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Northern Portion of the Malay Peninsula . 
about sunset, countless thousands used to appear and roost 
on a lofty dead tree among the mangroves on the shore 
at Kuau. 
Among many of the more primitive Malays this is a bird of 
ill-omen, being associated with the Spectral Huntsman and 
his Phantom Pack, who loom large in the local folk-lore. 
90. Merops sumatranus. 
Merops sumatranus Raffles ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 61. 
Common nearly all over the Peninsula. Met with in 
Langkawi in February 1909. 
91. Merops philippinus. 
Merops philippinus Linn. ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 71. 
Not so abundant as the preceding species, and common 
only in the winter months. 
Specimens from Terutau obtained in February and March 
1909 are in the Selangor Museum. 
92. Nyctiornis amicta. 
Nyctiornis amicta (Temm.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit. p. 90. 
This large and handsome Bearded Bee-eater is fairly 
common in the upland forests throughout the Peninsula, and 
ascends the mountains to an altitude of over 4000 feet, though 
it is more common on the lower hills. It is absent from the 
coastal zone, nor is it met with on any of the outlying islands. 
In Trang it is probably commoner than the two or three 
specimens collected indicate, as our Dyaks hardly considered 
it worth powder and shot. 
Caprimulgid^e. 
93. Caprimulgus ambiguus. 
Caprimulgus macrurus Horsf. (part.) ; Hartert, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 557 (1892). 
Caprimulgus ambiguus Hartert, Ibis, 1896, p. 373. 
94. Caprimulgus jotaka. 
Caprimulgus jotaka Temm. & Schleg. ; Hartert, tom. cit. 
p. 552; Robinson, p. 174. 
Both these species were very abundant at Chong for two 
