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EuRYSTOMUs ORiENTALis (L.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 105. 

 a, c? . Bintulu. Iris brown ; bill and legs orange-red, 

 claws black. 



Hydrocissa convexa (Temm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 80. 



a. 6 . Bintulu. Iris crimson ; naked skin bluish white ; 

 legs blackish lead-colour. 



b. S . Bintulu. Bill yellowish white ; naked skin at base 

 of bill and about the eyes white tinged with greenish blue ; 

 feet and legs very dark grey. Fruit-pulp in gizzard. 



[This is the commonest Hornbill in the Sarawak territory, 

 being found chiefly in the vicinity of the coast. — A. E'.] 



Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.); Sharpe_, Ibis, 1876, p. 34. 



[Common all over Sarawak in gardens and cleared spaces, 

 whither these birds resort at dawn and dusk, flitting silently 

 about and resting now and again on palings, low bushes, &c., 

 or sometimes in the grass. They also fly by day, but not 

 usually. Their cry is exactly like the Malay words ^'tiup 

 api " (literally " blow the fire ") ; and hence their name among 

 the natives. The '^Tiup api^^ is one of the Sea-Dyak birds 

 of omen. In a male shot at Sibu in April 1874 the testes 

 were yellowish, semiglobular, and equal ; in another indi- 

 vidual, from the foot of the Matang mountains, there was 

 only one small testis present ; and in this specimen the iris 

 was light red instead of carnation. The interior of the gape 

 is cinnabar-red ; tongue scarlet, with the posterior barbs 

 finely slit. These birds appear to feed chiefly on lepidop- 

 terous larvae. — A. E.] 



Carpococcyx radiatus (Temm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 77. 



a. $ . Bintulu. Iris pale grey-brown; bill and orbital 

 space with the feet and legs sea-green, darkest on the bill. 

 Gizzard full of beetles. Caught in a trap set on the ground. 



HiEROcoccYX FUGAX (Horsf.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 65. 



a. 6 . Bintulu. Iris and lores brilliant yellow ; feet wax- 

 yellow; bill black, yellow at the base and at the tip. 



[Bidi, Simunjan, Marup, Bintulu. Not a common bird 

 in Sarawak. Feeds on orthoptera. Interior of gape green. 

 —A. E.] 



