1887.] mr. r. b. sharps on birds from perak. 443 



Gecinus chlorolophus. 



" No. 22. <S . Irides crimson. The only Woodpecker seen in 

 the higher parts of the hills." 



Lepocestes porphyromelas. 



BlytJdjiieus porphyromelas, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 52. 



"No. 58. 6' Irides brown." 



MiGLYPTES grammithorax, Malh.; Hargitt, Ibis, 1884, p. 191. 



Meiglyptes tristis, Hume, Str. F. 18/9, p. 52; Kelham, t. c. 

 p. 388; Salvad. t. c. p. 184. 

 "No. 63. c?. Irides brown." 



ViviA innominata (Burt.); Salvad. t. c, p. 184. 



"No. 48. $. Irides brown. This pretty little Piculet seems 

 to be rare, as I only met with it once. I saw a small bird on the 

 almost vertical brancli of a shrub, pecking at it in the same way as a 

 "Woodpecker, and took it to be a Nuthatch until I shot it." 



I showed Mr. Wray's specimen to my friend Mr. Hargitt, who pro- 

 nounced it identical with Himalayan examples. By the discovery of 

 the species in the Larut mountains its range to the southward is 

 much extended, though it occurred to Dr. Beccari in Sumatra. 



Carpophaga badia (Raffl.); Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 67. 



"No. 45. Irides greyish white; feet and eyes crimson-red. I 

 have also collected this Pigeon on the plains near the mangrove- 

 swamps in May and June, though it is not by any means common, 

 and does not seem to have been noticed by collectors in the Straits. 

 Like C. insignis of Hodgson, it appears to descend from the hills to 

 the plains during the months of April, May, and June." 



Macropygia, sp. 



" No. 60. S • Irides pale brown, with an inner ring of white ; 

 legs dull lake-red. Only one specimen of this handsome Tree-Dove 

 was procured, so it is probably rare. I shot it at upwards of 4000 

 feet. 



" Some three years ago I shot a small reddish-brown Dove, about 

 9 or 1 inches in length, near the top of the Larut hills, but unfor- 

 tunately the skin was not preserved. I also found a nest belonging 

 to the same species, which was built of twigs and contained white 

 eggs. It was on the top of a small palm tree, about 5 feet from the 

 ground. These two species and Carpophaga badia are the only 

 representatives of the Columbse which I have seen in the upper parts 

 of the mountains." 



So far as I can see, this Dove is M. tusalia of Hodgson ; but I 

 must confess that the variations of plumage in this genus require 

 more time to work out than I have at present at my disposal. 



