105 



Almost tlie cominouest bird iu the jimgle on Kao Nawng, keeping 

 generally to tlie bushes and smaller trees. We did not obtain it near 

 Ban Kok Klap so that it is evidently a submontane species, replaced 

 iu the south of the Peninsula by A. peracensis, Sharpe. 



" Iris hazel-grey feet dark fleshy brown, bill, upper mandible 

 corneous tip and edges dull yellow, lower mandible more broadly 

 yellow, gape bright yellow, orbital ring greenish waxy yellow. 



95. ALCIPPE CINEREA. 



Alcippe cinerea, Blyth ; Sharpe, torn, cit., p. 622 ; Eobinson and 

 Kloss, torn, cit., p. 61. 



A pair only from Kao Nawng, where it was rare. The species does 

 not extend into Tenasserim and these specimens are the most northerly 

 recorded. 



96. STACHYRIS DAVISONI. 



Stachijris davisoni, Sharpe; Bull. B.O.C., i, p. vii, (1892) ; Eobinson 

 and Kloss, torn, cit., p. 61. 



A large series from Kao Nawng where it ranges up to about 

 2,000 feet. Comparison of these birds with numerous specimens 

 from the typical locality (Tahan river, Pahang) show that they are 

 identical. St. nigriceps (Hodgs), which I had included in the local 

 list on the strength of birds from Trang identified as such 

 Mr. Eichmond must therefore be deleted from the Malayan Fauna. 



" Iris chestnut hazel, bill plumbeous, darker on culmen, feet 

 greenish lead." 



97. STACHYRIDIOPSIS CHRYSOPS. 



Stachyris chrysxa bocagii, Salvad ; Eobinson Jouru. Fed. Malay 

 States Mus., ii, p. 202. 



Stachyris clirysops, Eichmond, Pi'oc. Biol. Soc, Washington, xv, 

 p. 157 (1902). 



Four specimens of this golden babbler were obtained near the 

 summit of Kao Nawng and must certainly be conspecific with 

 St. chrysops obtained in the mountains of Trang, about 80 miles to 

 the south. 



At one time I thought that the Malayan form might be identical 

 with the Sumatran race but examination of a series collected on 

 the hills of that island shows that the insular form is a darker 

 and duller form, even darker than St. assimilis (Walden) from 

 Assam and Central Tenasserim, especially on the flanks. 



Pending dii'ect comparison of series of fresh specimens from the 

 Himalayas, Assam, Tenasserim, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, 

 I have thought it best to let the Malayan specimens stand under 

 Eichmond's name though it is evident that St. cliryiea (Hodgs) ; St. 

 assimilis (Walden) ; St. bocagii, Salvad and St. chrysops, Eichm are all 

 but slightly differentiated subspecies. 



