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rPUPA IXDICA, Reichexb. 



Upupa indica, Reichenb; Salvin, Cat. Binh Brif. Mu.'^., \vi., j). 10 

 (1892). 



Mr. Seimund shot a female at Kamunting, near Taiping, Perak, 

 on 5th November, 1911, wliicli i.s the most southerly record for the 

 species and the only i-ecoi'd for the Fedei-ated Malay States. In the 

 same month our collectors found it common at Padang Sireh, on the 

 Perlis-Senggora hordei-. 



HATRALHOSTOMIS AFFIXIS, Hi.vTii. 



Hatrachostonui.s affiiiis, Hlytli : Hdrferi, Cat. Birds Brit. Mns., 

 xvi., p. 648 (1892). 



Though .skins of the tliree local .s])ecies of Frogniouths appear to 

 have occured fairly frequently in the old Malacca collections, the 

 more recent collectors do not seem to come across them often, and I 

 have not myself examined more than ten or twelve specimens in the 

 flesh or in recent skins. 



Our collectors obtained a single female of this species at Parit, on 

 the Peiak river, on 14tli September. 1911. It was with the succeeding 

 species sliot at dusk on the edge of a patcli of swampy jungle. 



HATRACHOSTOMUS STKLLATl'S (Goii.jn. 



Batracho-stomus stellatus (Gould ) : Harfert. Cot. Bir<l>! Brit. Mns., 

 xvi., p. 639 (1892). 



A single female was sliot in the same locality as the preceding 

 on 17th Septembe)-, 1911. 



CH.ETUKA IN'DICA. Hume. 



Chaetura indica, Hume ; Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mns., xvi., 

 p. 475 (1892). 



A male of this form was shot liy Mi-. J. M. dray at Simpang, 

 near Taiping, Perak, on 17th December, 1911. Another was shot by 

 Mr. C. Burn-Murdoch at Kajang, Selangor, on 26th November, 1912, 

 in mistake for a snipe. The few specimens of this species on record 

 from the Peninsula have all been obtained in the winter months 

 while Ch. giganfea is resident throughout the year. 



INDICATOR ARCHIPEI.AGICUS. Temm. 



Indicator ai'chipelagicus, Temm ; Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mns., 

 xix., p. 4 (1891) ; Bohivson and Kloss, Ibis, 1911, p. 44. 



Owing to a veiy dry season and the consequent pi'ofuse flowering 

 of the nei'um trees (Dijfterocarjjus crinitus) the Tahan river and the 

 lower slopes of the mountain were in July, 1911, invested with 

 incredible multitudes of bees which made life a burden duinng the 

 daytime. Perhaps as a corollaiy we secured two specimens of the 

 Malayan Honey Guide, both males, with the yellow shoulder spot well 

 developed. In the previous eight years' collecting we have only 

 obtained two other specimens. 



