THE PIED CLTCKOO-SHRIO 
Field Notes:- — The fully adult mate in his striking black 
and white plumage can be m i stake Ji at a casual glance for the 
straits-robin, but two or three minutes obsen'ation of his 
restless behaviour and smaller size should decide the point. 
The young birds and females should give no difficulty. 
Other Imbits ; — This is essentially not a bird of the forest 
land and it is usually seen in the open and round about villages 
and cultivation* 
It feeds on insects and the males at least have a charac- 
teristic loud, clear whistle. 
All the bright red and black or yellow and black cuckoo- 
shrikes (Pericrocotus) are rare in Singapore, but two species 
in which the males are all grey and the females barred below 
are sometimes seen. One of these is small {about the size 
of ZJ. nigra) and may be called the Malayan cuckoo-shrike 
(L. fimbriata cubnirmta). 
The other kind is roughly the size of a green-pigeon or 
sparrow-hawk. It is known as the large cuckoo-shrike, 
Cofachia smnatrensk. It almost certainly breeds locally and 
is not uncommon. It is a very noisy bird and usually found 
in pairs^ 
