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PHILENTOMA PYRRHOPTERUM (Temm.). 
Philentoma pyrrhopterum (Temm.); Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. iv, p. 366 (1879); Robinson & Kloss, Ibis, 1911, p. 533 
Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. vy, p. 100 (1914). 
a, Us et Male, 1 shemalemitedah Peak. a 'ooomhimmoul 
December 1915. [Nos. 2,219—20.] 
“Male: iris red, bill black, feet lavender. Female: iris 
red, bill pale horn, whitish at gape, feet pale brown.” [H.C.R. 
& C.B.K.] 
Widely distributed all over the Peninsula, commoner in 
the more northern districts. 
RHINOMYIAS PECTORALIS (Salvad). 
Rhinomyias pectoralis (Salvad.); Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
Bri. Mus. iv, p: 3608 (870) Hiertert, Nov, Zool. 1x5) p: 
553 (1902). 
a—b. I Male, 1 Female. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 2-5th 
December 1915. [Nos. 2,146, 2,184.| 
“Tris hazel, bill black,» feet livid purplish pink.” 
EWC. 6s ClO) 
Not very common anywhere but found at medium eleva- 
tions throughout the Peninsula. 
CHLOROPSIS ICTEROCEPHALA (Less). 
Chloropsis icterocephala (Less.); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. vi, p. 30 (1881). 
a—f. 4 Males, 2 Females. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 3rd—8th 
December 1915. [Nos. 2,155, 2,175, 2,182, 2,197, 2,209-I0. | 
Male: iris rich hazel brown, bill black, feet greenish lead. 
Female: iris chestnut, bill slate, greenish slate on lower 
mandible, feet pale greenish plumbeous.” [H.C.R. & 
ClBal Kol 
Fairly common on the peak, which is nearly the northern 
limit of the species. The form occurring in Trang and 
Bandon is C. chlorocephala, while birds from Perlis immediately 
to the north of Kedah are intermediate. 
HEMIXUS CINEREUS (Blyth). 
Hemixus cinereus (Blyth); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
vi, p. 52, pl. 11 (1881). 
a—h. 8 Males. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 29th November-7th 
December 1915. [Nos. 2,103-4, 2,138, 2,147, 2,165—-6, 2,198, 
2,201. | 
“Tris red or chocolate, bill black, feet greyish brown, 
soles yellowish flesh. Common everywhere on the hill in 
parties of two or three. 
Several of the specimens have the undertail coverts faintly 
washed with greenish, which is apparently an indication of 
immaturity. 
