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IYNGIPICUS CANICAPILLUS, Bryru. 
Iyngipicus canicapillus, Blyth; Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 
xvill., p. 322 (1890) ; Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1911, p., 46. 
Of three birds, two males and a female, collected in November, 
1911, at Padang Sieh, on the Perlis-Senggora border, one male has 
the central rectrices quite unspotted and is rather smaller than the 
other male from the same locality, the wing measuring 77 mm. 
against 82mm. The wing of an adult male from Kuala Lumpur is 
also 82 mm., and in this specimen also the central rectrices are only 
very slightly spotted. In view, however, of the fact that both races 
occur in the same area I do not think that I. pumilus, Hargitt, 
which was founded on these differences. can be recognised as even 
sub-specifically distinct. 
CHALCOCOCCYX MALAYANUS (RAFFLES). 
Chalcococcyx malayanus (Raffles); Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 
xix., p. 298 (1890). 
In the central and northern portions of the Peninsula this cuckoo 
isa very rare bird. Two males and a female, collected by Mr. Sermund 
at Lenggong in Upper Perak in January, 1912, appear to be the most 
northerly specimens on record. 
PITTA CARULEA (RAFFLES). 
Pitta cerulea (Raffles) ; Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xiv., p. 416 
(1888.) ; Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1911, p. 48. 
A half-grown nestling obtained at Pelarit, Perlis, early in 
November indicate that this species breeds in the later portion of 
the year. 
PITTA COCCINEA, Eyton. 
Pitta coccinea, Eyton; Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xiv., 
p. 451 (1888). 
Until recently this very handsome species of Ground Thrush was 
but poorly represented in the Federated Malay States Museums. 
Recently, however, we have found that it is resident throughout the 
year in low country swampy jungle, which is very unpleasant to 
collect in; and series have been obtained from Ayer Kring on the 
Negri Sembilan-Pahang boundary, at Rawang in Selangor, and at 
Parit in the lower portion of the Perak river valley. 
CYORNIS RUFIGASTRA (RAFFLES). 
Muscicapa rufigastra, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc., xiii., p. 312 (1822). 
Cyornis frenata, Hume, Stray Feathers, viii., p. 114 (1880). 
Cyornis erythrogaster, Sharpe, Hand-List Birds, iii., p. 216 (1901). 
Mr. Seimund collected a series of five specimens of this flycatcher 
on Pulau Pintu Gedong, Selangor, in September and October, 1912, 
two males and three females. The latter agree exactly with the 
description of C. frenata of which they are practically topotypes and 
with another female collected at Tanjong Tombak, Pulau Bintang, 
