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numerous at medium elevations, ] 500-3000 feet, but is rare 

 above and below that level. At high elevations the prevalent 

 species is P. montanus Salvad., while P. igneus is found in 

 the low country and on the coast. 



'163. Pericrocotus cinereus. 



Pericrocotus cinereus Lafr. ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 83. 



A migrant j common along the coast of the Peninsula, 

 south to Malacca, during the winter months. 



Pycnonotid^. 



-^164. iEoiTHINA VIRIDISSIMA. 



^githina viridissima (Bp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. vi. p. 6 (1881). 



"i^I65. ^GITHINA TIPHIA. 



JEgithina tiphia (Linn.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 7 . 

 Both these loras are prolDably common enough in Trang, 

 but our collections contain only a single specimen o£ each. 



-f-lGG. iExHORHYNCHUS LAFKESNAYI. 



jEthorhynchus lafresnayei (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. 

 p. 14 ; Robinson, p. 192. 



Commoner in Trang than in any other locality in which 

 we have found the species. 



A jungle-bird, in contradistinction to j^githiaa tiphia, 

 which inhabits orchards and cultivated land. 



-^167. ChLOROPSIS ZOSTEROPS. 



Chloropsis zosterops Vig. ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p, 21 ; 

 Robinson, p. 193. 



Exceedingly common at Chong and well distributed over 

 the whole of the Peninsula at medium and low elevations. 



~<-168. Chloropsis CHLOROCEPHALA. 



Chloropsis chlurocepliala (Wald.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 28. 



As common as Ch. zosterops ; not found in the south of 

 the Peninsula, where it is replaced by Ch. icterocephala 



(Less.). 



