from the Karennee bird. Certainly all the Himalayan birds are 

 tyjiical <S'. ckrysaea. 



149. Kenopia striata (Blyth). 



Timalia striata Blyth, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. xi. p. 793 (1842 : Malay Peninsula, 

 received from Singapore). 



?. Gunong Tahan, September 1901, 4000 ft. 



150. Mixornis gularis (Raffl.). 



Motarilla giilrn-is Ratfl., Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 18'20. i>. 312 (Sumatra). 

 cJtJ. Sungei Lebeh, May 1901. 



151. Sittiparus castaneceps soror (Sharpe). 



\_Minla. castaneceps (sic) Hodgson, Ind. liiuuew 1838. p. 33 (Nepal).] 



Minla soror Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887 p. 439, PI. XXXVIII. (Mountains of Penk). 



Several examples, Gunong Tahan, between 5000 and 7000 ft. 



Differs from typical casta necejj.s in its larger size, darker olive-brown upper-side 

 and deeper, more chestnut, edging to the quills. 



I see that Dr. Sharpe accepts Gates' splitting of the genus Minla into Sittiparm 

 and Schoeniparus, and therefore I follow him for the present, though I think the 

 differences in structure are not very important. 



152. Sibia picaoides simillima (Salvad.).' 



\_Sibia picaoicles Hodgs., Journ. As. Soc. Beng. viii. 1839. p. 38 (Nepal).] 

 Heterophasia simillima Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Genota xiv. 1879. p. 232 



(Sumatra). 



"c?." Gunong Tahan, October 1901, between 5000 and 7000 ft. Mr. A. L. 



Butler obtained it also on Gunong Ijau, where Wray and Hartert had already 



collected specimens. Mr. Butler marked the iris as scarlet, bill black, feet 



bluish grey. 



153. Siva strigula malayana subsp. no v. 



\_Sida strigula Hodgs., Ind. Review 1838. )>. S9 (Nepal).] 



The Malayan form of Stripe-throated Siva dift'ers considerably from the tyjiical 

 <S'. strigula from Nepal and Sikkim as follows : The crown is not so bright orange- 

 brown, but is dnller, darker, more olive-brown. The chestnut colour on the central 

 rectrices extends over about five-sixths of the inner and four-fifths of the outer webs, 

 and the next two ])airs are more or less chestnut on the inner webs. The outer pair 

 of rectrices, instead of being yellow with a black base, are black with the tip yellow 

 for about 1 cm., and the outer and inner webs bordered with yellow, except at 

 the base. In most of these ciiaracters the new Malayan subspecies agrees with 



