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en Plover or B. chorlinx (Chartidriiis ih)/tirmcMs=C.fuhiis), which 
spends the summer in the northern portions of Europe, Asia 
and America, and goes far south during the winter. Here may 
be added the beautiful Water-Pheasant {Hydrophasis chirurgus), 
of which a group from Paha nij is exhibited, and the Stone Plover 
(Esacus magnirostris), of which a specimen from the Mergui 
Archipelago, presented by Mr C, B. Kloss, is shown, 
SCANSORIAL OR CLIMBING BIRDS. 
This order is extremely artificial, and includes widely 
divergent forms like the Parrots, Cuckoos, Woodpeckers, Bar- 
bets, and Hornbills, resembling each other only in the structure 
of their feet, which are adapted to climbing. The first four of 
these families agree at least in so far as their first and fourth 
toes are turned backwards, and their second and third toes for- 
wards Iso-called zygoclactylous feet). In the Hornbills, how- 
ever, only the firnt toe is directed backwards. The other three 
are turned forwards and are partially united. 
The Parrots are found in the tropical parts of the whole 
world, extending to the south even beyond the tropics to 55" lat 
There are about 500 species* America, and especially Brazil 
being richest in them. They fly often only indifferently weil, 
and are clumsy on the ground, but excel in climbing, using feet 
and beak. For this reason, and on account of their intelligence, 
they have been called the jnonkeys of the feathered world. And 
the way they perch with one foot whilst with the other foot 
holding up a dainty morsel when eating, certainly reminds one 
of the monkeys. Parrots are easily tamed and taught to imitate 
the human voice. They have been valued from antiquity, and 
the ladies of ancient Rome kept them in cages, prizing them 
often more than their slaves. They ii%'e on fruit and seeds, and 
have powerful and curved beaks, which are higher than they 
are long. 
Only five species of Parrots (Burong nuri) occur in the 
Malay region proper (Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo), 
and curiously enough none have yet been recorded from Java. 
They are much more numerous in the Philippines, Celebes, the 
Moluccas and New Guinea, The purely Malayan species are:— 
( 1 ) The Bl ue-cro wned Parroq uet ( Tanygniiihtts sahadorii), 
known only from the Mantanani Is., N, W. Borneo. Not in 
the collection. 
(2) The long-tailed Malayan Parroq uet or Bayan, 
iPalaeornis hngkmtda), from the Peninsula, Sumatra and 
