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the year in the Peninsula and is one of the very few low¬ 
land birds that are peculiar to the country. It is found only 
in the neighbourhood of the precipitous limestone hills and 
cliffs that are so characteristic a feature of the northern and 
central portions of the Peninsula. It nests among the 
rocks, generally at the entrance of or a little inside a cave, 
but we have not yet obtained the eggs. 
Muscicapim. 
149. Hemichelidon fuliginosa. 
Hemichelidon sibirica (Gm .); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. iv. p. 120 (1879) (part.) ; Robinson, p. 186. 
Fairly common at low elevations at Chong, Trang, at the 
foot of the main dividing-line, which here attains no great 
height. In other parts of the Peninsula we have met with 
it only in the winter months at not less than 2700 feet. 
150. Alseonax lattrostris. 
Alseonax latirostris (Raffles) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 127 > 
Robinson, p. 187. 
Seen in large numbers along with the foregoing species; 
also on Terutau and Langkawi in February and March. 
151. Cyornis magnirostris. 
Siphia magnirostris (Blyth) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 453. 
One specimen sexed as female by the collectors, but pro¬ 
bably an immature male, was shot on Chong Hill at about 
2000 ft. on December 24th, and constitutes a new record 
for the Malay Peninsula. 
152. Cyornis sumatrensis. 
Siphia sumatrensis Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 451. 
Cyornis sumatrensis Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 550 (1902) . 
This species has hitherto been known only from the type, 
a a Malacca” skin erroneously ascribed to Malacca, and 
Dr. HarterPs specimen from Sungei Lebeh in the lowlands 
of Kelantan. The following additional specimens are now 
before us :— 
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