202 



H». Sr.lCIfVRlS 7>.nW0.\V-DAVIS()XS H.VRRI.KR. 



Staebyris ni-rriceps, SItarpe (uec- Hochjs.), P.Z.S.. 1887, p. 440. 



StcU'byris davisoui, Sharpe, Bull. B.O.C., i., p. vii. (1892) ; Butler, 

 p. 12; Harfert, Nov. Zoo?., i., p. 471 (1894); id., op. cit., ix., p. 566 

 (1902); Grant (1), p. 82; Grant (2), p. 28. 



Fairly commou at iutermediate olevatious, southward from Central 

 Perak to Soutliern Johore, the Rhio Archipelat^o and the Natmias. 



1«9. STACayiiLf POLIOGASTER-HVSW.'S BABBLER. 



Stachvris poUogaster, Hume; Sharpe, Cat., p. 539. 



<J . Bukit Kiitn, Ulii Selangor, 3,000 ft. October, 1 898. A . L. Butler [o]. 



S ? . Ginting Bidei, Solanfjor, 2,.S00ft. Octobor, 1907, and May, 1908. 



Besides the type, which was collected by Davison on Guuong Pulai 

 in Southern Johore, the.se seem to be the only specimens met with up to 

 the present. 



170. STACIIVBIS POLIOCEPIIALl-TmS. OREY-HEADED BABBLER. 



Stacliyris poliocephala (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat., p. 534; Butler, 

 p. 12 ; Hortert, p. 566 : Grant (2), p. 258. 



Fairly common up to 2,500 ft. in suital)le localities. 



171. STACIIYRIiS LEUCOTIS-THT. WHITE-EARED BABBLER. 



Stachyris leucotis (Strickl. ) ; Sharpe, Cat., p. 537. 



? . Sangei Tali, Ulu Benton<r. Pahaiig, 1,500 ft. December, 1904. 



Apparently somewhat local, as few recent collectors have met with 

 it. The only other locality, whence the Selangor Museum possesses 

 specimens, is Guuong Angsi, Negri Semlnlan, where it Avas found to be 

 very common in Api-il, 1906. It is also aV)undaut {fide Kloss) in 

 South-western Johore. 



172, STACHYRIS XIGRIC'OLLIS-THE BLACK-NECKED BABBLER. 



Stachyris nigricollis (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat., p. 535 ; id. (3), p. 275. 



Collected by Wray on the Batang Padang mountain. We have only 



found it in low country, where it is very abundant in certain localities. 



17.5. STACUVRIS CIIRVS^EA ISOCAGEI-THE GOLDEN KA15I5LER. 



Stachyris bocagii, Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen.,xiv., p. 223 (1879). 



Cyanoderma chrysaea, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1887, p. 440. 



Staehyridiopsis clirysoea assimilis (Waldonj ; Hartert, p. 566. 



Stachvridiopsis chrysa?a (Hodgs.) : Butler, p. 12; Grant (1), 

 p. 81 ; id. (2), p. 27. 



Stachyris clirysops, Ifirhruond, J'roc Biol. Soc. Washington, xv., 

 p. 157 (1902;. 



Abundant in small flocks on most of the higher hills above 3,000 ft. 

 On tlie Semangko Pass the species was breeding in February, 1908, 

 and two half-fiedged young, wliich are uniform olive brown without 

 a trace of golden yellow, were obtained on the 27th of that month. 



