160 Journal of the F.M.S. Musewms. [Vov. Vill, 
Scarce on the lower slopes of the valley, becoming very 
abundant on the foot hills between 4-6,000 feet, thinning out 
above that level and disappearing entirely above about 
7,500 feet. 
Unlike the preceding species this flycatcher is much more 
retiring in its habits, being found only in fairly deep jungle, 
where it is met with in pairs flitting about the epiphytes and 
creepers that clothe the trees, not usually at any great height 
above the ground. It is very active and restless in its habits 
and does not evince the same curiosity and fearlessness of 
man, shown by so many of the montane flycatchers. 
The large series collected by us is on the whole very 
uniform and agrees well with typical specimens of the Malayan 
race collected on Mt. Tahan. The only variation shown is in 
the intensity of the orange or orange buff colour on the breasts 
of both males and females, which is considerably stronger in 
some specimens than in others. 
80. Muscicapula melanoleuca subsp. westermanni, Sharpe. 
Muscicapula maculata (Tick.); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. iv, p. 207 (1879) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv, p. 203 
(1879) ; Vorderman, op. cit. p. 397, no. 166. 
Muscicapula westermanm, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 270; 
Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States ?:us. 11, p. 188 (1909). 
Muscicapula melanoleuca, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 
Xl, p. 940 (1843); Finsch Notes Leyden Mus. xx, p. 93 (1898). 
Muscicapula melanoleuca westernmanim, Hartert, Nov. Zool. 
IX, p. 551 (1902). 
a. ¢&. Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi, Sumatra, 4,600 
feet. 20th April. [No. 1053.] 
b,c. 26. Korinchi Peak, Sumatra, 7,300 feet. 26th 
April-14th May. [Nos. 1172, 1537.] 
d. 8. Barong Bharu, Barisan Range, West Sumatra. 
Lat 2°S. 4,000 feet. 7thJune. [No.1951.] 
“Tris dark or hazel; bill black, feet black, sometimes with 
a purplish tinge.” 
This pretty little flycatcher was not nearly so common as 
it is in the mountains of the Malay Peninsula and very few 
were seen, though two or three frequented our lower camp on 
Korinchi peak. They were very tame and affected low brush- 
wood and fallen timber, flitting about in pairs. 
All four specimens are fully adult males in freshly moulted 
plumage and agree perfectly with others of the same sex from 
the actual type locality of Muscicapula westermanni. We have 
followed the majority of recent authors in regarding the 
Malayan as being distinct from the Himalayan race, females 
in the F. M. S. Museum agreeing perfectly with Sharpe’s 
description, having the upper parts clear grey, sharply differen- 
tiated from the clayey rufous of the upper tail coverts and tail. 
Expedition to Korinchi: 
