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Bulan Moon. 



Badan Body. 



Babat Mayat To tie a corporal (Mayat) with strips of 



white cotton cloth, according to island 



custom. 



Bras Rice. 



Bodoh Foolish. 



Darak Blood. 



Darat Inland. 



Etek A Duck. 



Hijan or yon Green. 



Hutau Jungle. 



Hujau Rain. 



Jambul A crest. 



Kuchik Small ; little. 



Kuning Yellow. 



Karampok A knife with a curved blade, which 



somewhat resembles the feathers of a 



Bulwer's Pheasant (Karampaki) . 



Kaug Kaug To straddle ; to open the legs. 



Lahir The neck. 



Lalang The common species of long grass. 



Landack A porcupine. 



Merah Red. 



Malagoondi The name of a tree. 



Pulita A lamp. 



Pirang Brown. 



Panggit Call. 



Romba Thick forest. 



Sunat To stray ; to miss the way. 



Sungai River. 



Siue To whistle. 



Tanah Earth ; ground. 



Trop To blow. 



Umbun Dew. 



" The natives name many birds from a fancied interpretation of 

 their notes, as 'whip-poor-will' with us, e.g. the ' Suip api' or 

 'Blow the fire' is supposed to call out Antit! Antit! Snip api! (blow 

 the fire), Ambit prick ! (take the pot), Jarang nasi ! (cook the rice), 

 Lapat anak ! (the child is hungry)." 



The nomenclature adopted in the present paper is principally that 

 of Count Salvadori's 'Uccelli di Borneo,' whose pages have been 

 consulted at every turn of its preparation. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1879, No. XXI. 21 



