36 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds from the 



south of Kedah, beyond which State it is replaced by A. con- 

 ve.rus. 



Tliese two species — the other member of the genus 

 occurriag in the Peninsula, A. malayanus, is more of a jungle- 

 bird — are much more open-country birds than the other 

 Malayan Hornbills. They fly in flocks of five or six 

 individuals and. are met with principally along the course of 

 the larger rivers and on the borders of rice-fields, where these 

 are fringed with orchards and villages. They are especially 

 fond of the fruit of the banyan or kayu ara, a fig-tree which 

 is very abundant in such situations. Their flight is distinctly 

 laboured, and not so sustained as that of the larger species, 

 nor do they fly nearly so high. Their Malay name is 

 Burohg Idinking, alluding to their call, or Burong lUin, or 

 Wax-bird, which probably has reference to the colour of 

 the bill. 



The larger species of the family, in addition to certain 

 special and local names, are called Burong enggang or burong 

 rakit, the latter name meaning " raft-bird,'^ a term which has 

 been applied in some parts of the Peninsula to the Rouge-et- 

 notr Broadbill, Cymborhynchus malaccensis. 



-f- 88. Rhytidoceros undulatus. 



Rhytidoceros undulatus (Shaw) ; Grant, torn. cit. p. 382 ; 

 Robinson, p. 173. 



Fairly common in Pulau Terutau and Pulau Langkawi, 

 and also obtained on the mountains of Selangor at higrh 

 elevations, 



Meropid^:. 



•^89. Melittophagus swinhoii. 



Melittophagus swinhoii (Hume) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. xvii. p. 55 (1892). 



This beautiful Bee-eater was exceedingly common in the 

 open country of Trang, especially near the coast. To the 

 south it becomes much rarer, and is almost unknown further 

 down the Peninsula than Taiping. We found it very abundant 

 on the island of Langkawi in December 1908, where, just 



