42 Mr. J. Whitehead on the 



on various jungle fruits, but often during the heat of the 

 day they hide amongst thick-foliaged trees only a few feet 

 from the ground, from which they dash out with loud 

 screams when disturbed. 



Bill rosy red ; feet horny green ; the pupil black, with a 

 small black ring round it. 



3. Prioniturus cyaneiceps. f. 



This beautiful little Parrakeet is nearly as common as the 

 last species, but it was some time before I could make them 

 out to be different birds, owing to the swift flight of both 

 species ; then, again, the curious racket tail-feathers were 

 not visible, nearly all the birds being in full moult. In 

 August, however, I collected some beautiful specimens of 

 both sexes whilst they were feeding on some fruit-bearing 

 trees only a few feet from the ground. 



The racket tail-feathers apparently grow without the 

 web on the shaft, as in some immature feathers the stem 

 was still buried in the shell and bare, whilst in the young of 

 both sexes the short shafts are slightly webbed ; so that it 

 would seem that the bird does not itself destroy the web of the 

 two centre tail-feathers, as the Motmots are known to do. 



Eye black ; bill dull white ; feet greenish. 



4. ASTUR TRIVIRGATUS. M., P. 



Only one young bird shot. 



5. Spizaetus limnaetus. M. 

 Scarce. 



6. Spizaetus philippinensis. P. 

 Obtained by Dr. Platen. 



7. BUTASTER INDICUS. *. 



8. Haliaetus leucogaster. M., P. 



9. Spilornis bacha. P. 



A specimen of this species shot by me, in a rice-field, fell 

 from a high tree, and the crown of its head struck on a log, 

 completely cutting every feather off. As it seemed to me a 

 bird I had met with in Borneo, I did not preserve it. 



