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In scrub jungle, secondary and heavy forest, also in 
solitary clumps of trees or bamboo bushes. The example 
from Muara Kiawai is from the swampy jungle. It ranges 
from about 100 to 900 M. (If this is realy R. diardi I must 
point out that none of my specimens had red irides as 
given for an alternative by Robinson and Kloss, p. 137). 
126. Rhopodytes sumatranus (Raffles). 
2. Puntian, Kumanis, Padang Highlands, 280 M. 
(No. 4432). 
Iris very pale bluish grey, orbital skin dark crimson, 
bill sage green, bluish grey at the base, feet lead colour, 
claws horn black. 
Wing 144 mm. 
127. Rhinortha chlorophaea chlorophaea (Raffles). 
Iie, We Ue I oy, leks, 
2. Buo, Padang Highlands, 280 M. 
438, 2. Aur, Kumanis, Padang Highlands, 200 M. 
@. Talang Ampat, Bencoolen, 40 M. 
Iris dark brown, bill greyish pale green, orbital skin 
pale bluish green, bill pale greyish green, feet lead colour, 
claws blackish. 
Wiss estos t 2) 102) tS) oF tse 1155122) 5mna- 
Common in low country, in scrub and secondary 
jungle, where it creeps about between the vegetation on 
trees and bushes ; its flight is very clumsy. 
128. Phoenicophaes curvirostris erythrognathus Bp. 
é. Buo, Padang Highlands, 280 M. 
$6, 2. Muara Kiawai, Ophir Districts, 40 M. 
@. Serapei, Korinchi, 800 M. 
?. Talang Ampat, Bencoolen, 40 M. 
The iris of the male is bluish grey (Wedgewood blue), 
that of the female orange red (this striking difference 
between the sexes was noted in all the specimens), orbital 
skin dark crimson, bill sage green, base reddish mahogany, 
feet dark lead colour. 
Wings, 4 176, 178, 179; ¢° 167, 172, 174 mm. 
Contents of stomach: grasshoppers and hairy cater- 
pillars. 
In secondary jungle and at the edge of clearings. 
129. Carpococcyx radiatus viridis Salvad. 
é imm. Muara Sako, Indrapura, 300 M. 
é. Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong Bencoolen, 
1000 M. 
g. Air Njuruk, Mt. Dempu, Palembang, 1400 M. 
