GEOGRAPHIC.4L 
warblers are well represented while a considerable number of 
shore birds were also obtained or observed.' 
"The Nicobar pig^eon (Caltvms ntcobarica) essentially a 
denizen of small islands, is now also known from a number of 
the islands near the Malayan coast, Pheasants and partridges 
arc absent bnt the jungle-fowl has been recorded from Koh 
Sanini off the Bight of Bandon, N. E. Coast, although Robin- 
son in recording the fact sug^g^ested that they may have been 
introduced by the Siamese population of the island. 
**Tlie reef-heron (Demiegretta sacra) seems to be met 
with more or less commonly on most of tlie islands off the 
Malayan coast. 
"From the Tioman group interesting marine birds have 
been recorded. Frigate birds occur and there are breeding 
colonies of two terns (Sterna an^theta and S. sumatram). 
**From Pulau Jarak the booby (Sula suia) is reported. 
'*In the case of Pulau Ubin and P. Tekong it seems 
sciircely reasonably to compare them with the islands men- 
tioned above and this chiefly on account of their close proxi- 
mity to the mainland. They are very similar to Singapore in 
their avifauna. 
"Large game-birds do not occur, babblers are very scarce 
— the jungle loving species absent. Likewise many other birds 
met with more or less commonly in the lowland jungles of the 
Peninsula are as yet unrepresented in the collections made on 
these islands. To mention but three, ChloropsU kterocefylwla, 
Rubigula tyamventris and Onohts xafitlwrtiftus. Hornhills, 
if they occur, only do so at inter\'als. The presence of three 
species of barbets, nine species of woodpeckers and two species 
of broadbills on Pulau Ubin is interesting. 
"The reef-heron although it is found as near as Sultan 
Shoal seems too chary of coming close enough to Singapore 
to occur in the islands frequently. The frigate birds and the 
booby also keep well away to sea and there are no breeding 
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