246 niRDS OF THF. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, where it 

 is found in the South (Moeara Teweh), at the Sandakan 

 Bay and in Sarawak. 



204. Malacopteron cinereum. 



Malacopteron cinereum Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 103; Sharpe, Cat. 



B. Br. Mus. Vir, p. 565; id. Ibis 1889, p. 416; Everett, L. B. 



Born. p. 105; Büttik. N. L. M. 1895/6, p. 103. 

 Malacopteron magnum Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 226. 



A great series obtained at the foot of Mount Kenepai, 

 at Nauga Raoen, in the Siniai Valley and on the western 

 slope of the Liang Koeboeng, in which latter locality, at 

 an altitude of about 700 — 800 m. above the sea, it is a 

 very common bird, living in the undergrowth of the high 

 forest. Also from the Upper Mahakkam. — Iris reddish brown, 

 bill horn-color, base of lower mandible flesh-color, feet 

 pale flesh-color. 



Hab. Malacca, Sumatra and Borneo, where it is recorded 

 from the North, the North-west (Sarawak) and the Centre 

 of the island. 



205. Malacopteron afjine. 



Trichastoma a f fine Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XI, p. 795 (1842). 

 Napothera airicapilla Bp. Consp. I, p. 359 (Type in Mus. Lugd.). 

 Selaria a f finis Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 231. 

 Malacopterum affine Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. VII, p. 569; Everett, 



L. B. Born. p. 106; Sharpe, Ibis 1889, p. 416; Büttik. N. L. M. 



1895/6, p. 105. 



Nine specimens obtained at Pontianak, at the Southern 

 foot of Mount Kenepai, at Nanga Raoen (Mandai Valley) 

 and at Poelau (Sibau Valley). Twelve specimens from the 

 Upper Mahakkam. — This species lives in low forest, feeding 

 upon insects. Younger specimens differ from the adult in 

 having the quills and wing-coverts broadly edged with 

 rusty-red instead of olive-brown ; a probably adult bird 

 shows the peculiarity, already mentioned by Dr. Sharpe 

 (1. c), of having the throat striped with olive-brown, while, 



Notes from the Leyden IVIuseum, Vol. XXI. 



