SOME BIRDS OF SINGAPORE. 759 



1037. Al. meninting. — The Malayan Kingfisher. 

 This tiny kingfisher is not at all common. It is very easily mistaken at 

 first sight for No. 1035. 



1040. Ceyx tridactyla. — The Indian Three-toed Kingfisher. 

 I only saw one specimen which had flown into a house at night and had 

 been captured. 



1044. Halcyon smyrnensis.— The White-breasted Kingfisher. 

 Common everywhere. 



1045, Hal. pileata. — The Black-capped Kingfisher. 

 Found sparingly up the backwaters. 



1047. Sauropatis chloris. — The White-collared Kingfisher. 

 Very common. Its noisy scream is heard alike in gardens, far from any water 

 and along the shores of the sea or rivers. I believe it nests in holes in trees. 

 1074. Cypselus subeurcatus. — The Malay House Swift. 

 Exceedingly common. Breeds in vast colonies, apparently raising at least 

 two broods a year ; the nests are placed under the eaves of houses, or under 

 verandahs, sometimes in huge clusters ; the eggs, 3 or 4, are glossless white, 

 much elongated and pointed at the small end. 



1093. Caprimulgus macrurus. — Horsfield's Nightjar 

 Very common in gardens and clearings. Breeds during February, March 

 and April, the 2 eggs being laid, as usual, in a mere depression in the ground, 

 under some bush ; the eggs are pale salmon or stone colour, faintly spotted 

 with ligbt brown and pale purple. 



1102. Harpactes duvauceli. — The Red-rumped Trogon. 

 Name taken from specimen in Museum. 



1113. Oacomantis merulinus. — The Rufous-bellied Cuckoo. 

 A very common winter visitor ; its notes, heard from early dawn to late at 

 night, rise regularly up the scale after this fashion : — C B C, D C D, E D E, 

 &c., till the bird seems unable to go higher and stops ; at other times it 

 commences on a high note, and comes down the scale note by note increasing 

 in speed as the lower notes are reached. 



1115. Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus — The Violet Cuckoo. 

 I should say very rare ; I only saw and obtained one specimen. 



1120. Eudynamis homarata.— The Indian Koel. 

 The only specimen I saw was shot by a friend in his garden and given to me. 

 1125. Rmopodytes sumatranus.— The Sumatran Green-billed Malkoha. 

 Found sparingly in the jungles. 



1133. Centropus bengalensis. — The Lesser Coucal. 

 Common on bushy waste-land and such like places. 



1212. Spizaetus limmaetus. — The Changeable Hawk Eagle. 

 I only noticed one specimen which I secured. 



1220. Butastdr TEiiSA. — White-eyed Buzzard-Eagle. 

 Fairly numerous. I shot a specimen on 17th December 1905 which had 

 evidently just killed a Turnix pugnax which it was carrying in its claws. 



