1887.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. 441 



black, the sides of the latter dark crimson enclosed by black ; breast, 

 abdomen, sides of body, and flanks pale olive-greenish, yellower on 

 the centre of the breast, which is also streaked with black, and just 

 below the velvety black of the upper breast are some tiny longi- 

 tudinal streaks of scarlet ; on the sides of the body and flanks a tuft 

 of pale yellow; thighs and under tail-coverts like the breast; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries yellow, with white bases; quills below 

 dusky blackish, white along the inner edge. Total length 5 inches, 

 culmeu 7, wing 2'0, tail 1*6, middle feathers 2"6, tarsus 0'5. 



Arachnothera magna, Hodgs.; Shelley, Monogr, Nect, pi. 112. 

 fig. 1. 



"No. 26. Irides brown. Feet and legs bright orange; bill 

 black. Female much larger than the male. A very active bird, 

 with a loud harsh note." 



Arachnothera longirostris (Lath.); Shelley, t. c. pi. 114; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. .^5; Kelham, t, c. p. 501; Salvad. t. c. 

 p. 214. 



" No. 25. Irides brown. I only saw these Spider-hunters once, 

 when a large party of them were fluttering on the tops of some small 

 trees, making a continual chirping." 



Dictum ignipectus (Hodgs.); Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 41. 



"No. 49. d' Irides brown." 



A specimen in bad condition, but apparently identical with others 

 from the Himalayas, 



Dendrophila azurea (Less.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 211, 



"No. 55. $. Irides white ; skin round eyes white; legs and 

 bill blue-grey. Sexes alike. This pretty little Nuthatch frequents 

 the densest parts of the jungle, usually in the ravines, and seems to 

 prefer the trunks of the largest trees to hunt for insects &c. Is seen 

 singly or in small parties of three or four." 



Count Salvadori finds fault with Gray's figure of this species, and 

 says that the feet in the dried skins from Sumatra were greenish, not 

 yellow ; but it is probable that they became yellow in time, and 

 certainly our Java skins have yellow legs ; but a Timor specimen has 

 them dark, like the Perak bird. Both the last-named specimens are 

 duller blue on the back than the Java specimens. 



Zosterops auriventer, Hume; Sharpe, Cat. B. ix. p. 163. 

 " No. 43. 5 • Irides yellow-brown." 



MoTACiLLA MELANOPE, Pall. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 497 (1885). 



Calobates melanope, Hume, Str, F. 1879, pp. 65, 161 ; Salvad. 

 t. c. p. 236. 



"No. 40. cJ, Irides dark brown. Males and females alike." 



