197 



ucver seen the l)inl invself, but my Dvuk lumtei's tell me it runs about 

 on the yround anion 

 with above 3.000 ft. 



on the ground aniontr fallen timber like a Pitta. It ha« not been met 



ll-.i. TROLHALOPTEROy PEMMSULjE-nW. MALAY LAltilllNC THRl.SH. 



Trochalopteron peuinsulte, Shaq^e, P.Z.S., 1887, p. 43(5, pt. xxxvii. ; 

 Hartcrt and Batler, p. 506; Butler, p. 11 j Bonhote, p. 63; Hartert, 

 p. 562; Grant (2), p. 30. 



Common on all the peaks of the Peninsula Main Kauge, south to 

 Gunoug Meiigkuang Lebah, and also on Gunong Tahan ; not so com- 

 mon on the Larut Range from G. luas to the hills above Taipiug ; not 

 as a rule found below 3,500 ft. A bird with a pleasant clear whistle 

 usually met with in parties of four or five on low trees and l)ushes, 

 sometimes nearly on the ground. Peculiar to the Peninsula. 



1.50. PO.VATORHIKUS JBOKXEENSIS-CXBXm'fi SCIMITAR BAIJBLER. 



Pomatorhiuus borueensis (Cab.) ; Shatye, Cat., p. 411 ; Hartert, 

 p. 561. 



(.lintiiig Bidei. Nuvcuibfr, 1907. 



Not rare on the lower hills of the southern portion of the Malay 

 Peninsula up to about 2,500 ft. Waterstradt obtained it on Gunong 

 Tahan at 4,000 ft. 



151. POMATORlIiyUS WRAYI-WMW'^ SCIMITAR BABBLER. 



Pomatorhinus wrayi, Sharpe, F.Z.S., 1887, p. 437 ; Butler, p. 11 ; 

 Grant (2), p. 30. 



Sijariugly distributed on mountains above 4,000 ft. as far south 

 as Gunong Mengkuaug Lebah. 



152. MELAyOCICULA LUGUBRIS-THE BLACK BABBLING THRUSH. 



Melauocichla lugubris (S. Miill.) ; Sharpe, Cat., p. 451 ; Grant 

 (1), p. 84. 



Melauocichla peuiusularis, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1888, p. 274. 



Hitherto only found on the mountains of the main range from 

 Batang Padaug in South Perak to Gunong Mengkuang Lebah iu 

 Selangor at altitudes of from 3,400-5,000 ft. Usually on low trees 

 or among fallen timber near the ground in parties of from three to 

 seven. 



lo-U. RHISOCICIILA JIITRATA-TRE CHESTNUT CAPPED BABBLING 



THRUSH. 



Rhiiiociehla mitrata (S. Milll.J ; Sharpe, Cat., p. 452 (1883) ; id, 

 r.Z.S., 1886, p. 352; 1888, p. 274; Butler, p. 11; Bonhote, p. &6', 

 Hartert, p. 562 ; Grant (1), p. 84 ; id. (2), p. 562. 



Common on nearly all the high mountain in Selangor above 3,000 ft., 

 though apparently rare on Gunong Tahan, where I did not procure or 

 see it, and where Waterstradt only got two specimens. 



