104 A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS 



by the direct foot-road through the forest. The only sound 

 which disturbed the woods was the " Kang-kang-kong " of the 

 " bird of the rainy season," as the native has named a species 

 which disappears or is silent during the dry monsoon — a bird 

 I could never catch a sight of, however, notwithstanding my 

 most wary stalking. 



