are unable to find any record of its habits ; this is probably owing to the difficulty European 
travellers experience in endeavouring to penetrate the countries in which it occurs. To 
judge from what is known of its congeners, it would most likely frequent dense forests and 
keep to the tops of the highest trees, and in such situations, in the tropical climate of Indo- 
Malayana, the feverish miasma would be an even more imminent source of danger to the 
traveller than the enmity of the savage inhabitants. The natives themselves, however, bring 
in the skins of the brighter coloured birds to sell to the dealers, and in this manner they 
find their way into our European collections. Mr. A. It. Wallace, who resided for some time 
in Sumatra, unfortunately has recorded no observations of it. He has but one specimen in his 
collection, an adult male, and remarks that though very common, he passed it over as an 
unmistakeable bird wel 1 known to science ; this loss of a valuable opportunity is much to 
be regretted, as such admirable collectors as Mr. 'Wallace do not often visit the island. 
The sexes show no difference in plumage. In the young bird the colours are duller 
and the bill is whitish at the base of the lower mandible. The specimens from Java seem 
to be a little larger than those from Borneo and Sumatra. 
The dimensions taken from skins in the British Museum, and our own collection, are, 
wino- from 4.1 to 4.35, tail from 2.7 to 3., bill 1.35 to 1.4, tarsus, a little over an inch. 
The specimen figured is life size, and is taken from a Malacca skin in our possession ; 
it is an adult in full plumage. Owing to the conspicuous colouring the synonomy of this 
species is unusually clear and satisfactory. 
