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No new species are described in Mr. Robinson’s article, 
but good field-notes are given in every case, and several 
very interesting forms are mentioned. Rheinhardtius nigres- 
cens , the Malayan representative of the Ocellated Argus of 
Tonkin, recently described by Dr. Hartert, was obtained by 
Mr. Robinson on Gunong Tahan, but he does not believe 
that it is entirely confined to the mountains. Hornbills are 
numerous—six fine species occur in the Malayan Hills. 
Woodpeckers are also plentiful—the names of 17 species are 
recorded. Abundant also are Aluscicapidie and Pycnonotidse, 
as in other parts of the Oriental Region. The splendid 
Hunting-Crow, Cissa robinsoni , originally described from a 
single specimen, is now found to be numerous in the moun¬ 
tains of Selangor, but is “ very wild and hard to obtain.” 
The Malayan Bullfinch (Pyrrhula ivaterstradti ) probably 
occurs on all the higher mountains of Selangor, wherever 
Vaccinium and Conifers are found. 
A detailed summary concludes Air. Robinson’s valuable 
paper; it gives full information as to the distribution of the 
components of the upper Alalayan Avifauna, which is com¬ 
pared with that of Kina Balu, the highest summit in Borneo. 
But the Bornean mountain contains seven peculiar generic 
forms, while the Alalayan heights have none. 
23. Salvaduri on some Birds from Congo-land. 
[Piccola Collezione di Uccelli del Congo, descritta da T. Salvadori. 
Aim. Mus. Civ. Genova, ser. 3, vol. iv. (1909).] 
A small collection of birds from Congo-land, received by 
the Aluseo Civico of Genoa, contained 30 specimens, which 
are referred by Count Salvadori to 27 species. Of these 
Dendropicus gabonensis, Lophoceros granti, and the very rare 
Uypargus dyboivskii are pointed out as being of special 
interest. 
24. Sassi on Birds from Papua and Northern Queensland. 
[Bemerkungen zu den von E. Weiske in British Neuguinea und Nord 
Queensland gesammelten Vogelbalgen. A 7 on Dr. Moriz Sassi (Wien). 
J. f. 0., July 1909.] 
It would appear that the collection of birds made by 
