12 BIRDS OF THE LARUT HILLS. 
6. Turdinus abbotti oltvaceus. (Strickl.) 
Abbott’s Babbler. Not uncommon in thickets near the foot 
of the hills. Dr. Sharpe identified a Zurdinus sent by Mr. Wray 
from these hills as sepzardus. - Mine was certainly the same as the 
bird Mr. Wray bas marked sepiarius, but Dr. Hartert assures 
me it is the pale sub-species (o/ivaceus) of Turdinus abbotti. (1) 
7. Alcippe peracensis. Sharpe. 
Wray’s Black-browed Babbler. Very common at 3000 feet 
and upwards. (3 
8. Alcippe cinerea. (Blyth.) 
Grey-headed Babbler. Equally common below 3060 feet. (3) 
9. Stachyris davisoni. (Sharpe.) 
Davison’s Babbler. One shot at 2000 feet. (1) 
10, Stachyrts poliocephala. (Temm.) 
One shot near the foot of the hills. A pair noticed collect- 
ing nest material in April. (1) 
11. Staehyridopsis chryscea. 
Dr. Hartert says, “ A sub-species, duller than Himalayan 
specimens. Either St. chryswa assimilis or bocaget.” 
Fairly common above 8500 feet, fceding in little flocks 
which flutter about the undergrowth at the edge of a path quite 
regardless of being observed. So tame is it that I thought I 
should never get far enough awcy trom one to shoot it, and did 
rather damage the one I shot; the other I actually knocked 
down with the barrel of the gun. I contented myself with a 
pair. (2) 
12. Mixornis guiaris. (Raffles.) 
The Sumatran Yellow-breasted Babbler. I shot one at 2000 
feet, but it was too damaged to preserve. 
13.  Myiophoneus eugenii. (Hume.) 
The Burmese Whistling Thrush. Rather rare. I met with 
