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beautiful plumage, the white markings of the female being ex- 
ceedingly distinct, and without the slightest sign of the rufous 
tinge which overspread the above-mentioned Pérak specimen; it 
was also three inches shorter, and more glossed with green and blue 
than was that bird. 
tHOPODYTES SUMATRANUS (Rafil.). The Green-billed Malkoha. 
From my note-book I extract the following account of this non- 
parasitic Cuckoo :— 
“Kwala Kangsa, Pérak, 16th March, 1877. This afternoon, I 
visited one of the nests I found yesterday, but the owner of which 
I was then unable to identity ; to-day I shot it as it rose from the 
nest. It is a most curious velvety-faced bird, with the long tail, 
deeply-cleft beak, and short wings characteristic of the Cuculide. 
“In plumage, its wings and upper parts are of a greenish-blue 
metallic colour, the tail-feathers tipped with white; head, neck, 
and under parts dull ash-grey ; the head, throat, and chin are cover- 
ed with peculiar spiny hairs; bare velvety skin of the face scarlet, 
the very curved beak pale pea-green ; the eyes are furnished with 
lashes. Length of bird, including the tail, 16 inches. 
“The nest was a loosely-put-together structure of dry twigs, 
sheghtly cup-shaped, and built at about 5 feet from the ground, in 
a bush standing on the edge of a jungle-path. ‘The eggs, two in 
number, were nearly hatched; they were 1% inch in length, in 
colour white, but much stained with brown matter. 
“The bird appears to build its own nest, and certainly hatches 
its own egg; for on two occasions during the last few days 1 have 
stood close by and watched it sitting. It did not utter any note 
or cry, not even when disturbed from its nest.” 
Unfortunately I neglected to determine the sex of this bird, so 
cannot say whether it was the male or female which was incuba- 
ting. 
JI got another near Kwala Kangsa, during April; but the species 
is decidedly rare, and I saw very few specimens among the many 
hundred skins I went through at Malacca. 
RuAMPMOCOCCYX ERYTHROGNATHUS (Hartl.). The Large Malay 
Malkoha. 
Concerning this species, my note-book says :— 
