1916.] H. C. Robinson & C. B. Kloss : Kedah Peak. 231 



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" Iris reddish hazel, bill dark horn, tomia and gape paler, 

 feet pinkish slate." [H.C.R. & C.B.K.] 



Common everywhere on the lower hills of the Peninsula 

 as far North as Bandon, but more numerous in the South. 



Stachyrhis nigriceps subsp. Davisoni, Sharpe. 



Stachyrhis davisoni, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, \, p. 

 vii, (1892); Robinson & Kloss, Ibis, 1911, p. 61; Robinson, 

 Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. v, p. 105 (1914). 



Stachyrhis nigricep davisoni, Harington, Jonrn. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. Bombay, xxiii, p. 625 (1915). 



a — c. 3 Females. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 30th November- 

 4th December, 1915. [Nos. 2,123, 2,161-2.] 



*• Iris pale hazel, chestnut or chocolate, bill slate, the 

 culmen black, feet greyish brown with a greenish cast." 

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



On low trees and shrubs, fairly common. Apparently 

 ranging from the extreme south of the Peninsula northv^ards 

 to Karen-nee. The above specimens exactly agree with 

 topotypes from the Tahan River with \\hich they have been 

 compared. 



Herpornis zantholeuca (Hodgs). 



Herpornis zantholeuca (Hodgs): Sharpe, Cat. Birds, Brit. 

 Mus. vii, p. 636 (1883); Robinson & Kloss, Ibis, 191 1 p. 63; 

 Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. v, p. 107 (1914). 



a — i. 6 Males, 3 Females. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 3rd-9th 

 December, 1915. [Nos. 2,152, 2,157, 2,169, 2,173-4, 2,196, 

 2,199, 2,205, 2,221.] 



"Iris dark brown or hazel, bill pinkish horn, feet 

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



A very common and characteristic submontane bird, not 

 found as a rule above 3,500 ft. or at low elevations near the 

 coast. 



CiCHLOSELYS SIBERICUS (Pall). 



Cichloselys sibericus (Pall); Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay 

 States Mus. ii, p. 206 (1909). 



a — c. 3 Females. Kedah peak, 3,000 ft. 29th Novem- 

 ber — 2nd December, 1915. [Nos. 2,098, 2,105, 2,140.] 



" Iris dark hazel, bill black, yellowish green on base 

 of lower mandible, yellow at the gape, tarsi and feet brownish 

 5'ellow, more yellow posteriorly and on the soles." [H.C.R. & 

 C.B.K.] 



A migrant found during the winter months on several of 

 the higher mountains of the Peninsula. 



Hydrocichla ruficapilla (Temm). 

 Hydrocichla ruficapilla (Temm); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. vii, p. 319 (1885); Robinson Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. 

 ii, p. 207 (1909). 



