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present in the Peninsula throughout the year, but its 

 numbers are greatly augmented during the winter months. 



■j- 107. Chalcococcyx xanthorhynchus. 



Chalcococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsf.) ; Shelley^ torn. cit. 

 p. 289. 



A single female was obtained on the summit of the 

 dividing range between Trang and the east coast States. 



The Violet Cuckoo is rare in the Malay Peninsula, and the 

 Selaugor Museum possesses only three males from widely 

 scattered localities. 



'108. Chalcococcyx maculatus. 



Chalcococcyx maculatus (Gm.) ; Shelley, torn. cit. p. 292. 



Two females of the Emerald Cuckoo were secured in the 

 same locality as the preceding. It is an even rarer bird than 

 C. xanthorhynchus, and very few specimens indeed are on 

 record from the Peninsula. Both are only found in dense 

 jungle and are shy and retiring in their habits. A third 

 member of the genus, C. malayanus, certainly, and a fourth, 

 C. basalts, possibly, occur within our limits, but the records 

 of the last are somewhat dubious. 



-^ 109. Centropus sinensis. 



Centropus sinensis (Steph.) ; Shelley, tom. cit. p. 343 ] 

 Robinson, p. 177. 



Abundant in Trang, as elsewhere in the Peninsula, on 

 waste ground and stretches of open country overgrown with 

 high grass. 



^110. EUDYNAMIS ORIENTALIS. 



Evdynamis orientalis (Linn.) ; Shelley, tom. cit. p. 322. 



The Koel is evidently a migratory bird in the Peninsula, 

 and in the central and southern portions is rarely found at 

 any distance inland. It was very common indeed in Trang, 

 up to the foot of the main range, in December 1909, and 

 was also numerous on Pulau Paya, a small island between 

 Langkawi and Kedah, in December 1907. On Pulau Jarah, 

 in the middle of tlie Straits of Malacca, it w^as present in very 

 large numbers in April 1906, probably on its way north. 



