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GALLINAGO MEGALA, Swinu. 
Gallinago megala, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv., p. 479 
(1896) ; Robinson, Journ. F.M.S. Mus., iv., p. 130 (1909). 
Since the first specimen was recorded by Robinson from the 
neighbourhood of Kuala Lumpur in 1909, Seimund has obtained two 
more examples in the vicinity of Taiping, Perak. Now that the 
species is known to occur here it will probably he noticed in fair 
numbers in future. 
MILVUS GOVINDA, Sykés. 
Milvus govinda, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., i., p. 325 (1874) ; 
Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind. Birds, 11., p. 374 (1895). 
The common Pariah Kite has not often been recorded from the 
Malay Peninsula; an example was shot near Taiping, Perak, in 
November, 1910, and it has been obtained in Penang (Cantor), 
Singapore (Kelham), and near Klang by Davison. 
SYRNIUM MAINGAYI, Hume. 
Syrnium maingayi, Hume, Stray Feathers, vi., p. 27 (1878) ; 
Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind. Birds, iti., p. 276 (1895). 
An example of the rare Malayan Wood-Owl was shot in the 
Semangko Pass, 2,700 feet, in April, ard in June, 1910, another was 
obtained near Taiping by Scimund. Specimens from Kuala Tembeling, 
Panane ; Ginting Bidei, 2,300 feet, Selangor; and from Trang, Siamese 
Malaya, had previously been in the coilections of the Federated 
Malay States Museums. 
PHALACROCORAX CARBO, Linn. 
Phalacrocorax carbo, Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv., p. 340 
(1898) ; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxvi., p. 340 (1898). 
The Cormorant is exceedingly rare in the southern half of the Malay 
Peninsula. A specimen was collected by Wray on the Batang Padang 
River near Tapah, South Perak, about fifteen years ago; a second 
example was obtained by Kloss on a fresh-water pond at Johore Bahru 
in 1904, and in July, 1910, Seimund shot a third on the small lake 
at Taiping, Perak. North of the Kelantan River on the Hast Coast 
and in Patani Bay it is not uncommon. 
PELECANUS PHILIPPENSIS, Gm. 
Pelecanus philippensis, Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv., p. 
335 (1898) ; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxvi., p. 471 (1898). 
A single example of the Spotted-billed Pelecan was taken near 
Taiping, Perak, some years ago, and in July, 1910, a second individual 
was obtained in the same locality. 
ALCEDO EURYZONA, Tr. 
Aleedo euryzona, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xvii, p. 154 
(1892); Blanford, Faun. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii., p. 126 (1895); 
Robinson, Journ, F.M.S. Mus., u1., p. 172 (1509). 
