THE BIRDS OF SINGAPORE ISLAND 
A third species of a like si^e and again very similar in 
plumage and habits to these two is Acthostoma roslratum. It 
is. however, a darker brown on the back and almost pure white 
below. It appears to be not uncommon on Pulau Ubin and 
we have seen it in the mangrove in Singapore. 
Other Babblers 
Only two other babblers deserves mention here. The 
yellow-breasted babbler, Mivornis rubrkaf.Ua pUeata has the 
crown and the whole of the npptr parts including the wmg^s 
and tail brown tinged with rufous. The underparts are 
yellow, washed with dnll green on the flanks attd with the 
throat and breast streaked with thin, short, black marks. The 
length is just over 5 inches and the bird is thus "sparrow-size" 
or rather smaller. We have never seen it in the gardens or 
very near the town but in the count rj' districts it is far from 
uncommon, It prefers the rough country, tall, tangled under- 
growth and the jnng!e rather than the more open planted up 
areas. Cyanodcrmu crythropternm is a small broivn bird with 
s1aty-b7nc throat and breast and can be recognised by the bare 
areas of blue skin about the eyes. It is a forest dweller. 
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