BIRDS FROM PERAK. 135 
Adult female.—Similar to the male, but rather paler in 
colour. Total length 5.2 inches, culmen 0.7, wing 2.55, tail 
1.75, tarsus 0.9. 
Szva sordida, Hume; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii., p. 641. 
“No. 33.—Irides white. This hill-tit is not often seen, 
so far as my experience goes. During bad stormy weather 
it seems to disappear altogether, probably taking refuge in 
_ the sheltered valleys.” 
A young bird, belonging to S. sordida or a closely allied 
species, and certainly quite distinct from S. cyanoptera. It 
has rather a long tail, and is yellower underneath than the 
type of S. sordida, and a comparison of fully adult birds is 
desirable. 
Alcippe peracensis, sp. n. 
“No. 32.—6. Irides brown. This bird is common on the 
higher parts of the hills. It has a loud and musical song.’’ 
By the absence of the white eyelids this new species ought 
to be allied to Alcippe pheocephala and A. cinerea; but it 
has a very distinct black band running down the sides of the 
neck, thus showing its affinity to A. uzpalensis. It is, in fact, 
closely allied to the latter species, but may be distinguished 
by the want of the white ring of feathers round the eye. 
Adult.—General colour above warm brown from the lower 
mantle downwards; the upper tail-coverts lke the back; 
wing-coverts like the back; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, 
and quills dusky brown, externally lke the back; the prima- 
ries edged with fulvous brown; tail-feathers brown exter- 
nally like the back; crown of head, occiput, nape, hind neck, 
and upper mantle dark slaty grey, with a black streak extend- 
ing from above the eye to the upper back; lores ashy white; 
feathers round eye, ear-coverts, and sides of neck ashy grey, 
lighter on the cheeks, which incline to ashy white hke the 
throat; fore neck, breast, and abdomen creamy white; the 
sides of body and flanks light brown, darkening on the latter; 
thighs and under tail-coverts light brown; under wing-coverts 
and axillaries whity brown; quills below dusky, ashy whitish » 
along the inner edge. Total length 5.4 inches, culmen 0.5, 
wing 2.5, tail 2.5, tarsus 0.75. 
WManlasoror, sp. n. (Plate XXXVIII. fig., 1.) 
