﻿the date of Dr. Horsfield's memoir, it does not appear to be a very common species there, 

 and Schlegel observes, that " it is very rare in Java and Sumatra." 



Ln my own collection I have a pair which were procured at Indramaijoe, near Cheri- 

 bon, Java, and Mr. Wallace possesses specimens also from that island. On the Malay 

 Peninsula, however, it seems to be very common. I have several specimens from Malacca, 

 where the bird was also obtained by Dr. Cantor. 



Mr. Blvth says ( /. c), it has been met with at Mergui, and he informs me that he has 

 received specimens from the Southern Tenasserim provinces. 



To my kind friend Mr. Wallace, I am indebted for the following note, as regards 

 its habits : — 



" Carcineutes ptdcheUus is found in the thickets near streams, where it seems to feed 

 chiefly on small crabs, which it picks up off the mud. I found it in Malacca and Java." 



According to Schlegel, the young, on leaving the nest are similar to the adults, but 

 have the beak brown. The figures in the accompanying plate represent the old male and 

 female, and are taken from specimens in the Leiden Museum. 



