Horsfield, Kuhl, and Boie to be very common. It is a conspicuous bird, its pale straw- 
yellow head contrasting strongly with its black throat. It was figured as long ago as 1807 
by Le Vaillant; but there is no subsequent plate, and the copies of Le Yaillant’s works are 
now very scarce indeed. 
“ Its note resembles ‘ tok-tok-tok-tok,’ uttered in loud tones from the tops of the high 
mountain- trees.” ( Bocamme , MSS.) 
There are specimens in most of the public museums. Our figure is taken from one in 
our own collection, and represents an adult bird from Java. 
