394 Lieut. H. R. Kelham on 



crossing the river, I shot Saiyong Jheel for an hour, then 

 struck inland after jungle-fowl. 



" The trees were of great size, but the undergrowth not 

 as thick as in most parts, and easily got through. While 

 moving quietly along, on the look-out for a shot, I saw a bird 

 new to me perched on the upper branches of one of the highest 

 trees, so high up that I almost feared it was out of shot; 

 however, such was not the case, and down came a magnificent 

 Malkoha. Length 19 inches; irides pale milky blue; legs 

 dark bluish black ; bare skin of the face crimson ; beak pea- 

 green, with a red blotch at its base ; head dark grey, both it 

 and the chin covered with spiny hairs ; back, wings, and tail 

 rich metallic green ; the tail is 10 inches in length, with its 

 terminal third deep red-brown, as are also the throat and 

 breast. On dissection it proved to be a male ; and its stomach 

 contained the remains of large grasshoppers.^^ 



I saw specimens of this bird in the Malaccan collections ; 

 but it certainly is not common. 



Rhinortha chloroph^a (Raflfl.). The Small Malkoha. 



I shot a male near Kwala Kangsar, Perak, on 26th May, 

 1877 ; it had been feeding on grasshoppers. 



Length 12 inches; irides dark brown, legs and feet plum- 

 beous, beak and bare skin of the face pale green. 



Centrococcyx eurycercus (Hay). The Malay Coucal. 



Very plentiful throughout the country, both on the main- 

 land and also among the islands. Owing to its flight much 

 resembling that of the common English Pheasant, while its 

 head has a certain likeness to that of a Crow, it is well known 

 to Europeans by the name of '' Crow-pheasant.^^ In India 

 its near relation, C. rufipennis, also goes by that name. 



Their notes, or more correctly hoots, are most peculiar, 

 quite among the most noticeable of jungle noises ; and for 

 some time I put them down to the monkeys which abounded 

 round our camp at Kwala Kangsar, till one day I detected 

 the real culprit, as, hearing the cries coming from a thick 

 bush, I threw in a stone, and out came a Crow-pheasant. 



The hoots may be described by the syllables hoo ! hoo ! 



