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The locality “ Penang” attributed to six specimens in the British 
Museum is certainly erroneous, the birds having probably been 
brought over alive to Dr. Cantor from Kedah or Perlis. 
LOPHURA RUFA (RAFFLES). 
Lophura rufa (Raffles); Ogilvie Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxii., 
p. 286 (1893). 
The Fire-back Pheasant, though not uncommon in certain localities, 
is not an easy bird to snare or shoot and the local museums are very 
deficient in specimens. ‘Two males, adult and immature; were secured 
at Pelarit, Perlis, in November, 1911, by our Dyak collectors. 
OSMOTRERON BICINCTA (JERD.). 
Osmotreron bicincta (Jerd.); Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 
Xx. p. 97 (1893) ; Robinson and Kloss, Ibis, 1910, p. 674. 
Out of several hundreds of the common QO. vernans shot by 
Mr. Seimund during the 1910-12 seasons, three—two males and a 
female—shot on 30th November, 1910, and Ist February, 1912, proved 
to be of this species. Whether it comes south during the winter 
months or is resident throughout the year in the Malay Peninsula 
is not yet ascertained but all the specimens hitherto obtained. have 
been shot between November and February. 
OSMOTRERON VERNANS (LInN.) Var. 
Osmotreron vernans (linn.); Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 
xxi., p. 60 (1893). 
Among a large number of this species shot in Taiping during the 
last two years are two specimens—a male from Kamunting, obtained 
on 13th June, 1911, presented by Mr. Gray, and a female from 
Simpang, dated Ist February, 1912, shot by Mr. Se1mund—which show 
a variation not uncommon among the members of this sub-family 
(Treronine) consisting of a defect of yellow pigment so that those 
portions of the plumage which are normally yellowish green become 
greyish green or pearly grey. ‘The opposite variation in which 
there is an excess of yellow pigment so that the whole bird becomes 
more or less of a canary yellow colour is also not uncommon and 
specimens representing this phase have also been obtained near 
Taiping. 
RALLINA FASCIATA (RAFFLEs). 
Rallina fasciata (Raffles); Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii., 
p. 75 (1894). 
Rails of these genus are by no means common in the Malay 
Peninsula though possibly more numerous in the northern districts. 
During a short stay at the end of October, 1911, at Alor Stah, the 
capital of Kedah, which is surrounded by large areas of alluvial rice 
lands, we found that this species was being hawked about the 
streets in large numbers at a rate equivalent to two for a penny. 
Slightly further north in Perlis it was also not uncommon in the rice 
