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TAHAN EXPEDITION. 



Female. Tris. dark hazel; orbital skin, pale chrome, tinged with 

 purplish abov«e, but the two colours are not sharply defined as in the 

 male ; bill, whitish horn-colour 5 feet, greyish-black. 



[Pea-fowl are very common on the banks of the Pahang River and 

 its larger tributaries, and may often be seen on the sand-banks in the 

 early morning in parties of four or five, taking very little notice of 

 passing boats. In the heat of the day they lie up in the thick herbage 

 that clothes the banks and roost in high trees at night, The species is 

 common nearly everywhere on the east coast of the Peninsula, but is 

 now hardly known on the west coast, except on the upper reaches 

 of the Perak River. — H. C. R.] 



171. ARGUSIANUS ARGUS (Linn.). 

 Argusianus argus, Grant, p. 123. 



a., b. m., /. Kuala Teku, Tahan River. 500-1,000 ft. July, 1905. (Nos. 

 431, 459). 



Iris, greyish-brown ; bill, horn-colour ; naked skin, dull cobalt ; 

 feet, red, with a strong tinge of pink. 



[The Argus Pheasant was very common on the lower slopes of 

 G-unong Tahan up to about 2,500 ft., where its place seems to be taken 

 by Bheinardius, as at this altitude feathers of both species were found 

 on the same playing-ground. 



Our specimens were captured in a " jerat," which consists of a low 

 roughly woven fence about 18 in. high and provided with narrow 

 openings every fifty yards in which a snare is set. This fence should 

 be run along a ridge just below its comb, and is generally successful in 

 catching any birds that are about. Our one secured a variety of 

 game, including a rare Insectivore (Gymnura rafflesi) and an Owl 

 (Photodilns badius).~H. C. R.] 



17*2. BHEINARDIUS XIGRESCENS, Rothsch. 



Rheinardius ocellatus nigrescens, Harfert, Nov. Zool., ix., p. 538 

 (1902). 



a. m. Gunong Tahan. 2,500 ft. 7th June, 1905. 



b. (fragments) „ 23rd June, 1905. 



Iris, brown ; skin round eyes, bluish-grey ; bill, tinged with pink 

 near the gape ; feet and legs, dark brownish-grey. 



[This specimen was shot by one of our Dyaks who had a remark- 

 able gift for stalking ground-birds, and another was captured in a 

 "jerat" near the same place. Unfortunately, a Musang had been 

 before and entirely destroyed it as a specimen. I have, however, 

 preserved the head, wings and tail, as it is unlikely other specimens 

 will be available for some time to come.— H. C. R.] 



173. LOPHURA RUFA (Rapf.). 



Lophura rufa, Grant, Cat. Bir<U, Brit. Muts.) xxii., p. 28(5 (W«fe). 



. a. /,/. Kuala Tembelino-, Tahanu- Kivcr. 200 ft. 23rd August, 1905. (No. 

 575). * 



