78 FASCICULI MALATENSES 



Two adult females of the Black-necked Tailor-bird have the iris brown or 

 pale yellow, the upper mandible black, the lower yellowish-horn, and the 

 feet yellowish-flesh. 



' A coastal and scrub-country form ; never apparently found in old 

 jungle.* 



44. Phylloscopus borealis, (Bias.) 

 Phylloscopus borealis, Seebokm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v, p. 40 (1881). 



$ imm. Patani. 2nd October. (No. 433) 



The Arctic Willow-warbler has the iris hazel, the bill black above, yellowish 

 beneath, and the feet yellowish-brown. 



' Evidently on migration, large flocks appearing on the breaking of the 

 monsoon.' 



TURDIDAE 



45. Turdus obscurus, Gmel. 

 Merula obscurus, Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 273 (1881). 



$ ad. Telom, Perak-Pahang border. 4,000 feet. 24th January. (No. 583) 



The Dark Ouzel has the iris pale hazel, the bill black above, yellow below, 

 and the feet pale yellow. 



' Only this individual was seen ; it was so busily engaged in wrestling 

 with a large and hairy caterpillar that I had time to send for a twelve-bore 

 gun, the only one available, extract most of the shot from the cartridge, and 

 shoot the bird within a distance of about ten yards from the ladder of our hut 

 on which I was sitting.' 



46. Geocichla davisorti, Hume. 



Geocichla davisoni, S/iarpe, in Seebohtns Monogr. Turdidoe, i, p. 101, pi. xxi, 

 (1898). 



$ ad. Telom, Perak-Pahang border. 4,000 feet. 22nd January. (No. 659) 



In Davison's Ground-Thrush the iris is dark brown, the bill black, and 

 the feet dull yellow. 



' Another specimen was secured by Mr. L. Wray in the Larut Hills, also in 

 the winter months.' 



