100 



Tiirdinvn nejiia rlii.<. 



Mill 

 Localitv. Sex. Winy:. 'i'iiil. Ciiliiioii. from ']"nrsns. 



Nr. Kuala Linnpur, Selan- 



mm. mm. mm. mm. iiini. 



>5 



gor (8-7-'(>7) c? 67 44.5 18 21 2 



(^ 68 48 17..") 20 26.5 



(9-7-'07) ? 71 44 18 20 26.5 



(7-7-'07) ? 69 41 (worn) 18 21 25 



Ginting Bidei, Selaugor, 



2,300 ft. (26-10-'07) J 71.5 48 18.5 20 26 



(31-10-'07) S 71.5 49 18.5 21 27 



(9.5-*08) c? 68 49 17.5 21 25.5 



1511. ITKUIXLS .lIACROnACTyLUS-iiTRlCKL\yhii BABBLER. 



Turdinus macrodactylus (Strickl.) ; Sharpe, Cat., p. 548 (1883). 



North of the latitude of Malacca, this species does uot appear to l)e 

 a very common bird, aud the Selangor Museum possesses but few 

 recent specimens, three from Grinting Bidei, and another from the Batu 

 Caves near Kuala Lumpur. 



157. TURDINUS LORIC.lTUS—M't\A,V.R'^ B.VBRLKR. 



Myiothera loricata, MiilL, Tijdschr. Nat. Gesck. Anisterd., 1835, 

 p. 348. 



Turdinus marmoratus, Wardl.-Bams., P.Z.8., 1880, p. 15. 



Turdinus loricatus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vii., p. 550 (1883); 

 Rohimon, Jrmrn. Fed. Mai. States Mus., iii., p. 79 ; No. 446 (1907). 



Adult Female. — General colour above rufous brown, the feathers, 

 except those of the rump, obscurely edged with black, less markedly so 

 on the head and lores ; throat white, the feathers narrowly tipped with 

 black, the black tips much broader on the malar region ; ear coverts and 

 a large patch on each side of the neck bright russet chestnut ; breast 

 and centre of the abdomen greyish black, each feather broadly and 

 irregularly barred and tipped with white ; flanks, thighs and under 

 tail coverts russet l>rown, the latter faintly tipped with whitisli buff ; 

 primaries dull brown, more rufous on the outer webs ; tail rufous 

 brown; under wing coverts Jirown with paler margins : iris chestnut ; 

 l>ill and tarsi black. 



Total length, 8.4 in.: wing, 3.9 in.; tail, 3.2 in.; culmen, .85 in.; 

 tarsus, 1.4 in. 



Immature Female. — Similar to the adult, but with the feathers of 

 the head, hind neck and mantle with rufous shaft stripes, broadening 

 towards the tips of the feathers. 



Specimens Examined. — One adult female from Ginting Bidei, 

 Selangor Main Range, 2,300 ft., dated 3rd November, 1907, and two 

 adult females and an immature female from the Semangko Pass, 

 Selangor, 28th February, 1908. 



