Northern Portion of the Malay Peninsula. 43 



especially fond of a species of Melastomacea with large 

 pink flowers and sticky fruit, which it searches assiduously 

 for insects. It hardly ever takes to flight, hut climhs about 

 the creepers and iu and out of the dense foliage, and at a 

 great height looks more like a squirrel than a bird. 



't'llS. Urococcyx erythrognathus. 



Urococcyx eryttirognathus (Hartl.) ; Shelley, torn. cit. 

 p. 178; Robinson, p. 178. 



Common among bamboos on the banks of the river 

 at Chong, Trang, and well distributed throughout the 

 Peninsula. 



Capitoniu.e. 



7*" 116. Calorhamphus hayi. 



Calortiamphus hayi (J. E. Gray) ; Shelley, tom. cit. p. 50; 

 Robinson, p. 178. 



Not nearly so common as further south. 



"f-117. Chotorhea chrysopogon. 



Chotorhea chrysopogon (Temm.) ; Shelley, tom. cit. p. 57 ; 

 Robinson, p. 179. 



This Barbet, which was fairly common in the heavier 

 jungle, does not appear to have been recorded from further 

 north than Penang, a locality which is open to strong 

 suspicion. 



i'llS. Chotorhea versicolor. 



Chotorhea versicolor (Raffles) ; Shelley, tom. cit. p. 59 ; 

 Robinson, p. 179. 



Lam-ra, Trang, N. Malay Peninsula, January 1910. 



Not so abundant as the preceding species. 



-^119. Chotorhea mystacophanes. 



Cyano])s mystacophanes (Temm.) ; Shelley, tom. cit. p. 72 ; 

 Robinson, p. 179. 

 Very numerous. 



-+120. Mesobucco cyanotis. 

 Mesobucco cyanotis (Blyth) ; Shelley, tom. cit. p. 87. 

 Very numerous at every locality visited in the State ; 



