314 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. {[Vov. XI, 
The birds, generally in pairs or families of four or five 
specimens, travel from bush to bush, not very high from 
the ground, dodging and climbing in and out of the tangled 
masses of vegetation. Their flight is rather clumsy. 
287.’ Prinia familiaris Horsf. 
6. Fort de Kock, Padang Highlands, 920 M. 
é,2¢?. Buo, Padang Highlands, 280 M. 
?. Aur, Kumanis, Padang Highlands, 200 M. 
é. Bencoolen town. 
Male : iris reddish brown, bill black, or brownish black, 
feet yellowish pink, claws whitish. The female has the 
upper mandible brownish black and the lower yellowish 
pink with a brownish tip. 
Wings, ¢ 56, 56,55; 9° 51.5, 49.5, 48.5 mm. 
Lives in‘ open country in hedges and bushes, in village 
gardens. 
288. Burnesia flaviventris flaviventris (Deless.). 
3¢. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang Highlands, 
480 M. 
é. Shores of lake, Korinchi, 733 M. 
Iris pale yellowish brown, bill black, feet brownish 
yellow or brownish pink, claws greyish pink. 
Wings, 47, 46, 45, 45 mm. 
Found in open country with long grass near water ; 
the Korinchi specimen was shot in the reeds along the lake 
shore. 
LANIIDAE. 
289. Hemipus hirundinaceus (Temm.). 
JsOmuyonus Olbseurens I, be Io, dl, 1, BAB IR ce IK UG js Tle 
Ite WS IG, INES jos 10's}, 
é ad. 2é imm. Fort de Kock, Padang High- 
lands, 920 M. 
29. Buo, Padang Highlands, 280 M. 
é. Puntian, Kumanis, Padang Highlands, 280 M. 
é ad., ¢ imm., 2°. Bencoolen town. 
é imm. Pasumah Estate, Mt. Dempu, Palem- 
bang, 900 M. 
Male : iris dark brown, bill, feet, and claws black, soles 
whitish. 
Females and immature birds have the bill brownish 
black, the base of the lower mands paler and the feet 
blackish or black. 
Wings, ¢ 65.5, 65, 65, 65, 65.5 (imm.), 65 (imm.), 
64 (imm.); 2 67, 65, 63 mm. 
