432 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. [May 3, 



" Besides the birds mentioned in the list, I repeatedly heard the 

 cry of the Argus Pheasant (.i. giganteus), and I found their dancing- 

 places at about 3000 to 5000 feet. I saw also examples of three or 

 four species of Hornbills and a Green-headed Bee-eater, but was not 

 able to get any specimens of them. 



"Below 3000 feet the hill forms become scarce, and the low-country 

 ones begin to appear. The temperature at 3300 feet on the hills 

 ranges from about .56° to 76° in the shade, and at the higher stations 

 from 50° to 7l.°. Judging from the records of the past six years, 

 there are no regular seasons in Perak. The rainfall on the Larut 

 hills is from 200 to 250 inches per annum. 



" I am, yours truly, 



" L. "\\ray, Jun." 



Mr.Wray's collection is divided into two parts, the first consisting 

 of some low-country forms, a list of which I give for the sake of the 

 notes appended by the collector. The latter are placed in inverted 

 commas. 



1. Oriolus xanthonotus, Horsf. 

 "No. 77. Larut. Irides and bill red." 



2. Lalage culminata. 



" No. 74. 2 . Larut. Irides dark brown." 



3. Trichixus pyrrhopyga. 



" No. 7Q. 2 • Blanja. Irides brown." 



4. Pitta granatina. 



" No. 72. S • Blanja. Irides brown ; bill and legs black." 



5. Calyptomena viridis. 



" No. 73. 6 • Larut. Irides dark brown ; bill yellowish." 



6. ECRYL^MUS OCHROMELAS. 



"No. 75. 2. Larut. Irides pale yellow; bill cobalt-blue, 

 with yellow markings on the upper mandible." 



7. Harpactes kasumba. 



"No. 68. (S • Larut. Irides crimson; bill and skin of face 

 cobalt-blue. Fairly common in big jungle." 



8. Halcyon concreta. 



"No. 70. 6. Bill black above, bright yellow beneath; irides 

 brown." 



9. Ptilopus jambu. 



"No. 69. S 2 • Irides white; bill yellow; feet and legs red. 

 Very rare in Perak. These specimens were collected in Kinta in 

 July." 



