MALAYAN ORNITHOLOGY. 189 
“Kwala Kangsa, Pérak, 9th June, 1877. This afternoon, cross- 
ing the river, I shot Saiyong Jheel for an hour, then struck inland 
after jungle-fowl. 
“The trees were of great size, but the undergrowth not as thick 
as in most parts, and easily got through. While moving quietly 
along, on the look-out for a shot, I saw a bird new to me perched 
on the upper branches of one of the highest trees, so high up that 
I almost feared it was out of shot; however, such was not the case, 
and down came a magnificent Malkoha. Length 19 inches; irides 
pale milky blue; legs dark bluish black; bare skin of the face 
crimson ; beak pea-ereen, with a red blotch at its base; head dark- 
grey, both it and the chin covered with spiny hairs; back, wings, 
and tail rich metallic green ; the tail is 10 inches in length, with 
its terminal third deep red-brown, as are also the throat and breast. 
On dissection it proved to be a male; and its stomach contained 
the remains of large grasshoppers.” 
I saw specimens of this bird in the Malaccan collections; but it 
certainly is not common. 
RHINORTHA CHLOROPH HA (Rafifl.). The Small Malkoha. 
I shot a male near Kwala Kangsa, Pérak, on 26th May, 18 
it had been feeding on grasshoppers. 
Length 12 inches; irides dark-brown ; legs and feet plumbeous ; 
beak and bare skin of the face pale-green. 
CenTrococcyx Eurycercus (Hay). The Malay Coucal. 
Very plentiful throughout the country, both on the mainland 
and also among the islands. Owing to its flight much resembling 
that of the common Hnelish Pheasant, while its head has a certain 
likeness to that of a Crow. Itis well known to Europeans by the 
name of “Crow-pheasant.” In India its near relation, ©. rufipen- 
nis, also goes by that name. 
Their notes, or more correctly hoots, are most peculiar, quite 
among the most noticeable of jungle noises; and for some time, I 
put them down to the monkeys which abounded round our camp 
at Kwala Kangsa, till one day I detected the real culprit, as, hear- 
ing the cries coming from a thick bush, I threw in a stone, and 
out came a Crow-pheasant. 
The hoots may be described by the syllables “hoo! hoo! hoot! 
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