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FASCICULI MALATENSES 
‘Found only among the Casuarmas 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/ 
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SITTIDAE 
36. Dendrophila azurea, (Less.) 
Sitta Azurea, Sharpe y P.Z.S., 1887, p. 441 ; Harter /, p.573. 
Ad. Sernangko Pass, Sdangor-Pahartg border. 4,000 feet, 9 th May. (No. 1) 
The Azure Nuthatch has the iris white, the obital skin livid bluish-white, 
and the bill and feet livid bluish-horn. 
‘A mountain form : abundant in the above locality/ 
37, Dendrophila saturatior, Hartert 
Sitta frontalis saturatior, Hartert , p. 573. 
?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 1 
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.’ 
PAR1DAE 
38. Melanochlora sultanea, (Hodgs.) 
Melanochlora sultanea, Sharpe , P.Z.S., 1888, p. 277. 
d* ? 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. I11 flight and actions it does 
not in the least resemble a Titmouse, but reminds one more of the Bulbuls.’ 
