AN EXPEDITION TO PENRISEN 265 



down by the bearer a specimen of the Mountain 

 Trogon, Harpactes dulitensis, the first example of which 

 had been shot by Dr. Charles Hose at a high eleva- 

 tion on Mt. Dulit ; a handsome spotted Toad with 

 very long legs, Bufo jerboa ; a crab of the genus 

 Potamon, and a new species of Stick-Insect. I 

 despatched the bearer with a supply of rice and pro- 

 visions, and spent an hour or two trying to make a 

 satisfactory skin of the Trogon. Trogons have skins 

 which may aptly be compared to wet tissue paper, and 

 as I am not a skilled taxidermist the result of my 

 labours was horrible to behold, and I threw it away 

 in disgust. 



The next few days I spent pretty well by myself, 

 for Cox extended his stay near the summit of the 

 mountain, and I sent up to him all the hunters as he 

 was doing well in the collecting of vertebrates and 

 needed men to help him skin them. One Land- 

 Dayak the " lion " stayed with me and the two 

 Chinese servants, one of whom shortly fell ill with 

 fever and lay like a log in the lean-to that served as a 

 kitchen. There was a good deal of rain and butterflies 

 became scarce, but I shall not readily forget one 

 glorious afternoon ; the sun was shining brilliantly in 

 a perfect blue sky flecked with a few clouds, and 

 presently I heard the peculiar rushing noise made by 

 Hornbills as they fly (a noise due, I believe, to the 

 air rushing through the quills of the wings, for the 

 wings on the under side are only very thinly protected 

 by coverts), and from various directions I could see 

 numbers of these birds winging their way to a huge 

 Ficus tree that was in fruit close to the camp. The 

 birds began to feed greedily and, fetching a pair of 



