40 jNIessrs, Robinson and Kloss on Birds from the 



'f-102. HiEROCOCCYX SPARVERIOIDES. 



Hierococcijx sparverioides (Vig.) ; Shelley, torn. cit. p. 232. 



The larger Hawk-Cuckoo was fairly numerous in Trang ; 

 to the south it is decidedly rarer, though occasionally met 

 together with H. nisicolor. 



^■^103. HiEROCOCCYX NISICOLOR. 



Hierococcyx Jugax (Horsf.) ; Shelley, torn. cit. p. 236 ; 

 Kobiuson, p. 177. 



Hierococcyx nisicolor (Hodgs.) ; Blanford, Faun. Brit. 

 India, Birds, iii. p. 214 (1895). 



A single adult from Trang. 



Rather commoner than the preceding species, especially in 

 the central and southern portions of the Peninsula. 



""" 104. CUCULUS MICROPTERUS. 



Cuculus micropterus Gould ; Shelley, torn. cit. p. 236. 

 Specimens were collected both in the interior of Trang 

 and on Langkawi. 



105. Penthoceryx sonnerati. 



Cuculus sonnerati (Lath.) ; Shelley, tom. cit. p. 262. 



? . Chong, Trang, December 27th, 1910. 



For some reason we have come across remarkably few 

 specimens of this Cuckoo in the Peninsula, and it is possible 

 that it is only numerous quite in the south, where Davison 

 secured a fairly large series. It is obviously generically 

 distinct from Cuculus, and, as Blanford (Faun. Brit. lud,, 

 Birds, iii, p. 218, 1895) states, should certainly, if not kept 

 distinct under the above name, be placed with Cacomantis, to 

 which in the general character of the plumage it shews 

 marked affinities. 



~ 106. Cacomantis merulinus. 



Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.) ; Shelley, tom. cit. p. 268 ; 

 Robinson, p. 177. 



Abundant all over the Peninsula. 



This Cuckoo is the local " Brain-Fever Bird," and has a 

 trisyllalnc note repeated three times on an ascending scale, 

 which is singularly irritating. The species appears to be 



