18 list of the birds of penrissen. 



Family Alcedinipje. 



64. Alcedo euryzone Tenim. Sharp, Oat. B. xvii. p. 154. 



Pankalan Ampat, banks of river. We noticed the bird 

 when descending- the river from the Dyak village of Sen- 

 nah to Pankalan A m pat, and about a week later my col- 

 lectors shot it. Unfortunately by this time I had returned 

 to Kuching, and was consequently unable to sex the bird 

 myself or to make colour notes, and I am afraid that as a 

 result of native carelessness, the present label "female" 

 is untrustworthy. The specimen is a very small one, the 

 total length being only 6.5 in. as against 8 in., the total 

 length of the full-grown adult. It possesses the blue 

 pectoral band spotted with white, characteristic only of 

 the male, and the lower parts are not ferruginous as is 

 usual in females : in many small points this specimen 

 differs slightly from Dr. Sharpe's description (1. c.) but 

 nevertheless I am sure that my identification is correct. 



65. Ceyx (?) euerythra Sharpe. Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. p. 179. 



The genus Ceyx is in a most confused condition, and I 

 am therefore extremely doubtful about a young specimen 

 of this little Kingfisher which was shot close to the sum- 

 mit of Penrissen. The bill is extremely short ; -8 inch, as 

 against 1.5 of the adult, and is black, paler towards the 

 tip instead of coral red. The wing-coverts and scapulars 

 are red and there is no blue spot behind. The wing cov- 

 erts as in C. euerythra, but there is a black frontal patch 

 as in C. diUwyni : further C. dittwyni has been found on 

 Dulit, but C. euerythra has not ; I am therefore com- 

 pletely puzzled as to the correct name for our Penrissen 

 specimen, and must wait until I can see more young 

 specimens of both species before absolutely deciding. 



66. Hahyon concreta Temm. Sharp, Cat. B. xvii. p. 285, Mt. 



Penrissen 3000 feet. 



Family Buceeotip^. 



67. Rhiiwplax vigil Forst. Grant, Cat. B. xvii. p. 427. 



The note of this bird, well represented by its native name 



