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TAHAN EXPEDITION. 



Iris, brown ; bill, bluish, reddish at the base of the lower mandible ; 

 feet, greenish-horn. 



[Frequenting low shrubs in open situations and very tame and 

 fearless. These birds seem to me rather dull in colour, duller than 

 others I have seen from the mountains of North Perak, which is 

 perhaps to be accounted for by the fact that they are mostly in worn 

 plumage. — H, C. R.] 



Stachyrhidopsis chrysops, Richmond, from Trang, a Native State on 

 the west coast of the Peninsula, about 150 miles north of Penally, 

 requires examination. 



51. STACHYRHIS DAVI-SONI, Siiarpe. 



Stachyrhis davisoni, Grant, p. 82. 



a.-c. m., f. Gunong Tahan. 3,300-6,000 ft. June and July, 1905. (Nos. 15, 

 212, 313). 



Iris, brown; upper mandible, black; lower, bluish-horn; feet, 

 greenish-horn; claws, lead-colour. 



52. STACHYRHIS POLIOCEPHALA (Temm.). 



Stachyrhis poliocephala, Hartert, Nov. Zool., ix., p. 566 (1902). 



a,, b. vi. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-1,500 ft. 30th July. (Nos. 441, 

 442). 



Iris, light hazel; bill, plumbeous, paler at the base; feet, greenish. 



53. STACHYRHIS NIGRICOLLIS (Temm.). 



Stachyrhis nigricollis, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1888, p. 275. 

 a. m. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. 5th April. (No. 648). 

 54, ALCIPPE PERACENSIS, Siiarpe. 



Alcippe peracensis, Grant, p. 82. 



a. -p. vi., f. et /.km. Gunong Tahan. 3,300-7,000 ft. May-July, 1905. 

 (Nos. 21,22,50, 73, 103, 129, 198, 199, 219, 225, 292, 318, 355, 383, 412). 



Iris, dark brown ; bill, plumbeous, paler at tip ; feet, yellowish flesh- 

 colour. 



55. ALCIPPE CINEREA, Blyth. 



Alcippe cinerea, Grant, p. 82. 



a -c. /. et imm. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-1,500 ft. August, 1905. 

 (Nos. 466, 480, 508). 



Iris, dark brown ; bill, horn-colour ; feet, greyish. 



56. CORYTHOCICHLA LEUCOSTICTA, Sharpe. 



Corythocichla leucosticta, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1887, p. 438. 



a.-t. m., f. Gunong Tahan, from 4,000 ft. upwards. June and July, 1905. 

 (Nos. 91, 165, 206, 235, 250, 266, 267, 284, 285, 309, 338, 351, 358, 380, 

 381, 384, 410, 411, 428). 



Iris, red ; bill, corneous or bluish-horn ; feet, brownish flesh-colour, 

 much darker in some specimens. 



