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throughout the west of the peninsula. I found it fairly 

 plentiful in Perak, and while stationed there kept several in 

 my aviary, where they throve on rice and Indian corn, in a 

 short time becoming very tame. 



On account of their beautiful plumage and the ease with 

 which they are tamed, they are in considerable request as 

 cage-birds, and find a ready sale in all the Settlements. 



Among the Malays they go by the name of the " bodos " 

 (fool) Pigeon ; and if the native account of the way they are 

 caught be true, the name is well deserved. 



According to one of the Malaccan bird-catchers, after having 

 discovered a place frequented by these Doves, generally an 

 open space near high jungle, he concealed himself in a small 

 hut of boughs, and scattered rice on the ground all round 

 him ; in a short time the birds flew down to feed on the 

 grain, and settled so close to his hiding-place that, quietly 

 putting out his hand, he was able to catch them one after 

 another, the sudden and strange disappearance of one of 

 their number not in the least alarming the others. 



Their note is a low cooing. 



Pavo muticus, Linn. The Burmese Peafowl. 



Not uncommon in the north, but rarely met with in the 

 southern half of the peninsula ; and though I saw a fine cock 

 which had been shot at Cape Romania, opposite the island of 

 Singapore, it was probably only a straggler, possibly a bird 

 which had escaped from captivity. Anyhow, with this excep- 

 tion, I never heard of a Peacock being obtained so far south. 



I believe they are plentiful in Kedah ; and near Kwala 

 Kangsar, in Perak, I once saw, but was unable to shoot, two 

 Peafowl. 



" 7th May, 1877. This evening, at dusk, I was lying in 

 wait, in a swampy ravine with steep jungly banks, for a large 

 boar which frequented the place. 



" Daylight had almost faded away ; and the stillness was 

 broken only by the weird jungle-noises which commence as 

 darkness comes on. In a few minutes more it would have 

 been too dark to shoot ; and I was just thinking of making a 



