BIRDS. 



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MEKOPTD^. 



in, mrcnoENis amictus (vmc). 



Nyetiornis amictus, Hartevt, Nov. Zool., ix., p. 544 (1002). 



n. 1 /». imm. Gunong Tahan (8th Camp). 5,300-6,000 fr. 18th July, 1005. 

 (No. 352). 



b.. c. m. Kuala Tokn, Tahan River. 500-1,000 ft, August, 1905. (Nop. 408, 

 494). 



.1. adult. Koala Tembelin.ar, PahangEivor. 200 ft. August, 1005. (No. 620). 



Adult. — Iris, orange ; bill, black, bluish at base ; feet, pale greenish- 

 lead. 



Immature male. — Iris, bright yellow; bill, as in the adult; feet, 

 pale sea-green. 



[This large Bee-eater is common in many localities in Selangor 

 and Perak up to about 3,500 ft. It frequents old forest and is not, as 

 a rule, found in the neighbourhood of cultivation. The young speci- 

 men listed above is entirely green, with only one mauve feather just 

 above the eye. When first secured, I thought that it belonged to the 

 northern species, N. athertoni, seeing that it was obtained at an 

 altitude far above the usual range of the species. One other specimen 

 was seen, also entirely green, so that possibly they belonged to one 

 nest. Mr. Wray (P.Z.S., 1887, p. 432) has recorded the existence of 

 a Green-headed' Bee-eater in the Larut Hills (3,000-5,000 ft,), bat 

 specimens were not obtained. — H. C. R] 



ALCEDINIDtE. 



145. HALCYON SMYRNENSIS (Lixx.). 



Halcyon smyrnensis. Grant, p. 110. 



a.-c. /. et /. imm. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. 2nd September. 

 1905. (Nos. 632-634). 



[ This is perhaps the commonest Kingfisher in the cultivated districts 

 of the Malay Peninsula, It is less dependent on the proximity of 

 water than Alcedo ispida, which seems to be almost purely piscivorous, 

 while the present bird eats small crabs, centipedes and the like. — 

 H. C. R ] 



Mff. HALCYON CONCRETUS (Temm.). 



Halevon concretus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mvs., xvii., p. 285 

 (1892) . * 



a. to. imm. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-1,500 fr. 29th July, 1905. 



(No. 441). 



b. j c. m., f. ad. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. 24th August, 1006, 

 . (No. 605). . 



Iris, hazel ; bill, blackish, chrome-yellow at the base and tip ; feet, 

 pale chrome. 



[A rather scarce species, entirely confined to deep jmigle.«— H. C. R.] 



