164 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vovr. VIII, 
Philentoma pyrhoptera (Temm.). 
Philentoma pyrrhopterum (Yemm.); Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. iv, p. 366 (1879); Vorderman, op. cit. p. 397, no. 
164. 
Philentoma pyvhoptera, Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1x, p. 553 
(1902). 
a. 6. Pasir Ganting, Coast of West Sumatra, Lat. 
22S), | |[WINS AUS ~ [NOS 2O73p) 
“Tris red, bill black, feet slate.”’ 
In swampy scrub jungle, near the sea. 
86. Rhinomyias olivacea subsp. brunneicauda (Salvad.). 
Hyloterpe brunnetcauda, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Ciy. Gen. xix, 
p- 210 (1879); Vorderman, op. cit. p. 399, no. 201. 
Rhinomyias brunneicauda, Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. 
XXIll, p. 40 (IQOT). 
Pachycephala brunneicauda, Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
Vili, p. 220 (1883); Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. xx, p. 225 
(1889). 
Siphia olivacea (part). Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. tv, 
P- 457 (1879). 
_ Anthipes olivaceus (part). Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind. Birds, 
ll, p. 34 (1890). 
ad.) 2 3, 20 °eesiolak) Daras,, Koren Valleys 
Sumatra, 3,000 feet. March 22nd-28th. 
[Nos. 309, 310, 314, 493-] 
“Tris hazel; bill black, feet purplish flesh.” 
Great confusion has arisen over the classification of this 
obscure species, which stands on the border line between the 
two great families Muscicapid@a and Landa, and as the brief 
synonymy shows, it has been referred to several genera. The 
present form, however, seems to be congeneric with Rhino- 
mytas rather than with either Siphia or Anthipes, from which it 
departs widely both in the characters of the bill and in the 
type of colouration. On the whole the affinities are strongly 
Muscicapine. 
As regards the specific position of the series before us 
there is not the slightest doubt that they are extremely closely 
allied to Cyornis olivacea, Hume, Stray. Feath. v, p. 338 (1877), 
from the extreme south of Tenasserim, of which we possess a 
series from Bandon in the north of the Malay Peninsula, only 
a hundred miles or so away. The Sumatran specimens differ 
from these in being slightly smaller, in having the cineraceous 
colour of the cap more clearly defined from the rest of the 
upper surface, which is decidedly less bright in tint, especially 
on the upper tail coverts and tail; the fuscous pectoral band 
is less buffy in tint, and the edges of the primaries are less 
ferruginous. 
Expedition to Korinchi: 
