12 | BIRDS OF THE LARUT HILLS. 
6. ‘Turdinus abbotti olivaceus. (Strick!.) 
Abbotts Babbler. Not uncommon in thickets near the foot ` 
of the hills. Dr. Sharpe identified a Zwrdinus sent by Mr. Wray 
from these hills as sepiariws. Mine was certainly the same as the 
bird Mr. Wray has marked sepiarius, but Dr. Hartert assures 
me it is the pale sub-species (o/ivaceus) of Turdinus abbotti. (1) 
7. Alcippe peracensis. Sharpe. 
Wray’s Black-browed Babbler. Very common at 3000 feet 
and upwards. (3) ; 
8. Alcippe cinerea. (Blyth.) 
Grey-headed Babbler, Equally common below 3000 feet. (3) 
9. “Stachyris davisoni. ‘Sharpe. 
Davison's Babbler. One shot at 2000 feet. (1) 
10. Stachyris poliocephala. (Temm.) 
One shot near the foot of the hills. A pair noticed collect- 
ing nest material їп April. (1) 
11. Stachyridopsis chrysea. 
r. Hartert says, “A sub- решен, duller than Himalayan 
Pk Either St. chrysea assimilis or bocagei 
common above 3500 feet, feeding in little flocks 
rather damage the one I shot; the other I actually knocked 
down with the barrel of the gun. I contented myself with a 
pair, (2) 
12. Mixornis gularis. (Raffles.) 
The Sumatran Yellow-breasted Babbler. I shot one at 2000 
feet, but it was too damaged to preserve. 
13. Myiophoneus eugenii. (Hume.) | 
The Burmese Whistling Thrush. Rather rare. I met with 
