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met^ some sixty or eighty miles up the Moar river. I never 

 came across it in the north of the peninsula. 



A male I got at Bukit Kopong^ on the Moar river, was 

 15 inches in length; irides yellow, top of head and streak 

 from base of lower mandible scarlet, abdomen rusty white, 

 rest of plumage black. 



Callolophus puniceus (Horsf.). 



I shot a male of this fine bird while it was running up a 

 tree-trunk, in the jungle, near Kwala Kangsar, Perak; date 

 6th May, 1877. Length 10^ inches, beak at front 1 ^^^ ^^ch ; 

 irides dark brown. During July 1879 I saw, but could not 

 get a shot at, one of these Woodpeckers among the high trees 

 at the foot of Bukit Timah, Singapore. 



Megal.'ema chrysopogon (Temm.). The Golden-bearded 

 Barbet. 



Common in Malaccan and Singapore collections. It breeds 

 in the Malay States. 



During May 1877, while shooting on the banks of the 

 Pcrak river, close to Campong Saiyong, a Malay brought 

 me two of these Barbets, saying he had caught them high 

 up in the thickly-wooded range of hills behind the village. 

 They were young birds, and unable to fly more than a few 

 yards ; so, putting them in my game-bag, among dead Teal, 

 Snipe, Quail, and other spoil, the result of the day^s sport, 

 I took them home, hoping to be able to rear them. At first 

 they did very well, hopping about with a most sprightly gait, 

 every now and then uttering a harsh croak and flirting up 

 their tails ; they lived in perfect harmony with the Pheasants, 

 Ground-Thrushes, Boves, and other members of the " happy 

 family " inhabiting my aviary, and fed freely on plantains, 

 pine-apples, and other fruit ; but in about a week, just as I 

 began to have hopes of successfujly bringing them up, they 

 sickened and died. The sexes are alike. 



Megal^maduvauceli (Less.). The Scarlet-eared Barbet. 



During the last week in August, while bird-hunting in the 

 jungle, at the foot of Bukit Timah, on the island of Singapore, 

 my attention was attracted by the peculiar cries of a pair of 



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