BIRDS. 



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'The Stork-billed Kingfisher is rarely seen away from the big rivers 

 and increases in numbers towards the mouths. It is most abundant 

 on the mangrove-lined tidal creeks. — H. C. R.] 



PSITTACID^E. 



131. LORICULUS GALGULUS (Li>>\). 



Loriculus galgulus, Grout, p. 112. 



a.-f. n%. t f. et m. imm. Kuala Tembeling, L'ahaug River. 200 ft. September, 

 1905. (Hob. 630, 631, 641, 642, 643, 654). 



1.52. PSITTINUS MALACCEXSIS (Latii.). 

 Psittinus nialaecensis, Grant, p. 112. 



a. m.imm. Kuala Tembeling-, Pahang River. 200 ft. 21st August, 1905. 

 (No. 553). 



Iris, yellowish-white ; upper mandible, vermilion, dark at tip ; lower 

 mandible, wax-yellow. 



BUBONIDiE. 



15.J. PHOTO-DILL'S BADIUS (HOBSF.). 



Photodilus badius, Grant, p. 112. 



a. 1. /. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-1,000 ft. 30th July, 1905. 



Iris, black; bill, pinkish horn-colour; tarsi, pale yellow; toes, 

 pinkish horn-colour. 



[Curiously enough this bird was trapped in a snare set for Argus 

 Pheasants. — H. C. R.] 



lot. SYRNIUM MAlNGAYIj Hume. 

 Syrnium maingavi, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1887, p. 470. 



a.m. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. 30th August, 1905. (No. 

 616). 



Iris, dark brown; bill, bluish-horn, yellowish at tip; feet, dull bluish- 

 lead. 



[Brought to us by a native who had caught it under his house. 



This species evidently rare, as it is not represented either in the 

 Singapore, the Perak, or the Selangor Museums. Syrnium seloputo, 

 on the other hand, is common enough. — H. C. R.] 



166. HUTKROSCOPS VULPES, Graxt. 

 (Plate II., Fig. 2.) 



Pisorhina lucia% Hartert (nee Sharpe), Nov, ZooL, ix., p. 541 (1902). 

 Heteroscops vulpes, Grant, Bull., B.O.C., xix., No. exxvii., p. 11 

 (1906). 



A.m. Gunong Tahan. 5,300 ft. 25th June, 1905. (No. 213). 



Adult male. —Nearly allied to H. luciw, Sharpe, from the 

 mountains of North Borneo, but, with the general colour both above 

 and below foxy-red and more uniform in tint, the black markings 



