LIST OF THE BIRDS OF PENRISSEN. 15 



what abnormal variation, until further material is obtain- 

 ed ; but as seven years have elapsed since the specimen 

 was shot and more cr less continuous collecting" in the 

 same area has not brought to light a similar one, though 

 both pyrrhopterum and velatum are common enough, I 

 hold no very strong hopes of matching the specimen with 

 another. 



38. Culicicapa ceylonensis Swains. Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 369. 



Penrissen and surrounding low -country. 



39. Siphia beccariana Salvad. Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 452. Pen- 



rissen 4,000 feet. 



40. Siphia (?) everetti Sharpe. Ibis. 1890, p. 366. Penrissen 



4000 feet. 



I am not at all certain that I have identified this species 

 correctly; its nearest ally seems to be StoparoJa pana- 

 yensis Sharpe from the Philippines, judging from a descrip- 

 tion of that species, the distinction between the genera 

 Stoparola and Siphia is a very small one, merely a ques- 

 tion of the proportion of cul men-length to breadth at the 

 gape. 



Fam. Neotariniidj:. 



41. sElliopyrja temmincki S. Mull. Gadow, Cat. B. ix. p. 16. 



Not uncommon on Penrissen above 3500 feet. 



42. Anthothreptes simplex S. Mull. Gadow, Cat. B. ix. p. 114. 



Penrissen. 



43. A nthothreptes maJaccensis Scop. Gadow, Cat B. ix. p. 122. 



Pankalan Ampat. This species was not found on the 

 mountain. 



44. Arachnothera flarigaster Eyton. Gadow, Cat. B. ix. p. 109. 



Penrissen up to 4000 feet. 



45. Arachnothera longirostris Lath. Gadow, Cat. B. ix. p. 103. 



Penrissen and Pankalan Ampat. 



The nest composed of leaves is fastened to the under side 



of a leaf, two or three es^gs are laid, often showing a 



