Ropixson & Kuioss : Birds of West Sumatra. 339 
town gardens, and even in old forest as proved by the 
specimen from Air Njuruk. 
Very active little birds, climbing among the foliage 
much in the manner of tits. 
345. Zosterops atricapilla Salvad. 
Ie WE Ie, HS 1s BADE Te Gea IKAR JI ai Si3- 
é. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 2200 M. 
g juv., 2. Sarasah, Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 
1850 M. June. 
Iris yellowish brown, bill hornblack, base of lower 
mandible grey, feet slaty. 
The juvenile bird had the iris greyish brown, the bill 
pinkish slate, and the feet grey. 
Wings, ¢ 56; 2° 58 mm. 
The juvenile bird (wing 46 mm.) is duller throughout 
than the adults with practically no black on the forehead 
and no white ring round the eye. It was being fed by the 
female at the time they were shot. 
The birds were seen several times on Mt. Talamau, 
always in numbers, together with Pericrocotus  spec., 
Dendrophila azurea expectata, etc. 
They live in the area where the jungle is thinning out 
and merging into the alpine bush. 
CHALCOPARIIDAE. 
346. Chalcoparia singalensis sumatrana Kloss. 
Chalcoparia singalensis R. & K., I, p. 244; R. & K.. Il, p. 131. 
6. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Disiricts, 400 M. (Type 
gnc 
2. Tanangtalu, Ophir Districts, 1000 M. (Type 
® Ve 
é. Muara Kiawai, Ophir Districts, 40 M. 
28. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang Highlands, 
480 M. 
6. Serapei, Korinchi, 800 M. 
Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Bencoolen, 
1000 M. 
Talang Ampat, Bencoolen, 40 M. 
Pasumah Estate, Mt. Dempu, Palembang, 
900 M. 
Iris dark crimson, bill bleck, feet dark brownish 
yellow with greenish cast, soles brownish yellow. 
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Contents of stomach : insects. 
