78 REVISION OF THE GENUS TURDINUS 



Hab. Borneo: Kina Balu 4000-8000' (Whitehead), Mt. 

 Penrisen and Mt. Poeh 4000-8000' (Everett), Mt. Dulit, Mt. 

 Kalulong and Mt. Mulu 3000-4000' (Hose). 



Two specimens collected during the last Dutch expedition 

 to Central Borneo , on Mount Liang Koeboeng (875 Meter). 



Genus Ritnatot*. 



Type: Rimaior malacoptilus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XVI, p. 155 

 (1847). 



Small, bill long, slender and curved, as long as the 

 tarsus, the latter as well as the toes long and stout, 

 wing rounded , tail short , very little longer than the tar- 

 sus , no white spots on the tips of quills and wing-coverts, 

 feathers on head, mantle, lesser wing-coverts, rump and 

 upper tail-coverts with narrow , pale fulvous shaft-streaks , 

 inner web of the feathers on the mantle black ; lower sur- 

 face pale fulvous on throat and centre of breast; chest 

 and sides of breast brown with broad, pale fulvous shaft- 

 streaks to the feathers. — One species. 



Range. Sikkim and Manipur, British India. 



1. Rimator malacoptilus. 



Rimator malacoptilus Blyth , Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XVI, p. 155 (1847); 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. VII, p. 594 (1883); Gates, B. Br. Ind. I, p. 

 175 (1889). 



Hab. The same as that of the genus. 



Two specimens from Nepal in the Leyden Museum. 



Genus Mnlacocincla. 



Type: Malacocinda Ahhotti Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XIV, 

 p. 600 (1845). 



This genus is sufficiently distinguished by the following 

 characters : 



Size about that of a sparrow; plumage never mottled 

 on upper surface which is olive-brown; flanks and under 

 tail-coverts more or less tinged with fulvous ; bill short , 

 clumsy and rather high , nasal aperture oval and placed 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, "Vol. XVII. 



