OCCASIONAL NOTES. 355 



{< No. 13, female. Iris brown ; beak black ; legs plumbeous. 

 Flies about among the tops of trees in parties of from 20 

 to 30. Above 3,000 feet." 



The two specimens sent agree precisely with a Sumatran 

 example in the British Musuem collected by Mr. CARL Bock. 



Mesia argentauris, Hodgs. ; SHARPE, Cat. B. VII, p. 642. 

 "No. 10, female. Iris brown ; feet and beak of same colour 

 as throat of female. Male bird has red under tail-coverts ; 

 throat orange. From the hills of Perak over 3,000 feet. 

 Flies about in small parties of 10 or 12. " 



The female sent is absolutely identical with Himalayan 

 specimens, and the note given by Mr. WRAY as to the 

 colouring of the male also suits the Himalayan bird and does 

 not agree with the Sumatran M. laurina?, Salvad. (Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Gen. XIV, p. 231), which is the species one would 

 have expected to find along with Sibia simillima. 



Fa m . Cap ito n id a? . 



Psilopogon pyrolophus, S. Mull. ; MARSHALL, Monogr.Capit. 



P- 133. pl- 53- 



"No. 14, male and female. Iris brown; legs dull green ; 

 bare skin under eye green. On the hills over 3,000 feet." 



This species has only been recorded from Sumatra up to 

 the present time. 



Fam. Alcedinidse. 



Carcineutes pnlchelliis (Horsf.) ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. 

 p. 251, pl. 96. 



"No. 16, male. Irides white; bare skin under eye pale 

 brown; beak crimson-red. Had just caught and partly eaten 

 a large spider." 



Fa m . Tr ogo n ids? . 



Harpactes duvanceli, Temm. ; Gould, Monogr. Trogon. 

 2nd ed., pl. 40. 



"No. 15, male. Irides brown ; bill pure cobalt-blue. Hills, 

 up to about 2,000 feet." 



