BIRDS OF THE LARUT HILLS. ТЕ 
This magnificent Hornbill, though constantly heard, seems 
very shy, and though I saw a pair once or twice I failed {о get а 
specimen. Davison has described its note excellently. He says, 
“The note is very peculiar and powerful ; it begins with a series 
of whoops, uttered'at intervals that grow gradually less till, 
after ten or a dozen quick repetitions the call ends ina harsh 
cackling laugh.” This account would be hard to improve on. 
The first notes sound not unlike the distant blow of an axe 
on timber, and it is doubtless this species that is referred to 
in the Malay legend of the man who cut down his unfortun- 
ate mother-in-law’s house and then ant into a рем of laugh- 
ter, for which he was punished by being turned into a bird. The 
use of the heavy ivory casque of this hornbill re to be 
discovered. 
94. Chætura gigantea. (Temm.) 
The Brown-necked Spine-tail Swift. 
Often seen hawking over the hills. 
95. Chætura leucopygialis, (Blyth.) 
The Grey-rumped Spine-tail. Very common up to 3000 
feet or so; I forget whether 1 observed it higher. It bas none 
of the arrow-like speed of the larger Spine-tails. (2.) 
96. Collocalia francica. (Gmel.) 
i The Little Grey-rumped Swiftlet. 
Common at the higher elevations. 
97. Collocalia linchi. (Horsf. and M.) 
Id’s Swiftlet. The same gene es charming 
A pair did 
penes fora long time. 
species is numerous, I have seen it rossi in buildings, йил 
to the walls in clusters like a swarm of bees. occa- 
sions 1 have often seen one catch its mate, unable to find room 
