280 MR. SHARPE ON BIRDS COLLECTED IN PER4K. May 15, 



grey beneath and at angle. The irides in one specimen were dark 

 brown. No males were collected." 



A very interesting race of C. Jlavinucha of Tenasserim, with a 

 large series of which I have compared it. I showed the specimen to 

 my friend Mr. Hargitt, and we examined it together, so that I have 

 the best possible confirmation of the distinctness of the species. It 

 differs from C. jlavinucha in having the feathers of the throat pure 

 black, narrowly margined, except at the tip, with white, the black 

 expanding about midway. The bill is black, yellowish at the angle 

 of the lower mandible ; the rufous bars on the wings are about equal 

 in width to the black interspaces. 



The size is considerably less, and the general coloration is darker, 

 especially on the face, which is deep olive. Total length 10'5 inches, 

 cuhnen 1"28, wing 5'6, tail 4, tarsus 0'93. 



The immature female of C Jlavinucha, which the Perak bird most 

 resembles, has the feathers of the throat of an olive-black, edged 

 with white, the black contracted about midway. The adult of the 

 same species has the base of the feathers entirely white, the apex 

 only being olive-black. 



Fam, Trogonid^. 

 Harpactes erythrocephalus (Gould). 



Harpactes erythrocephalus, Oates, t. c p. 99. 



Harpactes hodgsoni, Gould, Hume & Davison, t. c. p. 66. 



"No. 86. S 2 ad. Gunong Batu Putch (3400 feet). 



" Irides light red ; feet pale flesh-colour, with bluish-white bloom ; 

 bill cobalt-blue, black on ridge and at points; bare skin round eye 

 purple. The female has the irides light brown, at least in the single 

 specimen I met with. It keeps usuallj' in the undergrowth and 

 lower trees of the forest, and has the same habits as Harpactes 

 kasumba." 



Compared with Himalayan specimens, and apparently quite 

 identical. 



Harpactes oreskius (T.). 

 Harpactes oreskius, Oates, t. c. p. 100. 

 "No. 114. c? $ ad. Gunong Batu Putch (3400 feet). 

 " Irides light brown, the female pale grey ; bill black, shading 

 into cobalt-blue at angle ; legs and feet ash." 



Fam. Capitonid^. 

 Megal^ma versicolor (Raffl.). 

 MegalcEma versicolor, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 53. 

 "No. 119. 2 ad. Batang Padang Mountains, Perak. 

 " Irides dark brown, bill black. 



" This is a rare bird, which I have only met with on two occasions, 

 both times in heavy jungle." 



