106 BIRDS OP TENASSERIM. 



as I can remember, the figure in the Ibis which I have not 

 by me now for reference. 



The following' are the dimensions, &c., recorded in the flesh 

 by Captain Bingham : — 



Length, 294; expanse, 40*0; tail from vent, 12'0 ; wing, 

 12'6 ; tarsus, 193 ; bill from gape, 4'9. 



Bill whitish, tinged greenish yellow ; bare skin of chin 

 and behind and above the eyes, purplish pink ; remainder of 

 bare facial skin, fleshy white ; irides with an inner circle of 

 brown and an outer circle of grey ; legs and feet greenish 

 plumbeous ; claws horny. 



Upper plumage, except that of head and neck, as in the 

 adult female ; entire lower surface, except wings, wing-lining 

 and tail, a warm ruddy buff, palest on the throat ; all the 

 feathers of the throat and many of those of the breast and 

 abdomen centered whitish ; under surface of tail and wings 

 and wing-lining, as in the female ; forehead, crown and occi- 

 pital crest, rather dark ferruginous brown ; the feathers, espe- 

 cially those of the crest, strongly tinged grey, as are also the 

 feathers of the tibiae. 



The primary greater coverts, the outer margins of the 

 primaries, and some of the secondaries margined whitish buff ; 

 tail feathers, winglet and primaries tipped white. 



145 ter.— Berenicornis comatus, Raffl. (8). 



Bankasoon. 



Confined to the forests of the extreme south of the province. 



[This species was only obtained in the forests of Bankasoon, 

 and, as far as we yet know, does not extend further northwards ; 

 it also occurs in the forests about Malacca. 



It keeps in small parties about the lower trees and under- 

 growth, but is very shy. 



When disturbed one or more utter a soft " hoo," when the 

 whole party fly off at once, seldom reseating themselves 

 until they have flown to some considerable distance ; they 

 almost always perch low, avoiding the high and more ex- 

 posed branches. When feeding or moving about the forest 

 they give utterance to a peculiar cry which might be syllabized 

 hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo, repeated twelve or fourteen times in rapid 

 succession, one commencing and several more of the party 

 taking up the cry. 



They do not live entirely on fruit, but eat freely lizards 

 and small birds. In the stomachs of the specimens I examined 

 (seven in number) I found in five the remains of lizards as well 

 as a quantity of fruit, and in two, fruit, a quantity of feathers, 

 and small bones of birds and half-digested lizards. 



