136 BIRDS FROM 
Malacocincla sepiaria (Horsfield). 
Brachypteryx sepiaria Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, XIII, 1822, 
p. 158. 
Turdinus sepiarius, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. VII, 1883, p. 544 (partim). 
Malacocincla sepiaria, Büttikofer, Notes Leyden Mus. XVII, 1895— 
96, p. 81. — Finsch, ibid. XXII, 1900—’01, p. 219. 
Turdinus sepiarius, var. minor A. B. Meyer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. I, 
1884, p. 210. 
Malacocincla minor, Büttikofer, Notes Leyden Mus. XVII, 1895— 
96, p. 81. 
N°. 395, Q, Tji Passoh, Goenoeng Karang, Bantam, 25 
August 1908. 
— 396, 398, oo’, Lemah Beureum, Goenoeng Karang, 
4 September 1908. 
— 897, ©, Pasir Batang, Goenoeng Karang, 30 August 
1908. 
— 399, O, summit of Goenoeng Karang, 26 August 1908, 
— 600, 7, Meester Cornelis, Batavia, 24 September 1908. 
Sundaic name: roejoek. 
In these specimens the coloration of the head is olivaceous 
brown, only very slightly contrasting with that of the back ; 
on the back a faint rufous tinge is to be observed. The 
longer the skins are preserved in the collection the stronger 
the rufous tinge on the back and on the tail becomes; 
also the sides of vent and the under tailcoverts become 
distinctly rufous. To such faded specimens belong the two 
birds, which Dr. Biittikofer has mentioned under the name 
of Malacocincla minor on p. 81 of volume XVII of this 
periodical. The strong contrast between the head and the 
back in these birds is only the consequence of fading. We 
have specimens of more recent date, which have the same 
dark ground-colour on the head, but in which there is not 
such a difference between head and back, because the head 
as well as the back are tinged with olivaceous and the 
rufous tinge on the back is still very faintly indicated. 
Dr. Biittikofer has already stated that a separation in a 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXII. 
