Collection of Sumatrcm Birds. 239 



p. 51) aud to Count Salvadori^s paper (Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. 

 xiv. p. 169). 



I am aware that the papers which I have recently sent to 

 ' The Ibis ' are wanting in critical remarks ; but it will be 

 seen that most of the species obtained by Mr. Forbes are 

 not rare_, and hence there is not much to be said about 

 them. I feel sure^ however^ that the publication of Mr. 

 Forbes's original notes must be of value to the monographer 

 in future. 



1. Pal^ornis longicauda (Bodd.) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born, 

 p. 22. 



No. 423 c,d, ^ . Village of Kaban, river Moesie^ 500 

 feet. Irides greenish yellow ; bill scarlet ; legs and feet dirty 

 green. Feeding on cocoanut-palra. 



No. 426 d, (^ . Kaban. Testes very large. Though in the 

 plumage of the female^ it seemed to be breeding. 



No. 426 A, c?- Kaban, Dec. 1881. '^Betet.'' 



No. 426 G, ^ . Kaban. Soft parts as above, but the lower 

 mandible brownish grey or sooty. 



No. 426 e, (^ . Kaban. Irides greenish yellow, of a rich 

 bronzy colour ; bill scarlet ; lower mandible sepia. 



These last two are evidently young males. 



No. 412, (J . Near Soeroelangoeu, river Rawas, Nov. 3^ 

 1881. Soft parts as in No. 423 c. Frequenting very high 

 trees in the evening in great flocks. 



No. 412 a, ?. Near Soeroelangoeu, Nov. 3, 1881. Bill 

 brownish black, with the lower mandible greyish yellow. 

 Small black fruits in stomach. 



2. LoRicuLUs GALGULUs (L.) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 26. 

 No. 401, ? . Tandjong ning, 700 feet, Aug. 6, 1881, 



In villages on cocoanut-trees, and kept by natives in cages. 

 Irides dark brown ; bill black ; legs and feet grey. " Se- 

 rindet.^^ 



3. Spilornis bacha (Daud.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 290. 

 No. 422 a. Bigin Telok, river Rawas, Dec. 8, 1881. Irides 



golden yellow ; space between eye and gape yellow ; bill 

 blue ; legs and feet yellow. 



