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•21:5. MEL.ISOCIILOUA l'LAJ(JCJiJ^TATA Till; Sll/l'AX i I i'. 



Meluiioelilorii sultanoa (Hody-s.) : Gadoir, Cat., ]). (5; Shar2>r (o), 

 1>. 277: Bntler, p. U: araiit (1), p. 76: id (3), p. 21. 



Melauocblora flavocristata (Lafr.) : Hellmays, S err tie 11 Farida, 

 p. 31 (1903) ; Sharif, Hand-l. Bird.^, iv.. p. 326 (1903). 



Abimdaut nearly evervwliere from 2,000 ft. to about 4,<»00 ft., and 

 oecasiouallv in llu" low eouutry at the foot of tlic main range. It is 

 usually met witli in flocks of six or seven among high trees at the edge 

 of clearings or in the jungle. 



S1TT11).E. 



•Jlt. UEMHiOl'IllLA AZillEA-TRV. DKKl' BLUE MJTHATCll. 



Sitta azurea, Less. ; Gadoic, Cat. Birds Brit. Mi(i<., viii., p. 357 

 (1883) ; Hartert, p. 573. 



Deudrophila azui'ea (Less.) ; Butler, p. 15 ; Grant (l),p. 76 ; id, (2), 

 p. 21. 



Fairly common on the Selangor main range, but not found below 

 3,500 ft."^ 



•JIO. JiljyDROPHlLA /■ROXTALJS .SATiJiATIOli-TlU-: Jl.VLAY NUTHATCH. 



Sitta frontalis saturatior, Hartert, p. 573. 

 Dendrophila saturatior, Grant (l), p. 76; id. (2), p. 21 



Semangko Pass. February, 190JS. 

 Locally distributed uji to about 3,000 ft. 



The above specimen agrees well with a pair from Gunong Angsi, 

 2,600 ft., Negri Sembilan, and differs from a skin from Trang collected 

 by Dr. W. L. Abbott in being much more intense in colouration. 

 Malay Peninsula specimens re<pure comparison with freshly-collected 

 Javan ones (the type locality) and with Indian skins before the validity 

 of the sub-species can be considered as established. 



CORVID^. 



21ii. CI.S.SA lt<Jlil.\S<jSI-'n\\u 3IALAV ULLE MAGPIE. 



Cissa robinsoni. Grant, Bull B.O.C., xix.. No. cxxviii., p. 9 (1906) ; 

 id. (2), p. 16. 



This fine species originally described from a single specimen from 

 Gunong Tahan has since proved to l;e very numerous on the Selangor 

 mountains, especially near the Semangko Pass, whence a large number 

 of specimens have been recently obtained : it also occurs at Telom 

 in the Batang Padaiig mountains. In all localities it is very wild and 

 hai'd to secure. As is the case with other members of the genus, the 

 plumage of this bird is extraordinarily sensitive to light and very 

 slight exposure changes the greenish yellow of the head and body to 

 pale blue and the maioon of the primaries to dull grey. 



