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lYXGIflCls CAXICAPILLUS, Br.YTH. 

 lyiigipirus cniiiciipillus, T51ytli : Hargitt. Cat. Birds Brit. AIvs.. 

 xviii., p. 322 (1890) ; Bobinson and KJoss, Ibis, 1911, p., 46. 



Of three birds, two males and a female, collected in November, 

 1911, at Padang Sireh, on the Perlis-Senggora border, one male has 

 the central rectrices quite unspotted and is rather smaller than the 

 other male from the same locality, the wing measuring 77 mm. 

 against 82 mm. The wing of an adult male from Kuala Lumpur is 

 also 82 mm., and in this specimen also the central recti'ices are only 

 very slightly spotted. In view, however, of the fact that both races 

 occur in the same area 1 do not think that I. pumilus, Hargitt, 

 which was founded on these differences, can be recognised as even 

 sub-specifically distinct. 



CHALCOCOCCYX MALAYAXUS (Raffles). 



Chalcocoecj^x malayanus (Raffles); Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mvs., 

 x\x., p. 298 (1890). 



In the central and northern poi'tions of the Peninsula this cuckoo 

 is a very rare bird. Two males and a female, collected by Mr. Seimund 

 at Lenggong in Upper Perak in January, 1912, appear to be the most 

 northerly specimens on record. 



PITTA C.ERULEA (Raffi.es). 



Pitta can^ulea (Raffles) ; Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mvs., xiv., p. 416 

 (1888.) ; Bobinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1911, p. 48. 



A half -grown nestling obtained at Pelarit, Perils, earl}- in 

 November indicate that this sj)ecies breeds in the later portion of 

 the year. 



PITTA COCCIXEA, Eytox. 



Pitta coccinea, Eyton ; Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xiv., 

 p. 431 (1888). 



Until recent!}' this very handsome species of Ground Thru.'^h was 

 but poorly represented in the Federated Malay States Museums. 

 Recently, however, we have found that it is resident throughout the 

 year in low country swampy jungle, which is very unpleasant to 

 collect in ; and series have been obtained from Ayer Kring on the 

 Negri Sembilan-Pahang boundaiy, at Rawang in Selangor, and at 

 Parit in the lowei* poi'tion of the Perak i-ivei valley. 



CYORXIS RUFIGASTRA (Raffles). 



Muscicapa rufigastra, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc, xiii., p. 312 (1822). 



Cyornis frenata, Hume, Stray Feathers, viii., p. 114 (1880). 



Cyornis erythrogaster, Sharpe, Hand-List Birds, iii., p. 216 (1901). 



Mr. Seimund collected a series of five specimens of this flycatcher 

 on Piilau Pintu Gedong, Selangor, in September and October, 1912, 

 two males and three females. The latter agree exactly with the 

 description of C. frenata of which they are practically topotypes and 

 with another female collected at Tanjong Tombak, Pulau Bintang, 



