Northern Portion of the Malay Peninsula. 51 



tlie year in the Peninsula and is one of the very few low- 

 land birds that are peculiar to the country. It is found only 

 in the neiglibourhood of the precipitous limestoue hills and 

 cliffs that are so characteristic a feature of tlie northern and 

 central portions of the Peninsula. It nests among the 

 rocksj generally at the entrance of or a little inside a cave, 

 but we have not yet obtained the eggs. 



MUSCICAPID/E. 



~K 149. Hemichelidon fuliginosa. 



Heniichelidon sihirica (Gin.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. iv. p. 120 (1879) (part.) ; Robinson, p. 186. 



Fairly common at low elevations at Chong, Trang, at the 

 foot of the main dividing-line, which here attains no great 

 height. In other parts of the Peninsula we have met with 

 it only in the winter months at not less than 2700 feet. 



-f 150. Alseonax latirostris. 



Alseonax latiroslris (Raffles) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 127; 

 Robinson, p. 187. 



Seen in large numbers along with the foregoing species ; 

 also on Terutau and Langkawi in February and March. 



■-^151. Cyornis magnirostris. 



Siphia magnirostris (Blyth) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 453. 



One specimen sexed as female by the collectors, but pro- 

 bably an immature male, was shot on Chong Hill at about 

 2000 ft. on December 24th, and constitutes a new record 

 for the Malay Peninsula. 



fl52. Cyornis suMATRENsis. 



Siphia sumatrensis Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 451. 



Cyornis sumatrensis Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 550 (1902). 



This species has hitherto been known only from the type, 

 a "Malacca" skin errontoujily ascribed to Malacca, and 

 Dr. Hartert's specimen from Sungei Lebeh in the lowlands 

 of Kelantan. The following additional specimens are now 

 before us : — 



