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" Male, iris dark hazel, bill l^lackisli, yellowish Lfreeu at tip of 

 lower inaudible, reddish at base, orbital skiu reddish orange, tarsi 

 and claws waxy yellow." 



R0LLULU8 ROULROUL. 

 Bolluhis roulroul (Scop.) ; Ogilvie Grant, torn, cit., p. 2'25. 



Several crested wood quail, which is the commonest ganie-l)ii-d 

 in the jungles of the Malay Peninsula, were shot on Kao Nawng but 

 were consigned to the pot as they were in very poor leather. 



2. C.ALOPERDIX OCULEA. 



Caloperdix oculea (Tomm.) ; Ogilvie Grant, tom. cit., p. 222 ; 

 Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910, p. 671 ; Robinson, Journ. Fed. 

 Malay States Mus., v., p. 15 (1913). 



Evidently very common in Bandon, though we did not ourselves 

 procure specimens. Caged birds were frequently seen in the possession 

 of the local Siamese and a male, recently caught, was purchased 

 at Ban Kok Klap. 



GALLU8 GALLUS, 



Gallus gallus (Linn.) ; Grant, tom. cit., p. 344. 



Gallus hanJciva, Robinson and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 673. 



Jungle fowl were very numerous in the vicinity of Ban Kok Klap 

 and along the banks of the river, south of that place. No specimens 

 were however preserved. The hens of the local domestic fowl were 

 almost indistinguishable from wild birds. 



3. ARGUSIANUS ARGUS. 



Argusianue argus (Linn.) ; Ogilvie Grant, tom. cit., p. 363. 



Very numerous on Kao Nawng and not so shy as in many other 

 places though they are much trapped by Siamese as the skins command 

 a good price among the Chinese on the coast. We had not the time 

 to set snares and did not particularly desire specimens, Ijut one female 

 was obtained and one or two males approached and shot at by Seimund. 

 Argus pheasants are poor eating being usually very thin and dry and 

 are not to be compared with peafowl. 



1. PAVO MUTICUS. 



Pavo miiticus, Linn. ; Ogilvie Grant, tom. cit., p. 371 ; Robinson 

 and Kloss, torn, cit., p. 672. 



Peafowl were fairly common round the edges of the rice fields at 

 Ban Kok Klap, and two or three were shot for food but not preserved . 

 They were in very poor feather, without trains, which in this district 

 are not assumed until November or December. 



