508 Lieut. H. R. Kelham on 



each side projected 7 inches beyond the others^ was entirely 

 without web^ except on its terminal two inches, where the 

 web is mostly on the inner side and has a peculiar twist ; the 

 bird, when flying, looked as if had behind it two long pliant 

 wires with a black bob at the end of each. 



The length of the outer tail-feathers varies in diflPerent spe- 

 cimens; in one of mine they project 9 inches beyond the 

 rest of the tail, in another only 6 inches. 



They breed throughout Western Malayana. A young bird 

 which I shot on Bukit Timah, Singapore, on 19th July, had 

 the feathers of the under surface of the wings, also the under 

 tail-coverts, white-tipped; and the long outer tail-feathers 

 were only just beginning to sprout ; beak from gape 1^ inch, 

 tarsus I ; irides red-brown. 



With referance to its breeding in Perak my notes are : — 



" Kwala Kangsar, 18th June, 1877. This evening, while 

 stalking pig in the jungle near Kota Lama, I disturbed two 

 young Drongos, D.jilaturus. They could scarcely fly; and I 

 very nearly caught them, much to the annoyance of the old 

 birds, which flew close round me, screaming loudly, in a state 

 of the greatest excitement. The young were fully fledged, 

 but wanted the long tail-feathers.^' 



MusciPETA AFFiNis, Hay. The Burmese Paradise Fly- 

 catcher. 



Rare ; at least I found it so, though there were generally 

 a few in the Malaccan collections. 



Early in June 1877, in the neighbourhood of Kwala Kang- 

 sar, I came on one of these Flycatchers, and followed it for a 

 long distance without being able to get a shot. It was most 

 provoking, not flying far at each flight, but, as soon as I got 

 within eighty or ninety yards, taking to wing and keeping care- 

 fully out of range, and finally disappearing in thick jungle. 



However, a few days later, on 18th June, I was more for- 

 tunate, getting an adult male in the beautiful white plumage. 

 It was among the trees bordering the road from Kwala Kang- 

 sar to Bukit Gantang. Length to end of ordinary tail 8j 

 inches ; but beyond this the two central feathers projected 6 



