Mr. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM 
PERAK. 
(From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 
London, May 3rd, 1887.) 
ON a second collection of birds formed by Mr. L. WRAY 
in the mountains of Pérak, Malay Peninsula. By R. BOWDLER 
SHARPE, F.L.S, F.Z.S., &c., Zoological Department, British 
Museum. 
(PLATES XXXVII & XXXVIII.) 
Mr. L. WRay, the Curator of the Pérak Museum, has for- 
warded me another interesting collection of birds, amongst 
which are several novelties. The circumstances under which 
the collection was made are best explained by the following 
letter from Mr. WRAY himself :— 
PERAK MUSEUM. 
Pérak, Straits, Settlements, 
November 15th, 1886. 
“My Dear Sir, 
“Tn accordance with the promise contained in my last 
letter, I now send you a collection of 51 bird-skins, which I 
made during a six weeks’ stay on the hills in the months of 
September and October. Although it is not to be considered 
a complete collection, still, from the difficulty experienced in 
getting fresh species during the latter part of the time, I fancy 
it is a fairly representative one. 
‘The house in which | have been staying, and near which 
the collection was made, is about 4,400 feet above the sea- 
level, and there is only one other peak near which is higher, 
and that reaches to 4,700 feet. No other hills in the range, 
at least for many miles, rise higher than 5,600 feet. This 
