177 



male foster-parent was sh(.>l while iu atteudauee. The youugster 

 is clothed throughout Avith black ft.>atliers very broadly tipped with 

 white, less so ou the back. 



31. IllEliOCOCCyX A'Ot'A7-\\.VKUL,A\V KAMS.U'S ll.VWK CUCKOO, 



Hierococcyx bocki (Wardl.-Rams.) ; Shelley, Cat., p. 234. 



I include this species iu the Peniusular list ou the strength 

 of a mounted specimen from the Larut Hills in the Taiping Museum, 

 ■\viiicli, I am assured by Mr. Wray, the late Curator, was so identified 

 by Dr. Sharpe. H. sijarcerloUles also occurs in the winter months iu 

 the low country. 



r,-2. llIEROCOCCyX /'tt^.IA'-HORSFIELD'S HAAVK CUCKOO, 



Hierococcyx fugax (Horsf.) ; Shelley, Cat., p. 236; Shai'iie (2), 

 p. 442. 



I have not myself met with this species in the Malay Peninsula, but 

 it was very abundant on Pulau Jemor — a small islet in the Straits 

 of Malacca — in November, 1906, together with several other migratory 

 Cuckoos. 



.J3. CUCULUS POLIOCEPIIALUS-TRH S3IALL CUCKOO. 



Cuculus poliocephalus (Lath.) ; Shelley, Cat., p. 255 ; Blaadfonl, 

 Faun. Brit. lad. Birds, iii., p. 209 (1895). 



(? ad. Guuoug Uhi Kali, Selaugor, 4.,80O-5,SO0 ft. February, 1906. 



$ ad. Seniajigko Pass, Selangor-Pahang boundary, 2,.500 ft. February, 19U8, 



Shelley and Blandford (loc. cit. supra) both state that this species 

 is found in the Malay Peninsula, but I do uot know on what 

 specimens their statement is founded. No recent collector has met 

 with the species, and there are no specimens from the Malay Peninsula 

 iu the Hume collection iu the British Museum. The species is almost 

 certainly a migrant remaining for a very short time ou the mountains 

 of the Peninsula, as is the case with several other birds, 



5K CAC03IANTIS MEBULTNUS-TRT. RUFOUS-BELLIED CUCKOO. 



Cacomautis meruliuus (Scop.) ; Shelley, Cat., p. 268 ; Bonhote, 

 p. 74: Hartert, p. 545 ; Grant (1), p, 105. 



9 . CHuting Bidei, Sclungor, 2,300 ft. May, 1!)U8. 



Common iu the low country from December to May, but not often 

 found in the hills. 



55. CENl'ROPU.S SI\Ey>SIS-THE CROW I'HEASANT. 



Centropus smeusis (Steph.) ; Shelley, Cat., p. 343; Bonhote, p. 74; 

 Grant (1), p. 105. 



<J . Giuting Bidci, iSelangor, 2,300 ft. May, 19US. 



The Crow Pheasants iu the Malay Peninsula are usually found iu 

 waste ground or in stretches of country overgrown with coarse lalang 

 grass (Inqteratora Icoenigi). They are. therefore, uot met with as a 



