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.•52, PITTA CVANOPTERA- -THE LESSER BLUE-WINGED PITTA. 



Pitta cyanoptera (Tomm.) ; Sclater, Cat. Birdu, xiv., p. 420 (1888) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-list, iii., p. 180 (1901). 



Very numerous ; also common in the winter months on Pulau 

 Jarak and the Sembilan Islands, together with the succeeding species. 



3.3, PITTA CUCULLATA—TH'E HOODED PITTA. 



Pitta cucullata (Hartl.) ; Sclater, t.c, p. 442 ; Sharpe, t.c, p. 184. 

 Not quite so common as the preceding, but very abundant. 



34. LARVIVORA CrAXFA—TRE SIBERIAN BLUE CHAT, 



Larvivora cyanea (Pall.) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind. Birds, i., 

 p, 181 (1889) ; Robinson, Journ., F.M.S. Mus., i., p. 28 (1905). 



A single immature male, in plumage precisely resembling the adult 

 female, was obtained on 14th November, and an adult male was also 

 shot on the same day, but at such close quarters that it was found im- 

 possible to make a skin of it. 



Between November and April the species is not uncommon in the 

 mountains of Selangor and Negri Sembilan, at altitudes varying from 

 2,000 feet to 4,000 feet, bvit, so far as my experience goes, it is never 

 met with in the low country. It has not hitherto been recorded from 

 Sumatra, 



35. LOCUSTELLA LAXCBOLATA—TRE STREAKED GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER, 



Locustella lanceolata (Temm.) ; Oates, Farm. Brit. Ind. Birds, i., 

 p. 353 (1889) • Sharpe, Hand-list, iv., p. 186 (1903). 



Three specimens of this warbler, which is called by the natives 

 hurong Ulcus or rat bird, were collected among long grass and bracken, 

 being very shy and secretive in their habits. Two of these have the 

 tail coverts uniform, while the third has them thickly streaked with 

 blackish-brown, the streaks on the flanks being also much more pro- 

 nounced. Of a pair collected on the coast of Selangor, the male has 

 the under coverts streaked, while those of the female are uniform, so 

 that the difference is possibly sexual. The species has not apparently 

 been recorded either from the Malay Peninsula or Sumatra, though it 

 is probably common in both countries in suitable localities during the 

 winter months. 



36. TURD us OBSCUEUS-TUE DARK OUZEL. 



Turdus obscurus (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, iv., p. 140 (1903). 



Merula obscura (Gm.) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii., p. 134 

 (1890). 



Numerous individuals were seen on the day of our departure, after 

 a somewhat stormy night, and a single specimen secured. The species 



