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the breast ; legs flesh- colour ; basal half of the lower mandi- 

 ble yellow. 



Malacopterum magnum, Eyt. 



A specimen from Gunong Pulai, Johore, shot 25th August 

 1879, a male, measured about 6 inches in length. Forehead 

 chestnut, nape black, upper parts dull red-brown, beneath 

 glossy white, dusky on the breast. 



Drymocataphus nigricapitatus, Eyt. 



Gunong Pulai, Johore, 9th August, 1879. A male ; length 

 5^ iuches, tarsus Ij^^; crown and nape black, most of plu- 

 mage red-brown, underparts bright rufous, throat white, 

 cheeks ashy. 



Otocompsa analis (Horsf.) . 



About the most common bird in the Straits, also very 

 plentifully distributed throughout the native States ; in the 

 Singapore gardens it simply swarms, and is easily known by 

 the bright yellow feathers beneath its tail. It breeds during 

 April and May. 



At Tanglin, Singapore, I found a nest in a road-side hedge ; 

 it was carefully concealed, but within a few feet of passing car- 

 riages. The eggs were white, blotched (but principally at the 

 larger end) with red-brown. 



One I shot at Singapore, on 25th December 1877, was 

 7\ inches in length. Irides dark brown. A female which 

 I shot at Kwala Kangsar, Perak, on 23rd March 1877, was 

 rather smaller than the above. 



They feed on insects, and have a rather pleasing song. 



Ixus PLUMOsus, Blyth. 



Late in September 1879 I shot a pair of these soft-plu- 

 maged Bulbuls in the low jungle bordering the sea-shore on 

 Pulo Battam, an island near Singapore. • 



MiCROTARSUS MELANOLEUCUS, Eyt. 



Malacca. Description from the skin : — Length 7 inches. 

 Entirely black, except the wing-coverts, which are creamy 

 white. 



