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moval to the outhouse, in which our Chinese servants lived. 

 This removal, I believe, sealed its fate ; for two days after- 

 wards I found it dying on the ground, apparently from a blow, 

 doubtless administered by one of the servants, whose siesta 

 had been disturbed by its cries ; unfortunately (or, rather, 

 fortunately for the culprit) I Avas not able to prove this to be 

 the case. 



This example being a young bird, showed scarcely any signs 

 of the casque on the beak. It was a female ; in both sexes 

 when full grown the tail is white ; the adult female has the 

 breast black. 



A pair from Malacca, which are now before me, measure 

 from 36 to 38 inches in length. 



Pal.eornts longicauua (Bodd.). The Malay Long-tailed 

 Parrakeet. 



Common among the islands scattered along the south coast 

 of the peninsula. I often saw it in Singapore, congregating 

 in large flocks during July and August, particularly among 

 the high trees (relics of the old jungle) on the Changie side 

 of the island ; but they were hard to shoot, nearly always fly- 

 ing at a great height and very fast, skimming close over the 

 tree-tops, and uttering their shrill cries. When they settled^ 

 it was generally on the topmost boughs of an enormous tree^ 

 where they were well out of gunshot. 



It is easy to identify them, even at a distance, by their 

 characteristic flight and long pointed tails. On 21st July^ 

 1877, I shot one out of a flock of about fifteen, on Pulo 

 Tikong, an island near tlie mouth of the Johore river. 



LomcuLus GALGULUs (Liuu.). The Malay Lorikeet. 



A common cage-bird in all the settlements, prized on ac- 

 coiunt of its gaudy colours and the ridiculous way it climbs 

 about the Avires of its cage_, often hanging head doAvnwards. 

 During December I came across a small party of them on 

 Pulo Battam, a large thickly-wooded island near Singapore, 



Iyngipicus Variegatus (Wagi.) . The Grey-headed Pygmy 

 Woodpecker. 



One Avigust afternoon I Avas collecting Honey-suckers in 



