116 MALAYAN ORNITHOLOGY. 
valley, Singapore. 
PERNIS PTILORHYNCHA (Temm.). The Crested Honey-Buzzard. 
I am able to record but a single specimen of this Buzzard, shot 
during November, near Changi, Singapore; it showed no signs 
of the crest. 
Length nearly 27 inches; legs yellow, beak dusky yellow at its 
base ; the wings reach to within 3 inches of the end of the tail; 
feathers of face very scale-like, tarsi well plumed; entire plumage 
rich brown with a decided rufous tinge, particularly about the 
head and neck; all the feathers are dark-shafted; central streal: 
and one on either side from the gape dark brown, very distinctly 
marked ; tail dull brown faintly barred with white. 
Baza Lornores (Temm.). The Crested Kite. 
I saw a specimen of this bird in a collection made by an officer 
of my regiment while at Malacca. 
S@RIx JavANICA (Gm.). Malay Screech-Owl. 
While quartered at Kwala Kangsa, Pérak, 2 Malay whom I 
employed to snare birds brought me one of these Owls alive; it 
was rather like S. flammea, except in being more spotted, parti- 
cularly about the facial disk. 
KeETUpPA JAVANENSIS (Less.). Malay Fish-Owl. 
I shot several specimens of this large Owl in Pérak, where it was 
by no means rare, though not often met with, owing to its nocturnal 
habits. It retires during the heat of the day into the densest 
parts of the jungle. 
One afternoon in May I was making for a nesting-place of the 
Weaver bird, Ploceus baya, in the neighbourhood of Kwala Kang- 
sa, and on my way had to pass through a gloomy swamp, clear of 
undergrowth, but with the trees interlacing so thickly over head 
as to throw the whole place into deep shade, while from above 
long tangled creepers hung down into the pools of stagnant water. 
Altogether it was a most weird spot; and I was hastening on to 
get out again into the sunlight, when, within a few yards, up rose 
a huge Owl, which I shot; but being only winged it turned on its 
back and, till I put an end to its struggles, fought most fiercely 
with my retriever. Its last meal had been of a most miscellaneous 
nature ; for, on dissection, its stomach contained a piece of stick, 
