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1916.] H. C. Robinson & C. B. Kloss : Kedah Peak. 233
a— h. 2 Males. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 5th December,
1915. [Nos. 2,177, 2,179.]
" Iris hazel, bill black, feet greenish slate." [H.C.R.
&C.B.K.]
One flock only was met with ; elsewhere the species is
numerous, throughout the submontane tracts of the Peninsula.
MOTACILLA MELANOPE, Pall.
Motacilla melanope, Pall.; Sharpe, Cat. Birds But. Mus.
X, p. 497 (1895) ; Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 191 1, p. 73.
a. I Female. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 9th December
1915. [No. 2214.]
" Iris dark, bill bluish slate, darker on culmen, feet pale
brownish." [H.C.R. & C.B.K.]
The only one seen, though this wagtail is usually common
on forest paths up to a considerable altitude during the winter
months.
Anthus maculatus, Hodgs.
Anthus maculatus, Hodgs. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.
X, p. 547 (1885) ; Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 191 1, p. 478.
a. I Female. Kedah Peak, 3,000 ft. 30th November,
1915. [No. 2,117.]
" Iris dark, upper mandible horn, lower pink, feet whitish
pink." [H.C.R. & C.B.K.]
A rare winter visitor to the Malay Peninsula, only two other
records of its occurrence being to hand.
Aethopyga temmincki (S. Miill.)
Aethopyga temmincki (S. Miill.) ;
Mns. ix, p. 16 (1884).
Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit.
a—/. 10 Male ad., i Male imm, i Female. Kedah Peak,
3,000 ft. 29th November— 9th December 1915. [Nos.
2,111-2, 2, Ilia., 2,114-5, 2,122, 2,129, 2,171, 2,186-7, 2,195,
2,211-2.]
" Iris dark, feet reddish brown, bill brownish horn
[H.C.R. &C.B.K.J
Exceedingly common in open spaces at 500 feet, and over,
together with the Flowerpeckers.
This is a very characteristic submontane bird inhabiting
the zone between about 500 ft. and 3,000 ft. In the coast
lands it is replaced by Ae. siparaja and Ae. s. cara and on the
higher mountains by Ae. wrayi, Sharpe.
The present species has a pleasant though feeble little song
and is very active and restless in its movements. On Kedah
Peak females. were curiously scarce and hardly any were seen.
February, 1916. 5
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