1901.] ON THE BIRDS OF THE " SKEAT EXPEDITION." 57 



6. On the Birds collected during the " Skeat Expedition " 

 to the Malay Peninsula, 1899-1900. By J. L. 



BoNHOTE_, B.A. 



[Eeceived December 31, 1900.] 



In writing an account of the Birds collected by the " Skeat 

 Expedition" in 1899, it is unnecessary to dwell on the geographical 

 positions of the places mentioned, as they have already been fully 

 dealt with in my former paper on the Mammals. Although among 

 the 139 species of which examples were collected none are new to 

 science, yet there are several of considerable rarity ; it is worthy 

 of notice that the eastern side produced nothing very striking or 

 even scarce, and most of the interesting forms were procured by 

 Mr. Laidlaw on Mt. Grunong luas, in Perak, a locality which had 

 previously been visited on various occasions, viz., in 1886, 1887, 

 and 1888 by Mr. Wray, in 1889 by Mr. Hartert, and again quite 

 recently by Mr. A. L. Butler. 



Mr, Laidlaw was, however, successful in procuring examples of 

 several species which, so far as I am aware, are known only from the 

 specimens originally procured by Mr. Wray. Chief among these is 

 a fine male example of Chrysoplilegma wrayi, which has hitherto 

 been known only by a single specimen, a female ; among the rest 

 may be mentioned Pericrocotus croceus (a doubtful species, possibly 

 only a variety of P. lurayi), GorytJiocichla leucosticta, Pteruthius 

 ceralatus, Ueliopais personata, &c. Although the number of species 

 is considerable, the number of individuals of the various species is 

 somewhat restricted, so that this paper is more of the form of a 

 mere list than I would wish it to be. 



"H 1. Spilornis oheela (Lath.). 



Falco cheela, Lath. Ind. Ornith. i. p. 14 (1790). 

 tSpilornis cheela (Lath.), Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. i. p. 287 

 (1874); Gates, Bds. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 193 (1883). 



a. Ad. sk. Patelung. 28th April, 1899. 



b. S . Bukit Besar, Jalor. 6th May, 1 899. 

 c-e. S . Biserat, Jalor. 13th May, 1899. 



/. S . Kota Bharu, Kelantan. 9th July, 1899. 



~Jr-'2. Spizaetus caligatus (Hume). 



LimnaetVjS caligatus, Hume, Str. Peathers, 1879, p. 44. 

 Spizaetus caligatus (Hume), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 433. 

 a. S . Sungei, Kelantan. Sept. 1899. 



+3. Haliaetus lbfcogaster (Gm.). 



Falco leucogaster, Gm. S. JST. i. p. 2.57 (1788, ex Lath.). 

 Haliaetus leucogaster (Gm.), Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. i. p. 307 

 (1874) ; Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 368 ; Gates, op. cit. ii. p. 199. 

 a. <S . Tringganu. 31st Oct., 1899. 

 6. Kedah. 3rd May, 1900. 



