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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, Seebohm , Cat . B . Brit . Mus. v, p. 40 (1881), 
$ imm, Patani. and 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. Turdufi obscurus, Gmel. 
Merula obscurus, Seebohm^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus . v. p. 273 (1881). 
<J ad. TelGm, 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 davisonl, Hume. 
Geocichla davisoni, Sharpe, m Seebohm s Monogr . Turdidoe, i, p. 101, pi. xxi, 
(1898). 
dad. Tdflm, 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/ 
