520 Lieut. H. R. Kelham on 



'' I managed to slioot a couple of the birds and, dissected 

 them. Hitherto I thought the dark ones of uniform metallic- 

 green plumage were all males ; but on examining these I found 

 this not to be the case, the ovaries being very conspicuous in 

 the dark-coloured bird, while in the other, of grey mottled 

 plumage, I detected the testes, though they were very 

 small. Their stomachs contained seeds, vegetable substance, 

 and the remains of caterpillars. 



" Descriptions : — 



"No. 1. A female, length 7f inches, irides pale crimson, 

 legs and beak black, plumage black, very richly glossed with 

 . metallic green, feathers of the neck very lanceolate. 



"No. 2. A male (immature), length 8 inches, irides, legs, 

 and beak as in female, plumage very slightly glossed with 

 green, upper parts dusky, the feathers edged with grey, 

 underparts greyish white, the feathers dashed with dark 

 central streaks." 



Every year, about the end of July, these birds collect in 

 great numbers among the trees in the gardens round the 

 bungalows at Tanglin, to feed on the berries ; on 31st July 

 1879 I shot several of them, some in the dark green, others 

 in the dusky spotted plumage ; but the last were far the 

 more plentiful. I think I am correct in putting down the 

 birds of spotted plumage as young, both the sexes when 

 adult assuming the uniform metallic-green plumage — and in 

 saying that the irides of the immature birds are yellow, 

 orange, or pink, increasing in intensity as the bird advances 

 in age, until they become deep red in the fully-grown bird. 



They assemble towards evening and roost in company, 

 several flocks often occupying the same clump of trees. 



EuLABES JAVANENSTS (Osb.) . The Hill-Myua. 



This Myua is found in Perak, and in all the Straits' 

 Settlements ; the Malay name for it is an imitation of the 

 peculiar notes it utters. 



" Kwala Kangsar, Perak, 1st May, 1877. Near camp I 

 noticed six large dark-coloured birds sitting on a conspi- 

 cuous tree, uttering loud, clear cries ; so, creeping quietly 



