210 DR. P. L. SCLATER ON THE BIRDS OF BORNEO [May 26, 



clearings. In flying, it rises only just over the grass, and never 

 perches in sight, always diving suddenly into some thick tuft or bush. 

 It is often much mobbed by other small birds. Its nest is bottle- 

 shaped, and placed among grass, of which it is chiefly built, rarely 

 quite upon the ground. Its Malay name is " Telutok." 



Fam. CAPiTONiDiE. 



28. Megal^ema VERSICOLOR (Raffl.), Bp. Consp. p. 143. 

 {Tukang Kagu.') 



Exceedingly common here ; feeds chiefly on insects, but also on 

 the fruit of various species of Ficus. When these are ripe, several 

 dozen of the birds may often be seen on the trees together. They 

 breed in holes, which they excavate in the rotten wood of trees. 



29. MegaljEma chrysopsis, Goflin, Mus. des Pays-Bas, Buc- 

 cones, p. 15. (Tokon Tokon mas.) 



Rare : procured by my hunter far up the Riam-Kiwa River. 

 [Barely separable from Megalama chrysopogon,Temm. — P. L. S.] 



30. MegaljEma mystacophanes (Temm.), PI. Col. 315. 

 (Tokon Tokon Kechel.) 



Obtained by my hunter near Martapora. 



31. Megalorhynchus sanguinolentus (Less.). (Tapeas.) 



Rather uncommon. I shot both these specimens in a tall Fig-tre^ 

 (^Ficus) covered with fruit ; but I doubt their feeding on it, as their 

 stomachs were full of insects. 



[There seems no doubt that this Bornean bird — the Caloramphua 

 sanguinolentus. Less. (Rev, Zool. 1839, p. 139) — is distinct from the 

 Malaccan M. hayi, although these species have been repeatedly 

 united. The Malaccan bird never shows the red colour on the throat, 

 which seems constant in Bornean specimens. — P. L. S.] 



Fam. PiciDjE. 



32. Meiglyptes brunneus (Eyton), Bp. Consp. p: 113. 

 In fruit-orchards ; not rare. 



33. Meiglyptes badiosxjs (Temm.), Bp. Consp. p. 113. 

 {Balatak busuh — Stinking Woodpecker.) 



A common bird, rather nocturnal in its habits. When newly 

 killed, it has an abominable smell of formic acid, doubtless from the 

 nature of its food. 



[Mr. Wallace has specimens of this bird obtained at Sarawak. — 

 P. L. S.] 



34. Tiga tridactyla. Gray : Bp. Consp. p. 120. 



Procured at Abulong, on the Banjermassing River. It appears to 

 be a species frequenting the tidal marshes. 



