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about sunset, countless thousands used to appear and roost 

 on a lofty dead tree among the mangroves on the shore 

 at Kuau. 



Among many of the more primitive Malays this is a bird of 

 ill-omen, being associated with the Spectral Huntsman and 

 his Phantom Pack, who loom large in the local folk-lore. 



-^ 90. Merops sumatranus. 



Merops sumatranus Raffles ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 61. 



Common nearly all over the Peninsula. Met with in 

 Langkawi in February 1909. 



-^ 91. Mekops philippinus. 



Merops philippinus Linn. ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 71. 

 Not so abundant as the preceding species, and common 

 only in the winter months. 



Specimens from Terutau obtained in February and March 

 1909 are in the Selangor Museum. 



-4^92. NyCTIORNIS AMICTA. 



Nyctiornis amicta (Temm.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 90. 



This large and handsome Bearded Bee-eater is fairly 

 common in the upland forests throughout the Peninsula, and 

 ascends the mountains to an altitude of over 4000 feet, though 

 it is more common on the lower hills. It is absent from the 

 coastal zone, nor is it met with on any of the outlying islands. 

 In Traug it is probably commoner than the two or three 

 specimens collected indicate, as our Dyaks hardly considered 

 it worth powder and shot. 



Caprimulgid^. 



-4- 93. Caprimulgus ambiguus. 



Caprimulgus macrurus Horsf. (part.) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 557 (1892). 



Caprimulgus ambiguus Hartert, Ibis, 1896, p. 373. 



"h- 94-. Caprimulgus jotaka. 



Caprimulgus jotaka Temm. & Schleg. ; Hartert, tom. cit. 

 p. 552; Robinson, p. 174. 



Both these species were very abundant at Cheng for two 



