204 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vot. XI, 
rescue to get entangled in its turn. At night the birds roost 
on low trees and bushes. They bear captivity very well, 
if given a roomy enclosure and fed on worms and insects. 
3. Arborophila orientalis sumatrana Grant (Plate VI). 
26, 12. Suban Ajam, Mt. Kaba, Bencoolen, 
1200 M. 
Iris dark brownish grey, orbital skin dull red, with 
dusky spots, skin at the throat red, bill brownish black, 
feet dull coral red. 
Wings, 3 143, 137; ¢ 131 mm. 
A male and the female have the throats dusky rather 
than white. 
Lives in dense primeval forest. 
4. Caloperdix oculea sumatrana Grant (Plate VII). 
R. & K., I, p. 100. 
3¢. Tanangtalu, Ophir Districts, 1000 M. 
6, @. Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Bencoolen, 
1000 M. 
2. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 500 M. . 
Iris sepia brown, bill and cere brownish black, feet 
greenish yellowbrown, claws dark grey. 
Wings, ¢ 143, 137, 137, 145; @ 137, 138 mm. 
The pale bands on the posterior mantle vary from buff 
to white and the markings of the underparts vary consi- 
derably also: in one male they are present everywhere 
except on the whitish area of the abdomen, in another they 
are confined to the extreme sides of the body and flanks. 
All these birds were caught in snares in the secondary 
jungle. 
Contents of stomach: vegetable matter and small 
pebbles. 
5. Rollulus roulroul (Scop.). 
R. & K., I, p. 100. 
6. Buo, Padang Highlands, 280 M. 
26, 2. Talu, Ophir Districts, 520 M. 
?. Bencoolen (no exact locality). 
g. Tapus, Bencoolen, 800 M. 
Male : iris dark greyish brown, orbits and skin behind 
the eye crimson, upper mandible black, at the tomia coral 
ae lower mandible anterior part black, remainder coral . 
red. 
Female: iris as male, round the eye a ring of crimson 
papilla, orbits brown, skin behind eye dark reddish brown, 
. 
