192z.] I. H. N. Evans: Negrito Beliefs and Customs. 205 
‘*T, Iam ashamed as I leap on every cross-beam.’’ It isa 
Chinoi Ai who is speaking. The Az is the species of leaf 
monkey which is called Presbytes neglecta keatit 
Un, un, ch keh, sa’ bidang, un, 
That, that, father mine, one sheet, that, 
ch ote, sa’ bidang / 
father mine, one sheet ! 
‘‘ That, that one sheet is for you, my father ; that one sheet, 
my father !’? It is the Chinoi Tikar, the Mat Chinoi, who is 
speaking. Some details about the ‘mat-weaving snake will 
be found in a previous section. 
At the end of the performance, when the Halak was 
supposed to be again becoming Renee's of his surroundings, 
he said, “‘ Betud amed' penet? dikeh,’’ “ very long is my 
tiredness.’ 
The Bird-Soul. 
Ihave alluded to the Tzl-tol-tapah, the bird which an- 
nounces a coming birth, in my former paper. While at Lubok 
Tapah I heard a bird of this species calling on several 
occasions, but did not see it. The Negrito name for the 
bird is much more suitable than that of the Malays (kangkang 
katup)—both names are onomatopoeic. The notes are 
repeated a great number of times. The Negritos stated that 
the bird was large * and dark coloured with white specklings 
‘* like a bead necklace’’ on the breast. 
The Chimiot (Chim-oi of my previous paper) has now 
been identified by Mémpélam from the bird collection in the 
Perak Museum as the Vellow-crested Sultan Tit (Melanochlora 
oo Mémpélam said that he thought this was the 
sa. s the Sagwong a bird whose note, according to Tokeh, 
it is aie to imitate, owing to fear of Henweh.* 
A Social Tabu. 
A woman may not address, or passin front of, her father- 
in-law ; she may not speak to him, and her sh adow must 
not fall on him. One day, when I was giving some tobacco 
to the Negritos, I called one of the women, Semeh, to come 
into my tent and take her share. She replied that she could 
not, as her father-in-law was sitting inside, and, in order 
to reach me, she would have to pass in front of him. The 
father-in-law then got up and changed his position in the 
1 Equivalent to the Malay word ere 
2 Equivalent to the Malay word pin 
3 Tokeh (19 a8 however, says that rs has seen it, and that it s quite 
—_ ee ze of a sparro Ww. 
de Jo Snir 7 the F.M.S. Museums, Vol. IX, p. to. Tokeh, however. 
oe fis identified the Sagwong as the Black and Yellow Broad-bill. 
