246 BIRDS OF THE 
Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, where it 
is found in the South (Moeara Teweh), at the Sandakan 
Bay and in Sarawak. 
204, Malacopteron cinereum. 
Malacopteron cinereum Eyton, P. Z. 8. 1839, p. 103; Sharpe, Cat. 
B. Br. Mus. VII, p. 565; id. Ibis 1889, p. 416; Everett, L. B. 
Born. p. 105; Bittik. N. L. M. 1895/6, p. 103. 
Malacopteron magnum Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 226. 
A great series obtained at the foot of Mount Kenepai, 
at Nanga Raoen, in the Siniai Valley and on the western 
slope of the Liang Koeboeng, in which latter locality, at 
an altitude of about 700—800 m. above the sea, it is a 
very common bird, living in the undergrowth of the high 
forest. Also from the Upper Mahakkam. — Iris reddish brown, 
pill horn-color, base of lower mandible flesh-color, feet 
pale flesh-color. 
Hab. Malacca, Sumatra and Borneo, where it is recorded 
from the North, the North-west (Sarawak) and the Centre 
of the island. 
205. Malacopteron affine. 
Trichastoma affine Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XI, p. 795 (1842), 
Napothera atricapilia Bp. Consp. I, p. 359 (Type in Mus. Lugd.). 
Setaria affinis Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 231. 
Malacopterum affine Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. VII, p. 569; Everett, 
L. B. Born. p. 106; Sharpe, Ibis 1889, p. 416; Biittik. N. L. M. 
1895/6, p. 105. 
Nine specimens obtained at Pontianak, at the Southern 
foot of Mount Kenepai, at Nanga Raoen (Mandai Valley) 
and at Poelau (Sibau Valley). Twelve specimens from the 
Upper Mahakkam. — This species lives in low forest, feeding 
upon insects, Younger specimens differ from the adult in 
having the quills and wing-coverts broadly edged with 
rusty-red instead of olive-brown; a probably adult bird 
shows the peculiarity, already mentioned by Dr, Sharpe 
(1. c.), of having the throat striped with olive-brown, while, 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXI. 
