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In the Malay Grackle the iris is brown, the wattles orange, paler at the 

 base, the bill orange-lemon, yellow at tip, and the feet bright yellow. 



' The Tiong gajah or Tiong mas, as the Malays call this species, is very 

 common in the Patani States, frequenting open forest and orchard-land, but 

 it is not found in the coast-districts, and is much rarer on the western side of 

 the Peninsula. It is a favourite cage-bird among the natives, and large sums 

 are paid for clever talkers.' 



6. Calornis chalybeus, (Horsf.) 

 Calornis chalybea, Bonhote, p. 66. 



$ ad. Patani. 30th May. (No. 144) 



$ , $ ad. et ?imm. Ban Sai Kau, Nawngchik. April, May. (Nos. 16, 107, 114) 



$, 9 ad. Biserat, Jalor. 5th and 1 6th July. (Nos. 242, 283) 



$ imm. Bidor, South Perak. 2nd and 3rd Feb. (Nos. 607, 610, 612) 



The Glossy Calornis has the iris carmine and the bill and feet black. 

 ' Common everywhere in open country, nesting in the Pinang palms, or 

 occasionally at the top of dead trees. Malay name, Perling.' 



7. Aethiopsar fuscus, (Wagl.) 



Acridotheres fuscus, Bonhote, p. 66. 



$ ad. Ban Sai Kau. 21st May. (No. 121) 



<j>juv. Biserat, Jalor. 7th and 1 3th July. (Nos. 253, 275) 



The Jungle-Myna has the iris deep yellow (white, tinged with yellow in 

 the young), the bill orange with the basal portion of the lower mandible black 

 feet yellow, claws paler. 



' Very common in the rice-fields ; nearly always in close attendance on 

 the buffaloes and oxen, so much so that it is often difficult to shoot 

 specimens. Malay name, Burong gembala kerbau (Buffalo-herd).' 



DICRURIDAE 



8. Chaptia aenea, (Vieill.) 

 Chaptia aenea, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii, p. 243 (1877). 



$, $ ad. Tel6m, Perak-Pahang border. 24th January. (Nos. 581, 582) 



The Bronzed Drongo has the iris red and the bill and feet black. 



' Very common on the edge of high bamboo jungles in the hill country, 

 perching on the extreme tips of the higher shoots. The species is probably 

 semi-crepuscular in its habits, as it rarely appeared before 5 p.m., when it was 



