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it seems to be generally distributed, as it is recorded from 

 tbe South, the North-west, the North and the North-east. 



182. Stachyris poliocephala. 



Timalia poliocephala Temm. PI. Col. II, pi. 593, f. 2(1836); Salvad. 



Ucc, Born. p. 212. 

 Stachyris poliocephala Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mna. VII, p. 534; Everett, 



L. B. Born. p. 104; Sharpe, Ibis 1889, p. 414. 



Two females from Mount Kenepai, two males from the 

 Liang Koeboeng mountains and four males from the Upper 

 Mahakkam. Living in brushwood and undergrowth of high 

 forest. — Iris yellow, bill black, lower mandible horny 

 blue, feet dirty green. 



H a b. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo (Kina Balu 

 and Mount Kalulong). 



183. Stachyris leucotis. 



Timalia leucotis Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1848, p. 63, pi. 12. 

 Stachyris leucotis Sharpe, Ibis 1878, p. 418; id. Cat. B. Br. Mus, VII, 

 p. 537; Everett, L. B. Born. p. 104. 



Four adult specimens from Mounts Kenepai and Liang 

 Koeboeng. Males and females are alike in color. — Iris 

 black, bill black, base of lower mandible blue, feet brown. 



Hab. Malacca and Borneo, where it was, hitherto, only 

 obtained in Sarawak. 



184. Stachyris larvata. 



Timalia larvata Bp. Consp. I, p. 217 (1850); Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 



Mus. VII, p. 534. 

 Stachyris horneensis Sharpe, Ibis 1887, p. 449; id. Ibis 1889, p. 413. 



A series of ten specimens from M* Kenepai and the 

 Liang Koeboeng range, which are identical with one of 

 Mr. Whitehead's specimens of St. horneensis from the Kina 

 Bala. Comparing them with the types of St. larvata Bp. 

 from Sumatra, I find that they cannot be separated from 

 this latter species. It may be said that amongst our Bor- 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "V^ol. XXI. 



