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112. CHRTSOCOLAPTES \ AM IM S (Temm.). 

 Chrysocolaptes validus, Grant, p. 99. 



a, /. Gunong Tahan (Cth Camp). 3,300 ft. 11th June, 1905. 



Iris, red ; bill, horn-colour, yellowish beneath ; feet, brown. 



[Fairly common in old jungle, ascending the hills to about the 

 limit indicated above, though much scarcer at the higher elevations. — 

 H. C. K ] 



113. MICROPTERNUS BRACHYURUS (Vieill.). 



Micropternus brachyurus, Grant, p. 99. 



a. /. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-1,000 ft. 6th August, 1905. (No. 501). 



b. /. imra. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. 4th September, 1905. 



(No. 653). 



[Common everywhere in low country, but more abundant in the 

 neighbourhood of villages and secondary growth. Feeds mainly on 

 tree termites and makes it nesting-burrows in their large globular 

 nests.— H. C. R] 



111. GAUROP1COIDES RAFFLES! (Vig.). 



G-auropicoides rafflesi, Grant, p. 100. 



a. m.imm. Gunong Tahan (6th Camp). 3,300 ft. 8th June, 1905. (No. 62). 

 Iris, brown ; bill, black, blue at the base ; feet, brownish. 



[A very rare and local species in the central portions of the Penin- 

 sula, becoming commoner in the more southern districts. Only found 

 in the big jungles far from cultivation. — H. C. R.] 



115. CHRYSOPHLEGMA MALACCENSE (Lath.). 

 Chrysophlegma malaccense, Grant, p. 100. 



a. /. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-1,000 ft, 7th August, 1905. (No. 567). 



[This Woodpecker has a wider range in altitude than most of the 

 Malayan species. It is found in all types of country as high as 

 4,000 ft,, though rarer at the higher elevations. — H. C. R.] 



110. CHRYSOPHLEGMA HUMEI, Hargitt. 

 Chrysophlegma humei, Grant, p. 100. 



&.,b.m.,f. Gunong Tahan (6th Camp). 3,000 ft. loth June, 1905. (Nos. 

 531, 532) 



o.,d. m.,f. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-1,500 ft. July, 1905. (Nos. 439, 

 446). 



Iris, chestnut ; bill, lead-colour ; feet, greenish. 



[This species does not extend much above 3,000 ft; beyond this 

 altitude, in Perak and Selangor at any rate, it is replaced by G. wrayi, 

 which does not occur on Gunong Tahan. — H. C. R.] 



117. GECINUS PUNICEUS (Horsf.). 



Gecinus puniceus, Grant, p. 101. 



a. m. Gunong Tahan (6th Camp). 3,300 ft. 15th June, 1905. (No. 533) , 



