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the hills. They obtained a considerable number of birds, 

 but devoted themselves chiefly to mammals, of which they 

 procured some very interesting specimens, including a new 

 and very large species of Hog Badger (Arctonyx dictator), 

 a white Leaf- Monkey, and a large series of a stump-tailed 

 Macaque, which will not improbably prove to be new to 

 science. 



In conclusion, we must express our gratitude to the 

 Siamese authorities, both in Bangkok and Trang, for permis- 

 sion to collect, and for facilities in the way of transport and 

 permission to use the Government rest-houses, and more 

 especially to the Governor of Trang and the District Officer 

 of Chong. 



Our thanks are also due to H.E. Sir John Anderson, 

 G.C.M.G., High Commissioner of the Federated Malay 

 States, who kindly obtained for us the requisite permission 

 from the Siamese authorities, and to Sir William Taylor, 

 K.C.M.G., Resident General, Federated Malay States, and 

 Mr. E. W. Birch, C.M.G., Resident of Perak, for permission 

 to travel outside the limits of our respective districts. 



List of Species. 



Phasianid.e. 



1. Caloperdix oculea. 



Caloperdix oculea (Temra.) ; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 xxii. p. 222 (1893). 



This Jungle-Partridge is extremely rare in collections, and 

 a female from Lam-ra, in the interior of Trang, is the only 

 specimen that appears to have been obtained in the Peninsula 

 during the last twenty-five years, with the exception of some 

 collected by Dr. Abbott, also in Trang, which are now in the 

 United States National Museum. 



Practically nothing is known of the habits of the bird, 

 except that it is an inhabitant of low- country jungle. It is 

 evidently commoner in South Tenasserim and the north of 

 the Malay Peninsula than it is in the south, as there are no 

 examples of the species in the museums of Taiping, Kuala 

 Lumpur, and Singapore. 



