174; MALAYAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Eoliults EOUROUL (Scop.). The Crested Partridge. 

 Though not rare, this bird is seldom seen, being very shy, and 

 on the approach of danger trusting to its legs rather than taking 

 flight. All my specimens were snared in the neighbourhood of 

 Kuala Kangsa. 



Captain Waedlaw-Ramsay tells me he found it plentiful round 

 Mount Ophir ; and I saw several skins in Malaccan collections. 

 These birds thrive well in confinement, but are not easily tamed : 

 some which were in my aviary for several months werealwaj^s wild, 

 hiding directly any one appeared in sight ; but early in the morning, 

 when all was quiet, and they thought they were not observed, they 

 used to come out of their hiding-places and feed on rice and Indian 

 corn. 



The male is very handsome, with a crest of red plumes on its 

 head ; the female is without the crest, and of much duller colours 

 than her mate. 



Ehtzothera longirostris, (Tenim.). 



While stationed at Kuala Kangsa, Perak, a Malay brought me 

 one of these curious Pheasant-like birds, which he had snared, and 

 I put it in my aviary ; but it only lived a few weeks. 



I also saw a couple in confinement, at Singapore, in Mr. "Wham- 

 poa's garden ; but he could not tell me anything about them, not 

 even where they came from. They were about the size of a domes- 

 tie hen, wings and tail short, legs whitish, tarsus spurred ; irides 

 dark brown ; beak black, sharp, and very much curved ; plumage 

 rich brown, mottled and spotted with a darker shade of the same 

 colour ; at the base of the neck and on each side of it was a greyish- 

 blue patch ; feet and claws very large and powerful. 



To a casual observer these birds look like the hens of some species 

 of Pheasant. They are known among the Malays by the name of 

 " Burong salantung." 



Tuentx plumbipes (Temm.). The Black-breasted Bustard- 

 Quail. 



For some time I put down this Bustard-Quail as Sykes's T. tai- 

 fjoor ; but apparently it is distinct from that species. 



It is very plentiful throughout "Western Malayana ; but I rarely 

 found more than two or three together ; in fact, I generally flushed 



