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Except for the cburacter of the frontal phunes this species, together 

 with its near allies, C. oatesi aud C. vivida, would seem to be best placed 

 in the genus Niltava, with which it agrees in tlu; presence of a bright 

 patch behind the ear coverts in the male, though this is absent in the 

 female. 



THE BIRDS AT PRESENT KNOWN FROM THE MOUN- 

 TAINS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



I5Y HEKBEHT C. ROiilNSON, c.M.z.s., m.b.u.v., 

 Director of Museums, Federateu Malay States. 



"XTO connected list has up to the present been attempted of the birds 

 inhabiting the central mountain zone of the Peninsula, though 

 various papers dealing with detached portions of it have appeared in 

 tiie last few ywirs, which are duly noted in the Bibliography. 



I have, therefore, brought together all that is known on this region 

 basing my conclusions on the very large material now in the Selaugor 

 Museum, which, after the elimiuation of duplicates, amounts to over 

 8,000 specimens. Systematic collecting, more especially in Selangor, 

 has been carried on during the last five years, and I think it is now 

 fairly certain that but few if any more species remain to be discovered 

 on the main range of the Peninsula, though, as I have stated elsewhere, 

 it is possible that the mountains of Lakon on the N.-E. Coast may 

 yield further novelties. 



Commencing from the north of the Peninsula, it may be well to 

 detail the various mountains that have been collected on up to date 

 with the collectors : 



1. Mountains of Trang, latitude 7° 40' N., maximum height 3,000 ft. 



Large collections were made on these hills by Dr. W. L. Abbott, 

 the well-known American Naturalist, in 1899, but no detailed 

 account has ever appeared ; the following new species have, 

 liowevei", l>een described from the collection In- Dr. C. W. Rich- 

 mond : 



Oreocic/da o.JJimn 



JKthopyga anomala 



TunUmdun grant I 



Stachyris chrysops (synonym of >S'. bocwjei, postea') 



Criniger sordidus (synonym of C. ochraceue, pontea). 



'2. Bukit Besar,E. Coast, Malay Peninsula, latitude 6'^ 30' N., maxi- 

 mum height 3,500 ft. 



Considerable collections were made here by Dr. N. Annandale and 

 myself in 1901 and reported on by Mr. 0. Grant. The mountain 

 ib isolated and no high level fauna occurs thereon. 



