60 MK. J. L. BOKHOTB ON THE [Feb. 5, 



-- 16. Peeiceocottjs cuooEtrs Sharpe, 



Pericrocotus croceus, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 269. 



a. S . G-unong Inas, 4000 ft., Perak. 14tli Dec, 1899. 



Bill and feet black ; eyes hazel. 



This specimen is, I believe, the only one collected since the 

 species was described from an isolated specimen procured by Mr. 

 Wray near this same locality. It differs slightly from the type in 

 having the cheeks dark grey, i. e. lighter than the crown, and in 

 the throat being golden buff fading to Avhite at the base of the bill, 

 instead of dark slate-grey. As the type of croceus, however, shows 

 signs both of the yellow on the throat and also of the grey on the 

 cheeks, these differences are probably due to age. 



Dr. Sharpe, in describing the species, suggests that it may be 

 merely a yellow variety of P. turayi, but more material is necessary 

 before the matter can be definitely settled. I have carefully 

 examined the series of P.wrayi at the British Museum-; and those 

 males that are still in their immature yellow dress or in process of 

 assuming the red plumage are easily to be distinguished by the 

 foUow-ing characters : — 



(i.) In P. wrayi S there is always a slight trace of red visible 

 somewhere, which is not the case in P. croceus. 



(ii.) In P. croceus the colour of the back is as deep and glossy 

 as in specimens of P. ivrayi in full red plumage; P. ivrayi in yellow 

 plumage is always duller on the back. 



(iii.) In P. ivrayi in yellow plumage the yellow does not extend 

 over the throat to the base of the bill, but it has those parts of a 

 dirty white which are afterwards to be black ; in P. croceus the 

 intensity of the yellow is not diminished. 



• 17. Ehipiduba JAYANiCA (Sparrm.). 



Muscicapa javanica, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, iii. pi. 75. 



Ehipidura javanica (Sparrm.), Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. iv. 

 p. 332 (1879) ; Gates, op. cit. i. p. 267 ; Hartert, loc. cit, p. 389. 



a. Tringganu. 29th Oct., 1899. 



Iris brown ; bill and feet black. 



[Local name '_' murai gila " (= mad murai), so called from its 

 alleged eccentricity of flight. — R. E.~] 



-f- 18. Teepsiphone aeeinis (Blyth). 



Tchitrea affinis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 292 {ex A. Hay MS.). 



Terpsiphone afflnis (Blyth), Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. iv 

 p. 349 (1879); Gates, op. cit. i. p. 261; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888* 

 p. 270. ' 



a. $ . Aring, Kelantan. 1st Sept., 1899. 

 Bill and feet blue-black. 



+-19. SiPHiA iiUBEcuLoiDES (Yigors). 

 Phcenicura rtibeculoides, Vigors, P. Z. 8. 1831, p. 35. 



