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SWALLOWS. 
The Swallows are but pmjrly represented in Malaya, and 
only one species {Hirundo badh) is in the collection. They are 
known by the same name in Malay as the Swifts, viz. Burong 
layang layang, 
WAGTAILS. 
The Wagtails are almost entirely confined to the OkS 
World. They are graceful and active little birds, living chiefly 
on the ground, preferring the neighbourhood of shallow streams. 
The Grey Wagtail or B. kendidi {MotaciUa meianopeh visiting 
here during the winter months, is bluish grey above and bright 
yellow below. It is frequently seen in compounds even at some 
distance from water. The Forest Wagtail or Kendidi rimba 
{Limontdromus indkus) is dull olive green above, but its wings 
are black with two broad white bands. 
FLr-CATCHERS, 
The Flycatchers include a variety of insect-eating birds 
of the Old World, They have flattened beaks and a number of 
hairs between forehead and nostrils. Sonie of them are only 
plain and uninteresting looking, but others, like the Burmese 
Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis), with its metallic black 
and snowy white plumage and its long and graceful tail feath- 
ers, reminds one of the Birds of Paradise (see pi. XII, fig. 2.) 
Other handsome birds are the Large Fairy Blue-Chat {Nifttwu 
grandts) and the somewhat smaller Tickell's Blue Flycatcher 
(Cyornis elegaus). 
CUCKOO-SHRIKES. 
The Cuckoo-Shrikes are confined to the Old World, 
They have their name from the resemblance which some of its 
members bear to the Cuckoos, in shape and size, in the form of 
the beak» and in plumage, as e,g. the Sumatran Cuckoo-Shrike 
{Artamides sunutireusis). Others, however, are brilliantly 
coloured, like the Indian Scarlet Minivet {Perkrocoltis spccwsus) 
with its black and scarlet plumage. 
BULBULS. 
The Bulbuls, ranging from Africa to India and Malaya, 
include some of the most common Malayan Birds, some of 
sober, but others of very bright plumage. The Yellow-vented 
Bulbul or B. mevhuhiPyctionoius duaiis), is not likely to be absent 
front any compound in Singapore, especially when the fruitb of 
