( 'lliT ) 



*."). Malacopterum magnum Eyton. 



One/emale from Bit. Ranai, Hnngnran, August. 



Wing 3'25 inches. Distributed, from the northern frontier of the Malayan 

 subregion (Southern Tenasserim), througliout Malacca, to Sumatra and Borneo. 



6. Amiropsis malaccensis (Hartl.) (Nov. Zool. I. p. 470). 

 One male, July, Mt. Ifanai, Buugnrau (20iM) feet). 



7. Drymocataphus nigricapitatus (Eyton.) (Nov. Zool. J. p. 470). 

 One. Bunguran. 



8. Stachyris davisoni Sharjie, or Stachyris davisoni natunensis Hartort. 

 (See Hartert, Nov. Zool. I. pji. 470-472). 



There are now six more specimens of the Natuna Sfach/n's from Mt. 

 Ranai, Bunguran, shot in July at elevations of 1000 and 2000 feet. Thsy vary to 

 a certain extent, and therefore make the validity of my Stachyris natunensis very 

 doubtful. It is true, they are easily distinguished from Sf. bonn'i'/isis by the light 

 colour of the chin, the amount of white on the forehead, and the brighter shade of 

 colour below. But they run so close to the one specimen of St. davisoni Sharpe 

 (NoviTATEs ZooLOGicAE I. p. 472) that I now doubt their distinctness. When I 

 had before me only the two birds collected by Everett on Bunguran, they could be 

 easily distinguished by the more olive colour above, the less uniform ochraceous 

 ear-cpvcrts, and shorter wing and 1)111. All these differences, however, are not so 

 significant as I thought, for the specimens now sent by Hose vary considerably 

 inter se. One of them is, I think, quite as rufous above as St. dacisoni, the grey in 

 front of the ear-coverts is not always so conspicuous as in the type, the bill of s ome 

 is hardly larger than that of St. darisoni, and the wing varies from 2-3.") to 2'42, but 

 in one is hardly more than 2-3 inches. 



It is possible that further material of the true Stack, datisoni from the eastern 

 parts of the Malay Peninsula may justify a suljspecific separation of the two forms, 

 but perhaps more likely it may prove them to be utterly inseparable. 



'■I. Mixornis everetti Hartert (Nov. Zool. I. ji. 472). 



A small nnmber from Mt. Ranai (2000 feet). 



Immature specimens are paler above and below ; the black shaft-stripes below 

 lire narrower. 



10. Mixornis erythroptera (Blyth) (Nov. Zool. I. p. 473). 

 Bunguran. 



1!. Alcippe cinerea Blyth (Nov. Zhol. I. j). 473). 



Bunguran. 



12. Eupetes macrocercus Temm. (Nov. Zool. I. p. 473). 

 One, Bunguran. 



