7*' 



FASCICULI MALATENSES 



1 Found only among the Casuarinas on Cape Patani, where they were 

 very abundant, though none were present during May and June ; equally 

 common in similar situations in Selangor, nesting among the mangroves only 

 a few inches above high-tide level.' 



SITTIDAE 



36. Dendrophila azurea, (Less.) 

 Sitta Azurea, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1887, p. 441 ; Hartert, p.573. 



Ad. Semangko Pass, Sclangor-Pahang border. 4,000 feet. 9th May. (No. 1) 



The Azure Nuthatch has the iris white, the obital skin livid bluish-white, 

 and the bill and feet livid bluish-horn. 



4 A mountain form : abundant in the above locality.' 



37. Dendrophila saturatior, Hartert 



Sitta frontalis saturatior, Hartert, p. 573. 



9 ad. et imm. Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. May and August. (Nos. 93, 94, 366) 



I have provisionally employed Mr. Hartert's name for the violet- 

 breasted form of the blue Nuthatch found in the Malay Peninsula, though I 

 am by no means satisfied that it is really distinct from D. oenochlamys (lilacea) 

 from the Philippines. 



Mr. H. C. Robinson collected two adult females with the breast washed 

 with violet, and a younger specimen in which these parts are greyish-rufous 

 and entirely devoid of violet. 



Iris brown or lemon-yellow, bill coral-red, feet brownish-black. 



' Usually a jungle-species ; one specimen, however, was shot in an orchard 

 at Biserat, but was too much damaged to preserve.' 



PARIDAE 



38. Melanochlora sultanea, (Hodg-s.) 

 Melanochlora sultanea, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1888, p. 277. 



$ , £ ad. Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. 2,500 feet. February, May, and August. 

 (Nos. 25, 28, 65, 66, 68, 360) 



A male of the Sultan -bird has the iris dark brown, the bill black, and the 

 feet greenish-grey. 



' This bird was often noted in flocks of seven or eight individuals feeding 

 along the edge of our clearing in Bukit Besar. In flight and actions it does 

 not in the least resemble a Titmouse, but reminds one more of the Bulbuls.' 



