300 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums.  [Vou. XI, 
Wing 67 mm. 
Measurements in the flesh.—¢? No. 1030, total length 
162, tail 42, bill from gape 33, tarsus 27.5. 
Contents of stomach : Coleoptera. 
This very curious bird was travelling with a small 
flock of Turdinulus epilepidotus dilutus, Rob. and KL, 
amongst the low plants in the forest. It is remarkable that 
the appearance of this bird, except for the long bill, matches 
strikingly the other species it accompanied. It seems to 
be very rare, for it was the only specimen I observed during 
my four years travels. 
254. Alcippe cinerea Blyth. 
R. & K., I, p. 192. 
2. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 700 M. 
2é. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang Highlands, 
480 M. 
¢. Penatei, Korinchi, 300 M. 
8. Serapei, Korinchi, 800 M. 
9. Muara Sako, Indrapura, 300 M. 
6, 6 imm., @. Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, 
Bencoolen, 1000 M. 
Iris dark brownish grey, upper mandible dark blackish 
brown, tomia paler, lower mandible brownish plumbeous, 
feet and claws purplish flesh with a brownish tint. 
The immature bird had the upper mandible blackish 
brown, with yellowish tomia, the lower yellowish. 
Wings, ¢ 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 70, 71; 9 67, 68 mm. 
Contents of stomach : insects and spiders ; fruit and 
seeds. 
Lives in old forest. 
In the immature bird the crown and nape are browner 
than in the adult, the foreneck is tinged with brown, the 
flanks are more fuscous and the undertail-coverts are brown. 
255. Stachyris nigriceps larvata (Bp.). 
R. & K., I, p. 192. 
36, 2, 6 juv., gjuv. Mt. Talamau, Ophir 
Districts, 1000-1500 M. 
é. Andalas, Tandjung, Padang Highlands, 720 M. 
6. Palupuh, Agam, Padang Highlands, 640 M. 
6, 2. Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi, 1400 M. 
$, 1 umsexed. Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Ben- 
coolen, 1000 M. 
$. Suban Ajam, Mt. Kaba, Benccolen, 1200 M. 
26. Air Njuruk, Mt. Dempu, Palembang, 1400 M. 
