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flitting about a shrub in front of our Orderly-room. It was scarce- 

 ly able to fly, certainly not more than a few feet at a time ; its 

 upper parts were dull brown, underparts yellow, no metallic mark- 

 ings. I approached within arm's reach of it, when the parent bird 

 got very excited and fluttered round, piping shrilly ; it was a Cinny- 

 ris pectoralis, the same as those which have built in front of our 

 Mess." 



Dictum crttentatum (Linn.). 



Fairly plentiful. I obtained it in Singapore, Malacca, and Pe- 

 rak; and I see Jerdon says it is abundant in Assam, to the north 

 of the peninsula. On 13th June, 1877, I shot a pair which were 

 fitting about a durian tree close to my hut at Kuala Kangsa. 

 Dictum CHRYSORRiiffiUM (Temin.). 



I shot one of these tiny Flower-peckers among the cocoa-nut 

 trees bordering the Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, 10th August, 

 1879. 



It is plentiful in the collections at Malacca, as are most of the 

 small brightly coloured Honey- suckers and Elower-peckers, on 

 account of their selling well ; but now that the fashion of their 

 being worn in ladies' hats has gone or is going out, it is to be hoped 

 that so many will not be killed as hitherto. 

 Prionochiltjs percussus (Teinui.). 

 All my specimens are from Malacca. 

 Prionochilus maculatus (Temin.). 

 As with the last, all from Malacca. 

 Lanius bintet (Horsf). The L. schacli of Linnaeus. 

 I once saw this Shrike in Singapore ; further east it is common. 

 I shot a great many among the Kowloon Hills, on the mainland 

 near Hongkong, where it was exceedingly plentiful, its favourite 

 post being the topmost spray of one of the stunted firs which are 

 sparsely scattered over the hill-sides ; it was a particularly notice- 

 able bird on account of its harsh cry. 

 Lats t ius crtstatus (Linn.;. 



I occasionally came across this Shrike in Singapore. A specimen 

 I got at Malacca is slightly under S inches in length. 

 Lalaqe terat (Bodd.). 

 This Black-and-white Bulbul, as we used to call it, is common in 



