Northern Portion of the Malay Peninsula. G9 



Laniid^. 



■^230. Hemipus piuatus. 



Hemipus picatus (Sykcs) ; Sharpe^ Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 iii. p. 307 (1877) ; Robinson, p. 209. 



Numerous in Trang in orchards at low elevations. 



Further south in the Peninsula in Selangor this species is 

 only found at elevations over 3000 feet, Hemipus obscnrus 

 (Horsf.) being the low-country species. In North Perak 

 at Temengoh in July both species were found together in 

 jungle-country of no great elevation, while in Trang the 

 present species alone was met with. 



^ 231. Tephrodornis gularis. 



Tephrodornis gularis (RafHes) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 278 ; 

 Robinson, p. 209. 



Very common at Trang and throughout the rest of the 

 Peninsula to Singapore at medium elevations up to 2600 feet. 

 Found in pairs or occasionally in small flocks and usually in 

 very lofty trees. 



f- 232. Platylophus ardesiacus. 



Platylophus ardesiacus (Cab.); Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 317; 

 Robinson, p. 209. 



Very abundant throu.ghout the Peninsula in thick jungle, 

 but not at any great height in the mountains. 



-7-233. Lanius cristatus. 



Lanius cristatus Linn. ; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. viii. 

 p. 271 (1883). 



Immature birds of this species were very common in those 

 parts of Trang visited by us. It is generally distributed 

 throughout the Peninsula during the winter months, but 

 adults are rare. 



-+-234. Lanius lucionensis. 



Lanius lucionensis Linn.; Gadow, tom. cit. p. 274. 



Very rare in the Peninsula ; we have ourselves come 

 across two specimens only — a female adult shot on Langkawi 

 in March 1909 and an adult from Kuala Lumpur dated 

 March 1907. 



