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black, the lower one dull vermilion ; feet also vermilion. 

 The young male has the bill black, with a pinkish tinge • 

 feet dull black. Met with sparingly on the rocky streams 

 which come from Kina Balu. 



At one of my camps a pair used to pass up-stream in the 

 dusk of early mom, piping as they flew. In an hour or so 

 the birds would return down-stream, flying a few feet above 

 the water and cutting off bends by going into the forest. 

 They were very shy, and it was a long time before I obtained 

 a specimen.] 



253. Pelargopsis leucocephala. 



Pelargopsis leucocephala (Gm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 95 • 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 33, 1879, p. 249 ; id. P Z S 1879' 

 p. 329, 1881, p. 793. 



a. 2 ad. Lawas River, April 16, 1886. 



b. d ad. Benkoka, Nov. 20, 1885. 

 [Iris black ; bill and feet coral-red. 



Common on the tideways of rivers, and I do not think it 

 goes for any great distance inland from the coast. It has a 

 disagreeable harsh note, which it utters when perched, 

 stretching out its neck and cocking its tail to give full force 

 to its music. I watched one of these birds in Palawan which 

 had perched on the top of a tree, making flights at some 

 fishes swimming on the surface some distance out at sea.] 



254. Ceyx dillwynni. 



Ceyx dillwynni, Sharpe; Salvad. t. c. p. 99; Sharpe Ibis 

 1879, p. 249 ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 330, 1881, p. 793. 



a. J ad. Lawas River, April 5, 1886. 



b, c. s 2 ad. Sandakan, April 24, 1885. 

 d. S ad. Kina Balu, Aug. 20, 1887. 



[Iris black; feet and bill coral-red. 



Common. Often will the traveller see a small bright 

 yellow bird pass him in the forest like a little express train, 

 whistling as though it were important to let every one know 

 it was coming. Then suddenly the whistling ceases and the 

 bird has perched, often at some distance away, where it sits 

 motionless until again disturbed. It often frequents small 



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