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117. CAECINEUTES PULCHELLUS (Horsp.).. 

 Carcineutes pulchellus, Grant, p. 111. 



a. /. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-1,500 ft. 30th July, 1905. 



b. /. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 fr. 28th August, 1905. 



Iris, dull yellow ; bill, deep vermilion ; naked skin round the eye and 

 gape, orange ; tarsus, greenish ; toes, yellowish-brown. 



[Frequents similar localities to Halcyon concretus and like that 

 species is often found far from water. 



At Kuala Teku and also on the Tembeling River a medium-sized 

 Short -tailed Kingfisher, with rufous undersurface and a blue pectoral 

 belt, was often seen, but it flew so fast and always appeared so unex- 

 pectedly, that we never secured it, I imagine that it was the rare 

 Alcedo euryzona (Temm.), of which I have only seen one specimen 

 from the Peninsula, though it is probably not very uncommon on 

 mountain streams. — H. C. R.] 



148. CEYX EUERYTHRA, SHARPS. 



Ceyx euerythra, Sharpe, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mm., xvii., p. 179 (1892). 

 Ceyx dillwynni, Hartert (nec Sharpe), Nov. Zool., ix., p. 543 (1902). 



a., b. in. et m.imm. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. August and 

 September, 1905. (Nos. 581, 629). 



Iris, dark brown ; bill and feet, orange- vermilion. 



A young bird has the chin and throat pure white, a broad rufous 

 pectoral band, the flanks rufous and the middle of the abdomen 

 whitish, tinged with buff. 



[The Ceyces are never found far from water over the surface of 

 which they fly with great rapidity. They are not common in open 

 country, but prefer the small streams running through deep jungle. 

 They do not ascend the hills to any height, being rarely found much 

 above 1,000 ft - H. C. R.] 



140. ALCEDO ISPIDA, Lixx. 



Alcedo ispida, Grant, p. 111. 



a. /. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 fr. 29th August, 1905. (No. 

 615). 



Iris, dark brown ; bill, blackish above, reddish beneath ; tarsus, 

 vermilion. 



[A low ground species, frequenting the open country in the vicinity 

 of water and never found in deep jungle or on the hills. — H. C. R.] 



150. PELARGOPSIS MALACCENSIS, Sharpe. 



Pelargopsis javana malaccensis, Hartert, Nov. Zool., ix., p. 542 

 (1902). 



a. m. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft, 3rd September, 1905. 

 (No. 640). 



