30 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds from the 



One was shot at Kuala Kedali in I^Jovember 1907. The 

 Malay name for the bird is Lang siput, or Oyster-Hawk 

 derived from the idea that at the turn of tlic tide it flies up 

 river uttering its call to warn the shellfish of the return 

 of the water. 



T 61. POLIOAETUS ICHTHYAiiTUS. 



PoUoaetus ichthyartus (Horsf.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 452. 



Not rare in the northern portion of tlie Peninsula on 

 the coast and inland wherever there are rice-fields, but not so 

 numerous further south. 



In the interior on the rivers flowing through dense jungle 

 its place is taken by the smaller species P. Jmmilis. On some 

 rivers, notably the higher reaches of the Tembeling and its 

 tributary the Tahan, in Pahang, almost every reach is in- 

 habited by a pair of these birds, which lumber along in front 

 of the canoe as the traveller advances up stream. 



Strigidjs. 



"^ 02. KeTUPA CEYLONENSIS. 



Ketupa ceylonensis (Gm.) ; Sliarpe, Cat, Birds Brit. Mus. 

 ii. p. 4 (1875). 



We collected three specimens of the large Fishing-Owl 

 on the edges of the rice-fields at Chong in the interior of 

 Trang. 



It does not appear to have been recorded from further 

 south than Central Tenasserim, so that the present locality 

 shews a considerable extension in range for the species. 



^ 63. Ketupa javanensis. 



Ketupa javancnsis Less. ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 8. 

 Very common everywhere in suitable localities throughout 

 the Peninsula. 



^ 64. SVRNIUM SELOPUTO. 



Syrnium sinense (Lath.) ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 231. 

 This Wool-Owl is generally found in orchards and villages 

 roosting in the large fruit-trees and quartering the rice- 



