304 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums.  [Vov. XI, 
263. Macronus ptilesus ptilosus Jard. and Selby. 
IR 2 oe He Ton UO, 
28, 2. Muara Kiawai, Ophir Districts, 40 M. 
é subad. Bencoolen town. 
Iris dark brown, orbital skin pale bluish grey, gular 
skin purplish blue, bill black, feet and claws black, soles 
greenish dirty. yellow. 
The subadult bird had the lower mandible dark sepia 
and the feet blackish. 
Wings, ¢ 69 (subad.), 69, 71; ¢ 69 mm. 
Lives in swampy jungle and moves about in bushes, 
low trees and creepers not high above the ground. 
The crown of the subadult bird is distinctly paler than 
those of the adults. 
264. Myiophoneus flavirostris dicrorhynchus Salvad. 
R. & K., I, p. 199. 
2¢. Fort de Kock. Padang Highlands, 920 M. 
?. Muara Sako, Indrapura, 300 M. 
1 sex uncertain. Suban Ajam, Mt. Kaba, Bencoo- 
len, 1000 M. 
Iris dark brown, upper mandible hornblack, tip and 
tomia horny yellow, lower mandible horny yellow with 
more or less hornblack at the base. 
Wings, ? 158, 166, 166 ; sex inc. 160 mm. 
Not met with above 1000 metres and everywhere rather 
scarce. 
The bird is terrestial in its habits and is to be found 
near watercourses at the edge of clearings, or in secondary 
jungle ; it ventures even as far as human habitations. I 
observed for a long time a bird, which every day visited 
the garden of one of my friends living at Fort de Kock ; 
it evidently came from the canyon at the brink of which 
the place is situated. 
The bird feeds on insects and small watersnails. Every 
morning between six and seven o’clock and in the evening 
between four and five the bird comes out of the low bushes 
and is then seen hopping about along the banks and on the 
stones in the brook. During the remainder of the day 
it hides in dark places under thick undergrowth sitting on 
the lowest branches of some bush. Its call consists of three 
loud whistling notes, which are only heard when the bird 
visits the watercourses. 
265. Arrenga castanea (Wardl.-Rams.). 
Ie 6% JK JS 1s U7 
6, 2. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 1200-1300 M. 
