374 A FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS 
by Jerdon. The bird is shy, making a sudden dive into the 
jungle when approached.—F. W. B.” 
The specimen sent is one of the small dark race which appears 
to be common to the extreme south of India, Ceylon, and 
the Straits, and it may be (though I have no specimens to 
compare) to Sumatra also. This race at any rate answers fairly 
to Raffles’ description, length about 10 inches, and at present I 
see no objection to retaining it under Raffles’ name; but if the 
Indian Minow are to be divided at all, as Mr. Sharpe divides 
them into lugubris and scutellata, then I altogether demur to 
retaining under thename of scufellata the large dark races of (1) 
Pegu and Tenasserim, (ii) Cachar, Tipperah, Sylhet, &e., (iti) 
Nipal and the Eastern Himalayas. 
‘The present specimen is absolutely identical with one of our 
specimens shot at Pulo Seban, 22 miles E. by N. of Malacca. 
It is extremely dark, the head darker than the body, but not 
at all grey, and it has the interspaces of the tail extremely 
light-coloured, and the tail conspicuously tipped with white. 
Another specimen shot in the native state of Tampin near 
Malacca is very similar, only the head a shade less dark. 
A third specimen shot at Ruroo (near Tampin) is very similar, 
but has the interspaces of the tail very dark and _ scarcely 
any white tipping toit. These are all males, our present being 
a male-also. 
It measured in the flesh :—Uength, 10°63; expanse, 23°75 ; 
wing, 7°87; tail, 4.62; tarsus, 0°87. 
The corresponding Malaccan specimen measured in the 
flesh :—Leneth, 10:1; expanse, 25; wing, 7°6; tail, 4°75; 
tarsus, 0°9; so that it is really impossible to separate the two. 
T have elsewhere descussed our Indian species of Nznow and 
need, therefore, say no more about them at present. 
83.—Hirundo javanica, Sparrm. 
“ A resident travelling but little, two or three persistently 
frequenting each sheltered ravine in an open clearing. They 
seem to spend more of their time on a perch than most 
Swallows.—F. W. B.” 
A specimen, a male shot at Mynall,in January, measured :— 
Length, 4°8; expanse, 10°5; wing, 4:1; tail, 1°94; tarsus, 
0°35; bill from gape, 0°5. 
108.— Collecaliaunicolor, Jerd. 
“ Residents on the hills and very abundant. I only know 
of one breeding cave, which was discovered by a gentleman 
when following up the track of a bear. This eave is situated 
at the base of a grass ridge at an elevation of about 2,300 feet 
