240 Mr. F. Nicholson on a second 



4. PoLiOAETus HUMiLTs (Miill. & SchL); Sharpe, Cat. B.i. 

 p. 454. 



No. 413, $ . Near Moeara Mengkoelem, river Eawas, 

 Sumatra^ Nov. 14, 1881. Irides rich straw-colour; upper 

 mandible sooty colour, tlie lower one slaty blue ; legs and 

 feet pale blue. Feeds on fish. 



5. Syrnium myrtha (Bp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. 

 p. 264, note. 



No. 370, <$ . Tandjong Djate, Lake Ranau, 1700 feet. 

 Feb. 14, 1881. Irides ricli brown; bill very pale blue; legs 

 and feet sickly white. 



The wing in this specimen measures 13 inches in length, 

 which exceeds the dimensions given by Mr. Sharpe for S. 

 leptogrammicum. I have therefore placed it under the name 

 of S. myrtha, which, according to Sharpe, is a larger race of 

 S. leptogrammicum. 



6. Orescius gouldi, Bp. ; Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. 

 iv. p. 161. 



No. 369, ^ ; 369 «, ? . In deep forest near Hoedjoeng 

 (foot of Mount Besagi), 3000 feet, Feb. 14, 1881. Irides 

 greyish brown ; wattle round eye bright deep blue ; gape 

 light blue ; legs and feet light blue. 



7. Anthracoceros convexus (Temm.) ; Elliot, Monogr. 

 Bucer. pi. xii. 



No. 414 6. Biver Bawas. Iris bright straw-colour ; upper 

 mandible white, with black band on both sides of the fore 

 part of the crest ; in front of the eye and on both mandibles 

 a black band ; skin round eye pale cobalt, but behind rich 

 white ; legs and feet black. 



8. BucEROs rhinoceros, L. ; Elliot, Monogr. Bucer. pi. iv. 

 No. 413 a, cf . Near Moeara Mengkoelem, river Rawas, 



Nov. 14, 1881. Irides deep lake; bill at base of both man- 

 dibles and on base of crest black ; the crest is dark lake-red 

 of a most brilliant hue, shading at its lower portion into 

 orange ; front of crest deep orange ; upper mandible on part 

 below crest rich lake, changing into a broad band of orange, 

 fading into yellowish white; junction of crest and mandible 



