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1917O H. C. Robinson : Birds from Pulau Langkawi. 181<br />
g. . Batu<br />
Caves, nr. Kuala Lumpur, Selangor.<br />
24th May, 1910.<br />
"Iris hazel, bill and feet slaty Mack, gape yellow."<br />
These specimens have <strong>the</strong> wing 113-124 nun. in <strong>the</strong> males,<br />
and 112-118 in <strong>the</strong> two measurable females and have no chestnut<br />
whatever in <strong>the</strong> plumage. The bird from P. Telibun is <strong>of</strong><br />
a somewhat lighter blue and has traces ol <strong>the</strong> black and white<br />
terminal tips to <strong>the</strong> fea<strong>the</strong>rs being <strong>the</strong> remains <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> immature<br />
pelage. The series must apparently be referred to Sykes'<br />
subspecies originally described from <strong>the</strong> Western Ghats,<br />
India.<br />
0,6. MONTICOLA SOLITARIUS PHILIPPENSIS (P.L.S. MllU.I.<br />
Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. i. p. 675 (1910); Robinson,<br />
Ibis, 1915, p. 752; Gyldenstolpe p. 48.<br />
a. 3. vix ad. West Side, Pulau Telibun, Trang,<br />
S.W. Siam. Jan. 1st 1917. [No. 3807.]<br />
This specimen has <strong>the</strong> remains <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> immature pelage<br />
strongly in evidence; <strong>the</strong> undertail coverts are however mainly<br />
chestnut as. are also a few <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> under wing coverts and<br />
fea<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> belly. The wing is 118. The chestnut is very<br />
much less developed than in a specimen from Lem Ngop, S.E.<br />
Siam, collected by Mr. Kloss on January 15th 1915, but it is,<br />
I think best, placed with this form, though it must be admitted<br />
that <strong>the</strong> identification <strong>of</strong> two birds, shot within a few yards <strong>of</strong><br />
each o<strong>the</strong>r on <strong>the</strong> same day (see above) as different subspecies<br />
is not very convincing, even on <strong>the</strong> assumption that <strong>the</strong> entirely<br />
blue bird is a winter visitor from <strong>the</strong> N\V. while <strong>the</strong> chestnut<br />
form comes from <strong>the</strong> XE. The north <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong> Peninsula is<br />
however indubitably <strong>the</strong> meeting place <strong>of</strong> easterly and westerly<br />
migration streams.<br />
97.<br />
Larvivora CYANEA (Pall.).<br />
Robinson and Kloss, p. 64. Robinson, anted, V, p. 141J<br />
(1914) ; Gyldenstolpe, p. 49.<br />
a. » . Telok Wan, Terutau, 19th December, hjiG.<br />
[No. 3670.1<br />
b. ?. Pasir Raja. Pulau Lontar, SW. Siam, nth<br />
January, 1917. [No. 3889.<br />
" Iris hazel, upper mandible black, lower Mesh at<br />
base, feet pale, whitish flesh."<br />
As has already been noted by Gyldenstolpe and myself<br />
this species is nut improbably resident throughout <strong>the</strong> year in<br />
<strong>the</strong> north <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Peninsula, specimens having been obtained as<br />
late as May 15th. In <strong>the</strong> south <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Peninsula it certainly<br />
only occurs during <strong>the</strong> winter months.<br />
98. KlTTOCINCLA MACRURUS MACRURUS, (Gm.)<br />
Cittocincla macrura, Robinson and Kloss, p. 65;<br />
Robinson, an tea, V, pp. 108, 150.<br />
Sept , 1917. \2<br />
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