130 MALAYAN ORNITHOLOGY. 
edifice came tumbling down; and he greeted its fall with a peal 
of laughter. To punish him for his unnatural conduct, he was 
turned into a bird; and the “tebang mentuah” (literally, he 
who chopped down his mother-in-law) may often be heard in the 
jungle uttering a series of sharp sounds like the chops of an axe 
on timber, followed by ‘Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!’ ” 
T asked Mr. Low, H.B.M. Resident of Pérak, if he could give 
me any information as to which species of Hornbill this legend 
relates to; and he writes :-—‘“‘ It is the largest Hornbill which is 
found in Pérak, bigger, I should say, than the Rhinoceros Horn- 
bill; but I have never seen it except flying or on very high trees. 
The legend about it is very common; but I do not know the 
scientific name of that particular Hornbill: but it is not that you 
refer to, viz.. Berenicornis comatus, Raffles: nor is it the Rhi- 
noceros. 
HyYpDROCISSA CONVEXA (Temm.). 
During August, 1879, I saw one which had been shot a few days 
before on Pulau Battam, near Singapore. 
Hyprocissa Mabayana (Raffl.). The Malay Pied Hornbill. 
I occasionally saw this black-and-white Hornbill in the neigh- 
bourhood of Kwala Kangsa, generally in the vicinity of villages. 
During March, 1877, a pair were continually about the village of 
Kota Lama; but they were so wary that I never got a chance of 
shooting either of them. The species undoubtedly breeds in 
Pérak, as the Malays brought me young birds but a few weeks old. 
In August, 1877, when up the Moar river, I got one of these Horn- 
bills near Bukit Kopong. 
Like all the Hornbills, it is easily tamed, and makes a most 
amusing pet; the tamest I ever saw was at Trafalgar, a tapioca- 
plantation on the North side of Singapore, where I stayed fora 
few days in May, 1879. The following is from my no te-book :— 
“Singapore, 80th May, 1879. On reaching Trafalgar we put 
on sarongs, and made ourselves comfortable in long chairs, out in 
the open air, the evening being quite cool. In the course of con- 
versation, Mr. K 
he had a tame Hornbill; and a few minutes later we saw it sitting 
on the top of the house: but on being called, it flew down and 
, our most hospitable host, mentioned that 
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