67.2 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds from the 



2. Pavo muticus. 



Pavo muticus Linn. ; Graut, torn. cit. p. 371. 



The collection includes three Peacocks from the interior 

 of Trang. 



The distribution of the Peacock in the Malay Peninsula 

 is very curious. In suitable localities it appears to be 

 common on both sides of the northern portion of the Malay 

 Peninsula as far south as Kedah on the coast of the west 

 side, and to extend down the Perak Eiver nearly as far as 

 Kuala Kangsar, the native capital of the State of Perak. 

 "With the exception of one dubious record from the borders 

 of Selangor and the Negri Sembilan, it is not known with 

 certainty from any other portion of the western slope of the 

 Peninsula, for we regard the locality "Malacca" attached 

 to specimens in the British Museum as entirely indefinite. 

 On the eastern side the Peacock extends further south, and 

 is known with certainty throughout Pahang, and probably 

 occurs in North-eastern Johor in the Endau River basin. 



In the Malay Peninsula these birds are not particularly 

 shy, for they are hardly ever interfered with. Their favourite 

 haunts are the courses of the larger rivers, and in the early 

 morning they are often to be seen on the sand-banks of the 

 Pahang River, while they lie up for the heat of the day in the 

 thick vegetation that borders its banks and roost at night in 

 the lofty trees. 



3. Gallus bankiva. 



Gallus y alius Linn. ; Grant, torn. cit. p. 344. 



Jungle-fowl were evidently fairly common in Trang on 

 the little jungle-clad hills rising from the rice-fields, whence 

 our men obtained several specimens. Most of the southern 

 Malayan Jungle-fowl have the lower half of the ear-lappet 

 whitish, but in these specimens the lappet is entirely red. 



TrERONIDjE. 



[Sphenocercus seimundi. (Plate X.) 

 Sphenocercus sp., Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States 

 Mus. ii. p. 168 (1909). 



Sphenocercus seimundi Robinson, Bull. B. O. C. xxv. p. 98 



(1910). 



