BIRDS. 



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What is presumably the typical Z. aureicenter is very abundant on 

 the coast of Selangor throughout the year. — H. C. K. j 



SITTIDiE. 



27. DENDROPHILA AZUREA (LESS.). 



Dendrophila azurea, Grant, p. 76. 



ft, w. Gunong Tahan (9th Camp). 5,100-7,000 ft, 17th July, 1905. 

 (No. 39G). 



Iris, greenish -yellow ; bill, livid bluish-green, black at tip ; feet, 

 similar, but more bluish ; claws, black ; orbital skin, livid greenish-white. 



[This was the only specimen seen on Gunong Tahan. It is extra- 

 ordinarily local in the mountains of the Malay Peninsula, being very 

 common on some and entirely absent from others. It is a very trouble- 

 some bird to collect, as it frequents the trunks of quite small trees, 

 round which it dodges with remarkable agility. — H. C. R.] 



28. DENDROPHILA SATURATIOR, Hartert. 



Dendrophila saturation Grant, p. 76. 



a. m. Gunong Tahan (6th Camp). 3,300 ft. 2nd June, 1905. , (No. 23). 

 The ear-coverts are bluer than in D. lilacea. 



Iris, yellow; orbital skin, greenish; bill, vermilion, black at tip; 

 tarsi, dark brown. 



[As far as my experience goes, this species is purely a submontane 

 form, and the elevation indicated above probably represents the highest 

 altitude it attains. The intensity of the lilac colour of the lower 

 surface varies much, the present specimen, for instance, being of a far 

 duller tint than others obtained in December on G-unong Angsi, a 

 mountain in Negri Sembilan, at a height of from 2,500-3,000 ft. — 

 H. C. R.] 



PARITY. 



29. MELANOCHLORA SULTANEA (Hodgs.) . 



Melanochlora sultanea, Grant, p. 76. 



a.-c. m. et m.imm. Gunong Tahan (6th Camp). 3,300 fc. llth-13th June, 

 1905. (Nos. 8-1, 85, 534). 



Iris, red ; bill, black ; feet, bluish -grey. 



[By no means common on Gunong Tahan, but elsewhere it ranges 

 up the hills to about 4,000 ft. — H. C. R.] 



PRiONOPnm 



30. TEPHRODORNIS GULARIS (Raffl.). 



Tephrodornis gularis, Hartert, Nov. ZooL, ix., p. 576 (1902). 



a. m. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-15,000 ft. 2nd August, 1905. 

 (No. 475). 



Iris and bill, black ; feet, greyish. 



