FASCICULI MALATENSES 



180. Ketupa ketupa, (Kaup.) 

 Kctupa javensis (Less.), Bon/iote, p. 58. 



<j>ad. et. imm. Ban Sai Kau. 25th May. (Nos. 135, 136) 



9 ad. Biserat, Jalor. 8th July. (No. 257) 



$ imm. Kampong, Jalor. 20th November. (No. 475) 



Adult examples of the Malayan Fish-Owl with the spotting on the upper- 

 parts nearly obsolete have only three light buff bars on the middle tail-feathers, 

 while in the more spotted immature birds there are five caudal bands. Iris 

 orange, bill bluish-horn, feet dull yellow. 



' Very common in similar situations to Syrnuim seloputo, roosting during 

 the day in the durian and mangosteen trees. The stomach of one bird which 

 I examined contained a large rat and several small fish and crustaceans. 



( This Owl also feeds largely on the big aquatic Bug, Amorgus indicus? N. A. 



PAN DION I DAE 



181. Polioaetus ichthyaetus, (Horsf.) 

 Polioaetus ichthyaetus, Bonhote, p. 58. 



$ ad. et. imm. Tanjong Patani. 27th September and 6th October. (Nos. 400, 440) 



The Grey-headed Fishing-Eagle has the iris pale yellow, the bill and cere 

 lead-colour, darker on the culmen, and the feet yellowish-white. 



' Very abundant on the seaward face of Tanjong Patani, together with 

 Haliaetus leucogaster and H alias tur intermedins.' 



FALCON I DAE 



182. Microhierax fringillarius, (Drap.) 

 Microhierax fringillarius, Bonhote, p. 58 ; Hartert, p. 541. 



$ ad. Ban Sai Kau. 17th September. (No. 394) 



? imm. Biserat, Jalor. 15th July. (No. 280) 



$ imm. Mabek, Jalor. 25th July. (No. 316) 



9 ad. Sungkei, South Perak. 8th February. (No. 629) 



$ad. Gedong, South Perak. 8th January. (No. 507) 



The Black-legged Falconet has the iris yellow or dark hazel, and the 

 bill and feet black. 



'The Lang-beialang or Grasshopper-hawk is widely spread throughout the 

 Peninsula in suitable localities, frequenting by preference the edges of rice- 

 fields and recently burnt jungle. 



' I have watched a pair sitting at the end of a blackened branch and 

 darting out at the insects that flew past.' N.A. 



