412 Mr. R. B. Sliarpe on the 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but rather lighter in 

 colour. Total length 10 inches, culmen 1*05^ wing 5'0, tail 

 4*15, tarsus 1*65. 



[I only met with this species at ray last camp, where it 

 frequented the true forest, at an altitude of 4000 feet, feeding 

 amongst the higher branches of large trees. Small bands of 

 five individuals were observed, being probably the old and 

 young birds of the year. Iris lake-red, with a fairly large 

 sub-ocular patch of bare skin of a pale blue colour, almost 

 white; bill black; feet dark brown.] 



123. Rhinocichla tkeacheri. 



Rhinocichla treacheri, Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 453. 



lanthocincla treacheri, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 248, 

 pi. xxiii. 



a,b. (J ? ad. Kina Balu, Jan. 9, 1888. 

 c,d. c? ? ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 10, 1887. 

 e. S ad. Kina Balu, March 15, 1887. 



The plate in the original paper is not quite accurate, and 

 gives the silvery markings of the crown as if they formed a 

 patch in the centre of the forehead, whereas they really form 

 a frontal band which extends backwards above the fore part 

 of the eye. The measurements of a pair of this bird are as 



follows : — 



Total 



length. Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. in. 



Adult male 93 0-9 41 4-2 1-4 



Adult female 8-7 0-8 4-1 4-2 1-3 



[This species is one of the ornithological features of the 

 lower slopes of Kina Balu, where it frequents the low 

 growth which springs up in the old rice-fields. It is found 

 more sparingly at high elevations up to 9000 feet in the true 

 forest, so that perhaps it has a wider range on Kina Balu than 

 any other bird. Its real head-quarters are, however, the low 

 growth from 700 to 1000 feet, from which point it becomes 

 scarcer as one enters the forest or reaches higher elevations. 

 The " Lahoie," as the Dusans call this bird, creeps and hops 

 about within a few feet of the ground, or may sometimes 

 be seen amongst the highest branches of old forest trees, in 

 parties of four or five, probably an entire family. 



