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birds. These Cackoos are very fond of crying out, or rather 

 whistling, in the middle of the night/^ 



Both these Cuckoos I have submitted to Captain Shelley, 

 who confirms the identifications. They are both of them 

 new to Borneo. 



Fam. Trogonid^. 



17. Harpactes oreskios (T.) ; Gould, Monogr. Trogon. 

 pi. 46. 



No. 2143. c? • " Eye black ; gape cobalt, darker on lower 

 bill. Skin round eye whitish cobalt. Feet slaty cobalt.^' 



This male seems to be identical with specimens from Tenas- 

 serim. 



18. Harpactes whiteheadi, sp. n. (Plate XII.) 



Adult male. General colour above bright cinnamon ; scapu- 

 lars like the back; wing-coverts black, finely barred with white 

 cross lines ; bastard-wing similarly marked ; primary-coverts 

 black ; quills black, with a distinct white margin ; secondaries 

 black, externally lined with white, like the wing-coverts ; 

 upper tail-coverts like the back ; two centre tail-feathers 

 deep cinnamon, with a broad black tip; the next pair black, 

 with a chestnut shaft, the remainder black, with black shafts 

 and some white near the end of the outer web, the outer fea- 

 thers white for nearly the terminal half and for a good distance 

 along the outer web ; crown of head brilliant scarlet ; lores 

 black ; ear-coverts scarlet, like the head ; throat blacky shading 

 olf into slaty grey on the fore neck ; the chest pearly grey, 

 extending in a kind of crescent up the sides of the throat, 

 the lateral feathers tipped with scarlet ; remainder of under 

 surface of body brilliant scarlet, deeper below the grey chest ; 

 abdomen slightly paler and more rose-coloured; thighs black- 

 ish, with cinnamon ends; under tail-coverts like the back; 

 under wing-coverts black ; quills below black, with a white 

 patch at the back : " bill and bare cheeks blue, as well as the 

 bare patch round the eye ; feet dull brownish pink ; iris red- 

 dish brown " (/. W.). Total length 12 inches, culmen 0*9, 

 wing 5'2, tail 6'5, tarsus 0'55. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the head 



