432 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PKRAK. [May 3, 



" Besides the birds mentioned in the list, I repeatedly heard the 

 cry of the Argus Pheasant (.1. giganteus), and I found their dancing- 

 places at about 3000 to 5000 feet. I saw also examples of three or 

 four species of Hornbills and a Green-headed Bee-eater, but was not 

 able to get any specimens of them. 



"Below 3000 feet the hill forms become scarce, and the low-country 

 ones begin to appear. The temperature at 3300 feet on the hills 

 ranges from about .56° to 76° in the shade, and at the higher stations 

 from 50° to 7'^°- Judging from the records of the past six years, 

 there are no regular seasons in Perak. The rainfall on the Larut 

 hills is from 200 to 2.!,0 inches per annum. 



" I am, yours truly, 



" L. AVray, Jun." 



Mr.Wray's collection is divided into two parts, the first consisting 

 of some low-country forms, a list of which I give for the sake of the 

 notes appended by the collector. The latter are placed in inverted 

 commas. 



1. Oriolus xanthonotus, Horsf. 



" No. 77- Larut. Irides and bill red." 



2. Lalage culminata. 



" No. 74. 2 . Larut. Irides dark brown." 



3. Trichixus pyrrhopyga. 



" No. 7G. ? . Blanja. Irides brown." 



4. Pitta granatina. 



" No. 72. c? • Blanja. Irides brown ; bill and legs black." 



5. CaLYPTOMENA VIRIDIS. 



" No. 73. d . Larut. Irides dark brown ; bill yellowish." 



6. ExJRYLjEMUS ochromelas. 



"No. 75. $. Larut. Irides pale yellow; bill cobalt-blue, 

 with yellow markings on the upper mandible." 



7. Harpactes kasumba. 



"No. 68. c? . Larut. Irides crimson; bill and skhi of face 

 cobalt-blue. Fairly common in big jungle." 



8. Halcyon concreta. 



" No. 70. 6 . Bill black above, bright yellow beneath ; irides 

 brown." 



9. Ptilopus jambu. 



"No. 69. c? 2 • Irides white; bill yellow; feet and legs red. 

 Very rare in Perak. These specimens were collected in Kinta in 

 July." 



