1887.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. 431 



the hind wing. The usual Japanese and Corean form is much 

 larger than either of the forms mentioned, has much smaller and 

 fewer spots, and no trace of a second white band on the underside of 

 hind wing ; the underside is very variable. No definite opinion on 

 this difficult species can be formed without longer series than at pre- 

 sent exist. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate XXXV. 



Fig. L Papilio mikado, p. 406. 



2. Apatura caufa, p. 417. 



3. (j" 2 Poli/07nmatus auratus, p. 414. 



Plate XXXVI. 



Fig. 1. (f 5 Euripus coreanus, p. 418. 

 2. Dipsas flamen, p. 410. 



3. Oa a Second Collection of Birds formed by Mr. L. Wray 

 in the Mountains of Perak, Malay Peninsula. By 

 R. BowDLER Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c.. Zoological 

 Department^ Britisli Museum, 



[Eeceived April 15, 1887.] 



(Plates XXXVII. & XXXVIII.) 



Mr. L. Wray, the Curator of the Perak Museum, has forwarded 

 me another interesting collection of birds, amongst which are several 

 novelties. The circumstances under which the collection was made 

 are best explained by the following letter from Mr. Wray himself: — ■ 



" Perak Museum, 

 " Perak, Straits Settlements, 

 Nov. 15, 1886. 

 *• My DEAR Sir, — 



" In accordance with the promise contained in my last letter, 

 I now send you a collection of 51 bird-skins, which I made during a 

 six weeks' stay on the hills in the months of September and October. 

 Although it is not to be considered a complete collection, still, from 

 the difficulty experienced in getting fresh species during the latter 

 part of the time, I fancy it is a fairly representative one. 



" The house in which I have been staying, and near which the 

 collection was made, is about 4400 feet above the sea-level, and 

 there is only one other peak near which is higher, and that reaches 

 to 4700 feet. No other hills in the range, at least for many miles, 

 rise higher than .5600 feet. This range, which is known as the 

 Larut Range, is more or less connected on the north at the water- 

 shed of the Perak River with the main range of the peninsula. It 

 is covered with dense unbroken forest from base to peaks, without 

 any elevated open or grass lands. 



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