186 MR. E. C. STUART BAKER ON 
if these are not combined under the former name—is very un- 
certain, 
They do not appear to be Timeliine in many ways, and in nidifi- 
cation are very Wren-like as, indeed, they are in habits, and they 
should perhaps be removed to the Wrens, though even of that group 
they would be but aberrant members. They, and the genus IRimator, 
would seem to approach Urocichla closely in some respects. 
15. SETARIA RUFIFRONS. 
Malacopteron rufifrons, Cat. Mus. Hein. Th, i. p. 65 (1850). ' 
¢ 2 Pak Jong, E. Siam, 23. 7. 15. 
sf ie i 28. 11. 15. 
Kloss in the ** Ibis” (1918, p. 203), comments at some length on 
the name this bird should bear, and on the strength of Finsch’s des- 
cription and measurements (Notes Leyden Mus. xxii. p. 220) considers 
that the name rujifrons must be discarded for Gray’s lepidocephala. 
Kloss, however, prefaces his remarks with the statement that he has 
not seen Cabanis’ original description, and he has undoubtedly been 
misled by Finsch’s, which is not correct. 
Cabanis describes his bird as follows :— 
‘Upper side olive-brown, under side whitish, the scale-like 
teathers of the forehead and anterior crown light reddish with 
paler shaft-stripes and black tips. Length 6} in., bill # in., wing 
3 in., tail 24 in.” 
From this we see that the throat is white and the nape not 
black, whilst the wing is only 76.2 and not 80 mm., as given by 
Finsch, and so the description is an excellent one, and the name must 
be retained. 
16. MALACOCINCLA ABBOTTI, 
Malacocincla abbott’, Blyth, J.A.S.B, xiv. p. 601 (1845). 
¢ Samkok, 19. 7. 15. 
2 Hup Bon, 8.K. Siam, 23 7. 18. 
3 Muak Lek, E. Siam, 23. 8. 15. 
o 2 Tung Song, P. Siam, 12-14. 9. 15. 
§ 2 Klong Wang Hip, P. Siam 4-7. 10. 1. 
¢ Pak Jong, BE. Siam, 29. 11. 15. 
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