207 



1!*4. PETROPHILA ,yOi,7r^ya-l-THE EASTERN BLUE ROOK TIIKUSH. 



Mouticola solitavia (Miill.) ; ISeehohm., Cat., i>. ol'J. 



Monticola cyaniis soli t aria, Butler, p. 20. 



Cyauocincla solitaria, Hume, Stray Feathers, ix., p. 116 (1880). 



The most southerly specimen recorded from the Malay Peninsula. 

 Shot in February on the Larut Hills. Also obtained at Ghirbee 

 (Hume, loc. cit.). 



A male of the western form, P. njaneus, was shot by M. Boden 

 Kloss at the Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, on 3rd August, 1908. 



195. PETROPHILA (ilLAlilS-THK ('IIIXE.SE HOCK THRUSH. 



Monticola gularis (Swinli.) ; Seehohin., Cat., p. 326 ; Butler, }). 20. 



Besides the specimen from the Larut Hills recorded by Butler 

 {luc. cit.), there is another mounted and undated specimen from the 

 same locality in the Taiping Museum. A third specimen is known 

 from Malacca [Hume, Stray Feathers, ix., p. 116 (1880)]. 



uh;. jiidrociciila rufucapilla-the chestnut-backed 



fork tail. 



Hydrocichla ruficapilla (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat., p. 319 ; Butler, 

 p. 19 ; Hartert, p. 572. 



3 <? , 2 ^ . Giuting Bidci, 2,300 ft. May, 190S. 



Common on clear rocky streams and torrents throughout the 

 Peuinsida up to about 3,000 ft. 



m. IIEXICURIS SCIIISTACEU^-'niE SLATY-BACKEi) FORK TAIL. 



Henicurus schistaceus, Hodgs. ; Sharjpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vii., 

 p. 365 (1883) ; Butler, p. 19 ; Hartert, p. 570 ; Grant (1), p. 79. 



Found in similar situations to the preceding, but not as a rule 

 below 4,000 ft., though Butler obtained it on the Larut Hills at 2,000 ft. 

 Very abundant above the Semaugko Pass. 



198. LARVIVORA ClANEA-'^nE SIBERIAN BLUE CHAT. 



Larvivora cyanea (Pall.) ; Seehohm., Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., v., p. 303 

 (1881); Butler, IX 13. 



This species is met with throughout the Malay Peninsula from 

 October to April, but is common in the hills than in the low country. 

 It has also been met with in some of the islands in the Straits of 

 Malacca, also during the winter months. 



199. XOTODELA LEUCC'RA— THE WHITE-TAILEU BLUE ROBIX. 

 Notodela leucura (Hodgs.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vii., 

 p. 23 (1883) ; Bulla; Jonru. Strait. Branch Bn>j. A.'<iat. Sv., No. 34, 

 p. 99 (1900). 



A single female collected by A. L. Butler on Gunong Ijau, Larut 

 Hills, at 4,000 ft. in March, 1898, is the unl\- record for the species in 



