[ 2) I 
Borneo, A specimen is exhibited, with its wings spread out, 
to show its beautiful colours, 
(3) The Malayan Parrot or Tanau {Psiliimts incertus), 
from Tenasserim, the Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. 
(4) The Indian Loriquet {LorkuiusvernaUs), from India, 
Burma and the Peninsula. Not in the collection. 
(5) The Malayan Loriquet or Serindit {Loriculus galgu- 
liLs], from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. It has a 
red breast. These two last Loriquets are also called Love- 
birds, as the pairs are said to be specially fond of each other. 
Of other Parrots exhibited the following should be noted : 
The Great Black Cockatoo {Mkroghssus atcrrimus), from New 
Guinea, the biggest of all Parrots, The Rose-crested Cockatoo 
(CacatHit moluccefisis), confined to Ceram and Amboyna, with a 
beautiful vermilion crest. This specimen had been many years 
in the Botanic Gardens, was acquired by Mr. Down when the 
living collection was broken up, and subsequently presented by 
him to the Museum. A striking bird is Pesquet's Parrot {Dasy- 
ptUus pesijueti), of which a specimen from the Astrolabe Moun- 
tains, New Guinea, was presented by Mr. A. Lousenmeyer in 
1906- It is of large size, with black and red plumage. 
Of the Cuckoos the best-known at least through its voice 
is a little grey species, the Rufous-bellied Cuckoo or Tinggal 
anak {CactmiantiB mernlinus), also called the Brain-fever Bird 
from its incessant and wearying song. The Black Fork-tailed 
Cuckoo fSurm'culiiS lugiti>ris}. the Refl-winged crested Cuckoo or 
B. selayur jambul /Coccystes cotonuindtts}, and the Caucal or B. 
bubut, also called Crow Pheasant (Centropus bengalatsis}, brown 
with numerous black cross bars, also occur on Singapore island. 
After the Cuckoos with their sober plumage we come to a 
very gay coloured family, the Barbets. Tliey are found within 
the Tropics both of the Old and the New World, are small, 
rather heavily built and have stout beaks, with a fringe of black 
bristles at the base of the beaks. Their general Malay name is 
B. pekaka hutan or B. pekaka rimba. The brightest of the 
Malay Barbets is perhaps Chotorhea versicolor, B. takur, from 
Borneo : its body is green, but has patches of red, blue, black 
and yellow along head and neck. Another beautiful Barbet is 
Psihpogon pyrohphus, from the mountains in Perak ; its body 
is grass green ; behind and below the angle of the jaw it has a 
large grey patch ; the neck is adorned with a yellow and black 
band, and the nasal bristles are black tipped with scarlet. 
Most of the Woodpeckers, "Belatok,' have a bright 
plumage ton. They range over all the tropical and temperate 
