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for the deep blue head, and with a very long graceful tail. 

 It is also called paradise flycatcher {Urpsi phone) y and is 

 found from Sumatra up into middle China. In Borneo 

 it is quite common, being observed also on the Mahakam 

 in the central part of the island. According to the legend, 

 it formerly cost a man his life to kill it. This man soon 

 showed himself to be an excellent worker who took his 

 business very seriously and did not allow himself to be 

 distracted when I amused visiting Kayans with simple 

 moving j^ictures and by playing a music-box. The jun- 

 gle, dripping with dew in the early morning, did not deter 

 him, and at night it was his custom to shoot owls and hunt 

 for deer or other animals. After arranging his tent with 

 little or no help from the Dayaks, he would next put up 

 a frame-work on which to dry his skins, under a roof of 

 palm leaves; here a fire was always kept, without which 

 the skins would have spoiled in that damp cli/nate. 

 Chonggat had a fine physique, was always pleasant and 

 willing and was possessed of more than ordinary intelli- 

 gence withal. Also keenly humourous, he enjoyed my 

 initial mistakes in Malay, though maintaining a proper 

 respect for the leader of the expedition. 



In the evening, having retired for the day, he, as well 

 as the Chinese photographer could be heard in their 

 respective tents studying English from small guide- 

 books which they had brought along. He told me that 

 his earnings were invested in a sm.ill rubber plantation 

 which he and his brothers worked togctluT. Chonggat 

 was a good example of what a native of Borneo can ac- 

 complish under proper civilizing influences. 



