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TAHAN EXPEDITION. 



Female. — Iris, whitish ; bill and skin round eye, reddish-pink ; feet, 

 blackish. 



[This species inhabits the same type of country as E. javanicus, 

 but ranges further up the hills. The specimen from Kuala Teku 

 was one of a flock of six or seven which visited the vicinity of our 

 camp late one evening at twilight. I cannot say, like Davison (Stray 

 Feathers, vi., p. 97), that I found them sluggish; indeed, they were 

 actively searching the branches of a tall tree for insects. The note 

 was a somewhat harsh whistle, which degenerated into a grating 

 squawk when the bird was alarmed. 



The nest, which I obtained in Pahang at an elevation of about 

 1,500 ft., has already been described (cf. Grant, p. 97). — H. C. K.] 



PICIDiE. 



108. SASIA ABNORMIS (TfiMM.). 



Sasia abnormis, Grant, p. 27. 



a. 1 /. Gunong Tahan (6th Camp). 3,300 ft. 31st May, 1905. (No. 11). 



Iris, carmine ; orbital skin, crushed strawberry-colour ; upper 

 mandible, black ; lower, pale-yellow ; feet, gamboge-yellow ; claws, 

 dusky-yellow. 



109. PYRRHOPICUS PORPH YROME LAS (Boie.). 



Lepocestes porphyromelas, Hargitt, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mns., xviii., 

 p. 382 (1890). 



a. /. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. 5th September, 1905. 

 (No. 661). 



110. MIGLYPTES TUKKI (Less.). 

 Miglyptes tukki, Grant, p. 98. 



'a.-c. m.,f. et m.imm. Gunong Tahan (6th Camp). 3,300 ft. June, 1905. 

 (Nos. 90, 113, 114). 



d.-f. m., f. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-1,000 ft. July and August, 1905. 

 (Nos. 454, 495, 496). 



Male. — Iris, hazel ; bill, dark lead-colour, paler beneath ; feet, dull 

 brown. 



Immature male. — Iris, brown ; bill, dark horn-colour with a pinkish 

 tinge ; feet, pinkish-brown. 



Female. — Iris, greyish-brown ; upper mandible, black ; lower, bluish 

 horn-colour, yellow at tip ; feet, dark brownish. 



111. MIGLYPTES GRAMMITHORAX (Malh.). 



Miglyptes grammithorax, Grant, p. 98. 



a., b. m.,f. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-1,000 ft. August, 1905. (Nos. 

 477, 521). 



Iris, chestnut ; bill, black ; feet, brownish-green. 



