1887.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. 437 



■ The following is a description of the sexes of T. peninsufce : — 



Adult male. General colour above reddish brown, a trifle more 

 olivaceous towards the lower back and rump ; scapulars like the 

 back ; lesser and median coverts like the back, the latter slightly 

 washed with rufous, greater coverts maroon-red ; bastard-wing black, 

 externally golden or maroon, the outer feather olive, greenish exter- 

 nally ; primary-coverts black, forming a large patch ; quills blackish, 

 externally olive-yellow with a golden lustre, rather brighter on the 

 primaries ; inner secondaries inclining to ashy grey towards the ends, 

 which are edged with black ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; tail- 

 feathers dusky, externally golden olive ; crown of head deep chestnut 

 as far as the occiput ; nape and hind neck like the back, the former 

 slightly tinged with rufous ; lores and feathers over the eye black ; 

 sides of hinder crown dark asiiy, forming a patch converging on the 

 nape ; sides of face, ear-coverts, and cheeks dark rufous-brown, 

 blackish below the eye and on the chin ; throat and fore neck deep 

 chestnut, becoming paler and more rufous-brown on the breast and 

 abdomen ; the sides of body and flanks somewhat duller brown ; 

 thighs and under tail-coverts dull rufous-brown ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries like the sides of the breast ; quills below blackish, ashy 

 along the inner edge. Total length 10 inches, culmen 095, wing 

 41, tail 4"5, tarsus To. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 10 inches, cul- 

 men 095, wing 3'8, tail 4"3, tarsus \'A. 



POMATORHINUS WRAYI, Sp. U. 



" No. 24. S $ • Jrides brown. This bird has a loud, clear, 

 and rather pleasing song. It frequents the undergrowth and often 

 the ground, going about in pairs. Stomach contained insects." 



This species represents P. tickelU in the Perak Mountains, but it 

 is everywhere much darker in plumage, the head being dusky brown, 

 inclining to dark ashy. The tail is black instead of rufous-brown. 



The following is a description of the typical pair of birds : — 

 Adult female. General colour above reddish brown, with indistinct 

 dusky cross-bars under certain lights ; lower back and rump slightly 

 more olivaceous ; upper tail-coverts ai^ain reddish brown ; lesser and 

 median coverts reddish brown like the back ; greater coverts, bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish brown, externally reddish 

 brown, inclining to chestnut on the quills ; tail-feathers blackish, 

 washed externally with reddish brown, especially towards the base 

 of the feathers, which are indistinctly barred with dusky under 

 certain lights ; crown of head more dusky brown than the back, and 

 only slightly washed with rufous ; lores ashy whitish ; behind the 

 eye a bare S[)Ot ; no distinct eyebrow, but a streak above the ear- 

 coverts, formeil by the white longitudinal centres of the featliers, 

 larger and more distinct down the sides of the neck ; ear-coverts 

 pale brown, followed by a reddish band down the sides of the neck ; 

 cheeks, throat, breast, and centre of abdomen white ; sides of neck 

 dusky brown, with some longitudinal white stripes intermingled ; 



