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TAHAX EXPEDITION. 



Anthracoceros inalabancus, Grant (nee Gmel.), p. 107. 



a.-c. m.,f. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. August and Septem- 

 ber, 1905. (Nos. 544, 555/.651). 



Bare skin behind the eye and on the sides of the throat of a silvery 

 white, in front of eye purplish-blue. 



[This Hornbill, which is a bird of cultivation and never found in 

 old jungle, is the most conspicuous species on the Pah an g River and 

 its tributaries as far as human habitations extend and may constantly 

 be seen flying across the river in the early morning and late evening. 

 Its cry is a harsh cackle and its flight laboured, consisting of three 

 beats of the w r ings following in quick succession and then a pause. 

 It is gregarious, the flock consisting of from three to four to as many 

 as forty individuals. The food is principally the fruit of various 

 large species of banyan and the trees are systematically worked until 

 every fruit is eaten. — H. C. E.] 



112. AXTHRACOCEROS MALAYAXUS (Raffl.). 



Anthracoceros malayanus, Grant, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus., xvii., 

 p. 368 (1892). 



a. >».imm. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 27th August, 1905. (Xo. 

 601). 



Iris, dark brown ; orbital skin, flesh-colour ; bill and feet, black. 



[In contradistinction to A. malabaricus this is an old jungle 

 species. In the central portions of the Malay Peninsula it is decidedly 

 rare as this is the only specimen I have myself met with, while it is 

 but poorly represented in the Perak and Selangor Museums. — H. C. E.] 



lt:j. AXORRHIXUS GALERITUS (Teaim.). 



Anorrhinus galeritus, Grant, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus., xvii., p. 391 

 (1892). 



a.-C. m.,/. Kuala Teku, Tahau River. 500 ft. August, 1905. (Xos. 468, 516). 



Male. — Iris, red ; patch of skin at the base of the mandible aud a 

 large patch above and behind the eye livid, silvery-white with a strong 

 bluish-tinge ; bill, black ; feet, greyish-black. 



Female. — As in the male, but the greater part of the bill is ivory- 

 white, the casque more yellow. 



[In the Malay Peninsula this bird is an inhabitant of the dee]) 

 jungles on the lower slopes of the bigger mountains, not, however, 

 ascending much above 3,000 ft. Its flight is not nearly so powerful 

 or sustained as that of the larger species, but it is excessively wary, so 

 much so that it is hopeless to approach it except when feeding, and 

 then the birds are usually so high above the ground that it takes 

 a very heavy charge to bring them down. They are usually met with 

 in parties of five or six. — H. C. E.] 



