TURKS. 



57 



Iris, brown; orbital skin, purplish-blue; bill, greenish horn- 

 colour; tarsal scutes, crimson lake in front, whitish behind. 



The " burong pegar," as this species is called, is very common in 

 Fahang in low country jungle near the rivers. It is very rare in 

 Belangor and Perak and probably reaches its northern limit about the 

 latitude of Penang- H. C R.] 



171. EOLLULUS ROULBOUL (Scop.). 

 Rollulus roulroul, Hartert, Nov. ZooL ix., p. 539 1 1902). 



n.-i. m., /. Gunong Tahan (6th Camp). 3,300 ft. Juno. 1005. (Nob. 00, 78, 



81.83, 107. 520-528). 

 k. f. Koala Tembeling, Fahang River, 200 ft. 1st September, 1906. (No. 



026). 



Male. — Iris, brown ; bill, black, basal portion of lower mandible 

 crimson ; legs, crimson. 



Female. — Similar to the male, except that it lacks the crimson 

 patch at the base of the bill. 



Very common everywhere in old jungle up to about 3,300 ft., but 

 not higher. Several were caught in the snares set for Argus Pheasants, 

 but unlike most of the jungle game birds, they are quite easily shot, 

 as their note, a clear whistle, from which the vernacular name of the 

 bird (burong siul) is derived, is easily imitated. They are found in 

 parties of six or eight, and the males appear to be more numerous 

 than the females. On one occasion four were obtained at one shot.-- 

 H. C. R.l 



17.-,. MELAXOPKRDIX NIGRA < Vigors). 



Melanoperdix nigra. Grant, Gat. Birds, Brit. Mits., xxii.. p. 228 

 (1893). 



a./. Kuala Teku. Tahan River. 600 ft. 3rd August. 1905. (No. 488). 



[ The Black- wood- Partridge is usually found in pairs in deep jungle. 

 It is not a hill-species and is most abundant where the undergrowth is 

 mainly composed of the Bertam palm (Eugeiseona tristis), whence its 

 Malay name "burong bertam." — H. G. R.] 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 

 Plate II., Fig. 1. Gecinus robinsoni, Grant, male (p. 42) 

 2. ,, ,. female 



,, III., „ 1. Cissa robinsoni, Grant (p. 16) 



2. Heteroscops vulpes, Grant (p. 51 ) 



