36 Messrs. Robinson and Kioss on Birds from the 
south of Kedah, beyond which State it is replaced by A. con - 
vexus. 
These two species—the other member of the genus 
occurring in the Peninsula, A. malayanus, is more of a jungle- 
bird—are much more open-country birds than the other 
Malayan Hornbills. They fly in flocks of five or six 
individuals and are met with principally along the course of 
the Larger rivers and on the borders of rice-fields, where these 
are fringed with orchards and villages. They are especially 
fond of the fruit of the banyan or kayu ara ) a fig-tree which 
is very abundant in such situations. Their flight is distinctly 
laboured and not so sustained as that of the larger species, 
nor do they fly nearly so high. Their Malay name is 
Bur ong blinking , alluding to their call, or Burong lilin, or 
Wax-bird, which probably has reference to the colour of 
the bill. 
The larger species of the family, in addition to certain 
special and local names, are called Burong enggang or burong 
rakit , the latter name meaning raft-bird,” a term which has 
been applied in some parts of the Peninsula to the Rouge-et- 
noir Broadbill, Cymborhynchus malaccensis. 
88. Rhytidoceros undulatus. 
Rhytidoceros undulatus (Shaw); Grant, tom. cit. p. 382 ; 
Robinson, p. 173. 
Fairly common in Pulau Terutau and Pulau Langkawi, 
and also obtained on the mountains of Selangor at high 
elevations. 
Meropim. 
89. Melittophagus swinhoii. 
Melittophagus swinhoii (Hume) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. xvii. p. 55 (1892). 
This beautiful Bee-eater was exceedingly common in the 
open country of Trang, especially near the coast. To the 
south it becomes much rarer, and is almost unknown further 
down the Peninsula than Taiping. We found it very abundant 
on the island of Dangkawi in December 19G8, where, just 
