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In the Malay Grackle the iris is brown, the wattles orange, paler at the 
base, the bill orange-lemon, yellow at tip, and the feet bright yellow. 
( The Tiong gajak or Tiong mas , as the Malays call this species, is very 
common in the Patani States, frequenting open forest and orchard-land, but 
it is not found in the coast-districts, and is much rarer on the western side of 
the Peninsula. It is a favourite cage-bird among the natives, and large sums 
are paid for clever talkers.* 
6. Calornis chalybeus, (Horsf.) 
Calornis chalybea, Bonhote , p. 66. 
$ ad. Patani. 30th May. (No. 144) 
$ , $ad. et 9 imm. Ban Sai Kau, Nawngchik. April, May. (Nos. 16, toy, 114) 
9 ad. Biserat, Jalor. 5th and 16th July. (Nos. 24a, 283) 
$ imm. Bidor, South Perak. 2nd and 3rd Feb. (Nos. 607, 6io, 612) 
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The Glossy Calornis has the iris carmine and the bill and feet black, 
■ Common everywhere in open country, nesting in the Pinang palms, or 
occasionally at the top of dead trees. Malay name, Per ling' 
7. Aethiopsar fuse us, (WagJ.) 
Acridotheres fuscus, Bonhote, p. 66, 
Ban Sai Kau, 21st May. (No. 121) 
$juv. Biserat, Jalor. 7th and i 3 th July. ^03.253,275) 
The Jungle-Myna has the iris deep yellow (white, tinged with yellow in 
the young), the bill orange with the basal portion of the lower mandible black 
feet yellow, claws paler. 
* Very common in the rice-fields ; nearly always in close attendance on 
the buffaloes and oxen, so much so that it is often difficult to shoot 
specimens. Malay name, Burong gembala kerbau (Buffalo-herd).* 
DICRURIDAE 
8. Chaptia aenea, (VieilJ.) 
Chaptia aenea, Sharpe , Cat. B . Brit. Mus . iii, p. 243 (1877). 
d* 9 ad. Telfim, Perak-Pahang border. 24th January. (^3.581,582) 
The Bronzed Drongo has the iris red and the bill and feet black. 
* Very common on the edge of high bamboo jungles in the hill country, 
perching on the extreme tips of the higher shoots. The species is probably 
semi-crepuscular in its habits, as it rarely appeared before 5 p.m., when it was 
