1922] Robinson & Kloss : Birds of Malacca Straits. 255 



*44. Larvivora cyanea (Pall.) . 6 $ 



*45. Locustellata lanceolata (Temm.). 5 5, 9? 



46. Locustella certhiola (Pall.). l5,l$ 



47. Acrocephalus orientalis, Temm. & Schleg. 3 $ 



48. Phylloscopus borealis borealis (Bias.) . 7 5,4? 



49. Lanius cristatus, Linn. 3 5,1? 



50. Lanius tigrinus, Drap. 1 S imm. 



51. Chelidon dasypus (Bp.). 1? 



The occurrence of this rare martin, which breeds in 

 Japan and has been met with on migration in Borneo 

 whence it was originally described, is rather surprising. 

 The single specimen appears perfectly typical. 



XVIL A LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED ON PULAU 

 RUMPIA, SEMBILAN ISLANDS, 



In November and December, 1918 



by 

 H. C. Robinson and C. Bodhn Kix)ss. 



The following list of birds collected by Mr. E. Seimund 

 on Pulau Rumpia, one of the Sembilan Islands off the 

 mouth of the Perak River, in November and December, 

 1918 is of interest as bearing on migration and migra- 

 tion routes in the Malayan region, regarding which we 

 have as yet very little exact knowledge. 



One bird, new to the Fauna of the Malay Peninsula, 

 was obtained: 



Oreocincia dauma (Lath.) 



Pulau Rumpia is a rocky island rising to a height 

 of about 600 feet and of very uneven surface. In extent 

 it is perhaps 1,500 or 2,000 acres and is densely forested. 

 There are two or three small bays with sandy beaches 

 of no great extent. It is the largest of the Sembilan Group 

 and is separated from the other islands and from 

 the mainland by depths approximating to twenty-five 

 fathoms. 



Except during the migration season the bird popula- 

 tion is small, being confined to a few nutmeg-pigeoq, 

 crows, sunbirds and an occasional kingfisher, excluding of 

 course the usual shore and marine birds. 



1. Treron nipalensis, Hodgs. 1 $ 

 2 



