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being much reduced especially on the top of the head. Total length : 

 ca., 7.0 in. ; wing, 5.4 in. ; tail, 2.7 in. ; tarsus, 1.1 in. 



The male bird in the Tring Museum, also from Grunong Tahan and 

 doubtfully referred to H. Incise by Dr. Hartert, is in partially immature 

 plumage. This is indicated by the transverse black markings on the 

 top of the head ; in other respects it agrees well with the adult male 

 procured by Mr. Robinson. 



[I was absent from camp for some days at the time this was secured 

 and the colours of the soft parts, etc., are, therefore, not recorded. It 

 was shot, sitting in a bush at the bottom of a rocky gorge. No owls 

 were heard during our six weeks' stay above 5,000 ft., nor were any 

 specimens # other than those secured seen. — H. C. R.] 



156. GLAUCIDIUM BRODIEI (Burtos). 



Olaucidiuin brodiei, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1887, p. 434. 



a./. Gunong Tahan (8th Camp). 5,300-6,000 ft. 9th July, 1905. (No. 320). 



Iris, bright lemon-yellow ; bill and feet, pale greenish-yellow ; 

 soles, brighter yellow. 



[In the Malay Peninsula this species is strictly confined to the 

 mountains. I have obtained specimens from Semangko (3,500 ft.) and 

 Telom (4,000 ft.) and one is recorded from the Larut Hills in North 

 Perak. — H. C. E.] 



157. KETUPA KETUPA (Kalp.). 



Ketupa ketupa, Grant, p. 113. 



a. m. Kuala Tembeling, Pahang River. 200 ft. 19th August, 1905. (No. 

 536). 



Iris, bright chrome ; bill, bluish horn-colour ; tarsus and feet, dirty 

 white. 



FALCONID2E. 



158. MICROHIERAX FRINGILLARIUS (Drags). 



Microhierax fringillarius, Grant, p. 113. 



a. /.(nat.coll.) Kuala Terabeling, Pahang River. 200ft. 29th August. 1905. 

 (No. 608). 



Iris, yellowish ; bill and feet, black. 



[The Black-legged Falconet is not nearly so common in Pahang as 

 it is in Perak and Patani, and this was the only specimen observed. 

 It frequents the edges of the rice-fields and recent clearings and 

 perches on lofty dead boughs, flying out after large grasshoppers and 

 occasionally striking down small birds. — H. C. R.] 



159. SPILORxVIS BACHA (Dald). 



Spilornis bacha, Grant, p. 114. 



a. /. Kuala Teuibeling, Pahang River. 200 ft, 23rd August.. 1905. 



Iris, chrome ; cere and feet, dull yellow ; bill, bluish-horn. 



* Two specimens have recently been obtained on Gunong Mengktiaiig Lebab, 

 Selangor, 4,8*00 ft. — H. C. R. 



