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Arboricola charltoni, Eyton. 



Vernacular Names.— [ 



HIS species is said to have been sent from the 

 Southern Tenasserim Hills, but I very much doubt 

 whether it really occurs within our limits. 



It occurs, however, in the hilly portions of the 

 Malay Peninsula, from the extreme south at Johor 

 to the latitude of Penang, and it has also been sent 

 from Bankok in Siam, though whether procured in 

 that" immediate neighbourhood, or in the Siamese States of the 

 Malay Peninsula, is uncertain. 



I have also seen a specimen from Sumatra, but these birds 

 are commonly captured by the Malays and taken about in 

 cages, and, in default of specific information, the mere trans- 

 mission of a skin from Sumatra is no proof that the bird occurs 

 there wild. 



Nothing further is known of its distribution. 



Of THE HABITS of this species, all we know is derived from 

 the statements of natives. It is said to be exclusively a bird 

 of the hill forests, descending, however, quite to their bases — to 

 be very shy and affect concealment greatly — to keep in small 

 parties, feeding upon the ground, amongst the dead leaves, on 

 insects, seeds and berries. 



The note is a distinct double whistle. 



We HAVE measured no specimens in the flesh. Skins measure : — 

 Length, 10 to n ; wing, 6*3 to &g ; tarsus, v6 to r8 ; bill 



from gape, 0*9 to it. 



The bill is apparently black ; its basal portion and orbital skin 



red ; the legs and feet orange or red. 



The sexes are said not to differ in plumage. 



