228 Journal of the F.M.S. Musemns. lVol. VI, 



Philentoma pyrrhopterum (Temm.). 

 Philentoma pyrrhopterum (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. iv, p. 366 (1879) ; Robinson & KlosSi Ibis, 1911, p. 53; 

 Robinson, J ourn. Fed. Malay States Mus. v, p, 100 (1914). 



a, b. I Male, i Female. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 9th 

 December 1915. [Nos. 2,219 — 20.] 



"Male: iris red, bill black, feet lavender. Female: iris 

 red, bill pale horn, whitish at gape, feet pale brown." [H.C.R. 

 & C.B.K.] 



Widely distributed all over the Peninsula, commoner in 

 the more northern districts. 



Rhinomyias pectoralis (Salvad). 



Rhinomyias pectoralis (Salvad.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. iv, p. 368 (1879)"; Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix, p. 

 553 (1902). 



a — b. I Male, i Female. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 2-5th 

 December 1915. [Nos. 2,146, 2,184.] 



" Iris hazel, bill black, feet livid purplish pink." 

 [H.C.R. & C.B.K.] 



Not very common an\vvhere but found at medium eleva- 

 tions throughout the Peninsula. 



Chloropsis icterocephala (Less). 



Chloropsis icterocephala (Less.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. vi, p. 30 (188 1). 



a—f. 4 Males, 2 Females. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 3rd-8th 

 December 1915. [Nos. 2,155, 2,175, 2,182, 2,197, 2,209-10.] 



Male: iris rich hazel brown, bill black, feet greenish lead. 

 Female: iris chestnut, bill slate, greenish slate on lower 

 mandible, feet pale greenish plumbeous." [H.C.R. & 

 C.B.K.] 



Fairly common on the peak, which is nearly the northern 

 limit of the species. The form occurring in Trang and 

 Bandon is C. chlorocephala, while birds from Perlis immediately 

 to the north of Kedah are intermediate. 



Hemixus cinereus (Blyth). 



Hemixus cinereus i Blyth) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 vi, p. 52, pi. II (1881). 



a — h. 8 Males. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 29th November-7th 

 December 1915. [Nos. 2,103-4, 2,138, 2,147, 2,165-6, 2,198, 

 2,201.] 



" Iris red or chocolate, bill black, feet greyish brown, 

 soles yellowish flesh. Common everywhere on the hill in 

 parties of two or three. 



Several of the specimens have the undertail coverts faintly 

 washed with greenish, which is apparently an indication of 

 immaturity. 



