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138. H A C ROPT B R Y X LONGIPBNNIB t R.u-i.v). 

 Macropteryx lungipennis, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1888, p. 278; Hartert, 

 Cat. Birch, Brit. Mus., p. 514 (1892). 



a., b. /. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. 25th August, 1905. (Nos. 

 592, 593). 



[We only met with this Tree-swift on one occasion when it 

 suddenly appeared in very large numbers, hawking after a flight of 

 swarming termites. It is a somewhat local bird, though wherever it 

 occurs it is common, and frequents open forest-country and jungle- 

 streams. It ascends the mountains to a height of about 3,000 feet. — 

 H. C. E] 



139. MACROPTERYX COMATA (Temm.). 

 Macropteryx comatus, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1888, p. 278 ; Hartert, Cat. 

 Birds, Brit. Mas., xvi., p. 517 (1892) ; id., Nov. Zooh, ix., p. 544 (1902). 

 a.-0. ».,/. Kuala Teku, Tahau Paver. 500 ft. July, 1905. (Nos. .433-435). 



[In the early mornings and late afternoons this pretty little species 

 was very common at Kuala Teku. It frequented one particular tall 

 dead tree overhanging the river. Each bird seemed to have its own 

 perch on the topmost branches of this tree, from which it made short 

 flights after insects, always returning to the same place. 



A very large species of Collocalia, with a white rump patch, was 

 common on Grunoug Tahan in the neighbourhood of our 6th Camp and 

 on the cliffs between that place and the plateau. We did not succeed 

 in obtaining specimens, as the only one that was shot fell hundreds of 

 feet below us and was never retrieved. The species was possibly 

 C. innominata, Hume, which is not uncommon on the mountains of the 

 IVniusula. — H. C. E.] 



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140, BATRACHOSTOMUS STELLATUS (GOULD.). 

 Batrachostomus steilatus, Hartert, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mas., xvi., 

 p. 039 (1892) ; id., Nov. Zool., ix., p. 542 (1902). 



a. /. Kuala Tembeling, Paharg River. 200 ft. 28th August, 1905. (No. 

 606). 



Iris, dark brown ; bill, pinkish horn-colour ; feet, brownish flesh- 

 colour. 



[A Night-jar (Lyncornis t&mmincki) with a curious trisyllabic note 

 tert-ta-bu was often heard and seen at Kuala Tembeling, but no 

 other species was met with. Indeed, the only member of the family 

 that is found in old jungle is Cajn'imulgus indicus, and that only on 

 migration. Cajn'imulgns macvurus is never found far from cleared 

 land or secondary jungle. — H. C. E.] 



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141. ANTHRACOCEROS COXVEXUS (Tcmai.). 



Anthracoceros convexus, Grant, Cat, Birds, Brit. Mus., xvii., p. 364 

 (1892). 



