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flew quickly from tree to tree. Day after day we went out into the 

 jungle to watch for them, but as there was no certainty which side 

 of the camp they would take, and as they always passed when it 

 was so dark in the forest that neither they nor tlie sight of the 

 gun could be distinguished, we were never successful, until nearly 

 the last day of our stay at that camp, in shooting one. Tlie strange 

 thing was that we never saw these birds in the daytime. They 

 passed up the hill to roost at nightfall and down again at dawn. 

 Their note is so loud and distinctive, and they are so noisy, that they 

 could not easily be overlooked or mistaken for any other bird. 



" They are evidently rare, as only this one small party was seen." 



This new species is very closely allied to G. torquatus, Hume, 



from Tenasserim, but is altogether of a much darker colour, the 



upper surface being more rufous-brown. It is evidently a southern 



race of the Tenasserim form. 



SiBiA siMiLLiMA, Salvad. 



Sibia simillima, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 352. 



Heterophusia simillima, Salvad. t. c. p. 232. 



" No. 13. (S ad. Batang Padang Mountains, Perak." 



POMATORHINUS BORNEENSIS, Cab. 



Pomatorhinus borneensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 411 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 61. 



" No. 100. 6 ad. Gunong Batu Putch (3400 feet). 



" Irides very light brown ; bill white, VFith black on the top of the 

 ridge, reaching about halfway to the point ; legs and feet bluish 

 ash ; soles of feet yellowish brown. 



"Only one pair of these birds were seen, they were in company 

 with a number of other birds." 



Melanocichla peninsularis, sp. n. 



" ^o. 84. S ad. Gunong Batu Putch (3400 feet). 



" Irides bluish grey ; bare skin round eye and also the skin of 

 the head and neck under the feathers dark purplish blue ; bill bright 

 reddish orange. Legs grey, edges of scales yellowish ; feet same, but 

 more yellow, foles of feet yellow. Stomach contained a quantity of 

 reddish-coloured ants. It is a shy and uncommon bird, frequents 

 dense jungle, in pairs or small parties of three or four, is noisy and 

 harsh-voiced. I saw it also at nearly 5000 feet on Gunong Ulu 

 Batang Padang." 



This species is an interesting representative of M. luguhris of 

 Sumatra, hut is slaty grey, instead of brown or blackish, both above 

 and below. Total length 10 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 4*8, tail 4"6, 

 tarsus r45. 



Rhinocichla mitrata (S. Miill.), 



Bhinocichla mitrata, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 352. 



Leiothrix mitrata, Salvad. t. c. p. 230. 



"No. 12. $ ad. Batang Padang Mountains, Perak." 



