280 SHORT NOTES. 



Some Birds of Tiumati Island. 



C. B0DEN KLOSS, F.Z.S., F.S.A. 



Towards the end of a cruise in the Southern China Sea 

 undertaken in 1899 (see journal 41 ), Dr W. L. Abbott and I 

 spent about a week on the east coast of Tiuman collecting 

 mammals and birds in the vicinity of Joara Bay, and again, 

 a year later, on our return from an expedition to Tringanu, 

 stopped for some days at Tingah Bay on the west side of the 

 Island for the same purposes. 



It was my intention to have given some account in 

 the Journal of this little known Island and our experiences ; 

 but my notes have been mislaid and all that I have now 

 to hand of the results are lists of the mammals and birds 

 collected, of which I now record the latter -here. 



A word with regard to Tiuman. It is about 120 

 miles by sea from Singapore opposite the mouths of the 

 Rumpin and Endau Rivers though the nearest point of the 

 Malay Peninsula is distant about 22 miles S. E. Jt belongs 

 to Pahang, and is inhabited by a few Malays of that race 

 who collect rattan in its forests. The island is some eleven 

 miles long N. S. and six wide at its broadest part and is 

 very hilly, the highest peak being 3444 ft. while high 

 above the southern shore are two peculiar bare rocky 

 pinnacles known as the Dragons Ears to which reference 

 has already been made in this journal and in the journal 

 of the Indian Archipelago. 



Various new species of mammals were obtained, but 

 there were no novelties among the birds which were all collected 

 below 500 feet alt. as during neither visit did we ascend the 

 mountain. A number of species were observed in addition 

 to those preserved but for the reason given above I am 

 unable to include them here. 



1 Malacopterum magnirostre, Moore. 



2 Stachyris davisoni, Sharpe. 



3 Cyanoderma erythropterum, Blyth. 



4 Aegithina viridissima, Horsf. 



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