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



HiRUNDO GUTTURALis (Scop.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 134 

 (1885); Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 47; Kelham, t. c. p. 372. 



" No. 62. S • Irides dark brown. Very plentiful on the sum- 

 mits of the hills." 



Apparently an adult male before the winter moult. 



Nyctioknis amictus (Temm.) ; Dresser, Monogr. Merop. pi. i. 



"No. 29. 2 • This bird is partial to the lower trees and bushes 

 in the forest, and extends from the plains up to the very top of the 

 hills. The nest is made in a hole excavated in a bank of earth, in 

 the same way as with the Merops. 



" It makes a sort of laughing noise, something like ' Kar-ka-kS-ka- 

 ka-ka-kar.' It was some time before I was able to identify this bird 

 as the caller, until I shot one in the act. The amount of red on the 

 head and throat varies very much ; and in one the plumage was 

 wholly green, excepting the tail, which was the same as in the 

 normally coloured bird." 



HiEROCoccYX FUGAX, Horsf. ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 53 ; Kel- 

 ham, f. c. p. 391 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 185. 



"No. 61. 5. Irides brownish yellow. This was the only 

 member of the family Cuculidse that I met with." 



Cyanops ramsayi. 



Megalcema ramsayi, Wald. ; Hume and Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 152. 



•' No. 20. c? $ . Irides brown. This Barbet is common above 

 3500 feet." 



This is a Tenasserim species, not previously known to occur to 

 the south of that province. 



Megal^ma ooti. 



Cyanops ooti, Salvad. t. c. p. 180. 



"No. 21. 5. Irides red-brown. I did not meet with this 

 species higher than 3500 feet nor lower than 3000 feet. It is 

 plentiful, but, from its frequenting the tops of tall trees, is difficult 

 to shoot. Both of these Barbets are very noisy birds." 



PsiLOPOGON pyrolophus, S. Miill. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1886, 

 p. 352; Salvad. t. c. p. 178. 



"No. 14. I observed one male of this species with the under 

 tail-coverts scarlet; and another with them green, with the extreme 

 tips of the feathers tinged with scarlet. It is a very silent bird, and 

 only occasionally utters a harsh note, something like that of a Wood- 

 pecker." 



Chrysophlegma malaccense (Lath.); Hargitt, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 276. 



Callolophus maJaccensis, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 52 ; Salvad. t. c. 

 p. 182. 



" No. 23. 2 • Irides brown. A low-country form. The speci- 

 men sent was shot at nearly 4000 feet." 



