204 



17S. 3frropiioyEvs nonrNsoxi the movxtain avristlix*; thrush . 



Myioplionous robiusoai, Grant, Jourti. Fed. Mai. States Mas., i., 

 p. 104 (1905). 



By no means uncommon on the high mountains of Selangor above 

 3,500" ft. 



Spocimeus are in the Selangor Museum from Gunong Meugkuang 

 Lebah, Guuong Ulu Kali and the mountains above the Semangko Pass. 



170. JiliACHYPTERYX n7f.ir/-WRAYS SHORT WING. 



Brachypten-x nipalensis, Sharpe, P.Z.S.. 1888, p. 273; Butler, p. 13. 

 Brachyj>teryx wrayi, Grant, Bull. B.O.C., xix., No. oxxvii., p. 10 

 (1906) : id., Jonrn. Fed. Mai. States Mm., iii., p. 26 (1908). 



Gxinong ^Icngknang Lebali and Semangko Pass. 



Four specimens from the above localities agree well with the 

 type description, with a skin from Gunong Tahan, and with three males 

 from the vicinity of the type locality. 



180. aiBIA SIMTLLIMA-TV.Y, MALAYAN SIBIA. 



Sibia simiUima (Salvad.) ; Slwrpc (1), p. 352 ; id. (3), p. 274; 

 Butler, p. 13; Bonhote, p. 63 ; Grant (1), p. 8 ; Id. (2), p. 26. 



Sibia picaoides simiUima, Hortert, p. 567. 



JNIet vritli in flocks of six or seven, and very noisy. Exceedingly 

 common on the Larut Hills and the Peninsular main range, south to 

 Southern Selangor, but not found below 3,000 ft. 



181. SIVA 3r ALA VAX A— THE MALAYAN CHESTNUT TAILED SIVA. 



Siva castaneicauda. Sliorpe (noc Hume), P.Z.S., 1888. p. 275 ; 

 Bonhote, p. 64. 



Siva malayana. Grant (2), p. 25. 



Siva strignla malayana, Hartert, p. 567. 



Kather rare in Selangor, Avhence the Selangor Museum possesses 

 only two specimens from Gunong Mengkuang Lebah and Gunong 

 Ulu Kali, dated February and March. Both are in unworn plumage 

 and differ from the large series of Tahan specimens, which are very 

 faded and abraded in having the under surface below the throat and 

 the under tail coverts bright orange yellow clouded with olive on the 

 Ijreast and flanks ; the head is rich golden olive, deepening to dark 

 orange on the forehead, and clearly defined from the l»ack, which is 

 greyish, stnmgly washed with yellowish olive, not almost pure, pure 

 grey as in the Tahan ])irds. The differences are most striking, but 

 are almost certainly due to the age of the feathers only. 



182. sii'A sonniinoii'nw: Malayan dt'll siva. 



Siva sordidior. Sharpe, P.Z.S . 1888, p. 276 : Bnfler. ]>. 13 : Grant 

 (\), p. 80. 



Generally distriljuted over the high mountains of Selangor and 

 Perak above 4,000 ft., but nowhere verj- commijn. 



