414 Mr. R. B, Sharpe on the 



Tarsus. 



in. 



0-86 



[Frequents the old rice-plantations and the true forest 

 from 1000 to 5000 feet. It hunts through the low growth 

 in small parties or families of five or six individuals. The 

 nest is a large ball of broad-leaved grasses and other leaves, 

 hitlden away amongst the stems of palm-trees or in other 

 dark places. The eggs are three, glossy white ; axis 0'8 

 inchj diam. 0'55. Eye brownish yellow; bill black; feet 

 horny green.] 



126. Stachyris maculata (T.) . 



Stachyris maculata (T.) ; Sharpe, Cat. 13 . vii. p. 538. 



Timelia maculata, Salvad. t. c, p. 211 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 10. 

 a, b. ^ ? ad. La was River, April 13, 1886. 



c. S ad. Benkoka, Sept. 22, 1885. 



d. Ad. Benkoka, Oct. 6, 1885. 



[Frequents the true forest near the gi'ound. Iris whitish 

 yellow; feet and lower bill cobalt-blue; upper mandible 

 black ; the sides of the neck are bare of feathei^, and the 

 skin is of a pale blue.] 



127. Stachyris poliocephala, Temm. 



Stachyris poliocephala, Temm. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 534; 

 id. Ibis, 1887, p. 450. 



Timelia poliocephala, Salvad. t. c. p. 212. 

 a. ^ ad. Kina Balu, March 7, 1887. 



[Only one specimen met with on Kina Balu, at an altitude 

 of 4000 feet.] 



128. TURDINUS ATRIGULARIS. 



Turdinus atrigularis (Bp.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 217; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. vii. p. 549. 

 a. S ad. Benkoka, Nov. 2, 1885. 



[Only one specimen met with, which I shot one evening 

 at a small stream in the forest. Iris dark brown ; the bare 

 skin behind the eye of a pale blue ; feet dull pinkish brown.] 



