Northern Purt on of the Malay Peninsula. 63 



its very mucli coarser bill. With regard to tlie two other 

 Malayan species^ it can be at once distinguished from 

 M. robinsoni, confined to the high moui:tains, by its very much 

 larger size, and from M. dicrorhynchus, which is also found 

 in Sumatra, by its much more brilliant coloration. 



The species is very common on Langkawi and Terutau, 

 whence we have received large series, and less abundant in 

 Trang, where only three or four were collected. Like the 

 other species of the genus it keeps to rocky hills and gullies 

 covered with deep jungle. M. dicrorhynchus, the species with 

 which we are best acquainted, is common on the limestone 

 cliffs near Kuala Lumpur, where it feeds on snails. Their 

 shells are broken on the locks, each bird apparently using 

 one particular spot for the purpose, with the result that large 

 piles of debris accumulate. 



"(-207. Herpornis zantholeuca. 



Herpornis zuntholeuca Hodgs. ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 636. 



A single specimen was obtained on the Langkawi group 

 in the earlier part of 1909. Elsewhere on the Peninsula 

 the species is common at medium elevations, being met with 

 in small flocks on the smaller trees. 



TuRDIDiE. 



-\-~^ 208. Geocichla citrina. 



Geocichia citrina (Lath.) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 172 (1881). 



A large series of this and the succeeding species was 

 collecttd at various places in Trang during December, 

 January, and February. We have also obtamed it from 

 Langkawi and Terutau in the months of P'ebruary and 

 March. 



~^ 209. Geocichla innotata. 



Geocichla innotata (Blyth) ; Seebohm, tom. cit. p. 176; 

 Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., i3irds, ii. p. Ill (1890) ; Robinson', 

 p. 206. 



A few specimens from Trang lack the white spots to the 



