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Graucalus sumatrensis^ Miill. 



I saw some specimens of this bird obtained in Jahore ; per- 

 sonally I only once met with it in the jungle. 



During August 1877 I was one of the party which accom- 

 panied H. H. The Maharajah of Jahore up the Moar river to 

 a meeting of the chiefs at Sagamet. On the 8th of August, 

 after travelling up stream all through the day, we stopped 

 about sunset at Bukit Kopong, a village on the left bank, for 

 a bathe and some dinner, before which I wandered into the 

 jungle for an hour with my gun, and got several birds then 

 new to me, among others a grey Crow-like bird, G. suma- 

 trensis, which was sitting on a tree close to some Malays' 

 huts. 



Pericrocotus flammifer, Hume, 



1 have a pair of these beautiful Minivets, shot on 19th 

 August 1879, on Gunong Pulai, Johore, by Mr. Davison's 

 collector. 



Dissemurus platurus (Vieill.). 



This Drongo Shrike, or King Crow, as it is commonly 

 called, is plentiful in the peninsula ; and I also got several on 

 the islands of Singapore, Battam, and Oobin ; it is found in 

 considerable numbers on Penang hill. 



In the undisturbed tracts of jungle towards the north of 

 Perak I frequently came across this racket-tailed Drongo ; 

 but it was some time before I managed to get a perfect spe- 

 cimen, as, though I shot seven or eight, in every case in fall- 

 ing through the trees the two long tail-feathers caught in the 

 branches and were pulled out ; but at last, on the outskirts of 

 Campong Saiyong, I came on one in the open, and brought 

 it down as, with a peculiar jerky flight, it made for the 

 jungle. 



Later on I found out a piece of ground near Kwala Kang- 

 sar, covered by scrub, and surrounded with high jungle, 

 where several of these birds were to be seen almost every 

 evening, particularly after rain, hawking in mid air for insects. 



The above-mentioned specimen, shot on 8th April 1879, 

 measured 19 inches in length ; but the outer tail-feather on 



