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Northern Portion of the Malay Peninsula. 
present in the Peninsula throughout the year, but its 
numbers are greatly augmented during the winter months. 
107. Chalcococcyx xanthorhynchus. 
Chalcococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsf.) ; Shelley, tom. cit. 
p. 289. 
A single female was obtained on the summit of the 
dividing range between Trang and the east coast States. 
The Violet Cuckoo is rare in the Malay Peninsula, and the 
Selangor Museum possesses only three males from widely 
scattered localities. 
108. Chalcococcyx maculatus. 
Chalcococcyx maculatus (Gm.) ; Shelley, tom. cit. p. 292. 
Two females of the Emerald Cuckoo were secured in the 
same locality as the preceding. It is an even rarer bird than 
C. xanthorhynchus , and very few specimens indeed are on 
record from the Peninsula. Both are only found in dense 
jungle and are shy and retiring in their habits. A third 
member of the genus, C. malayanus , certainly, and a fourth, 
C. basalis , possibly, occur within our limits, but the records 
of the last are somewhat dubious. 
109. Centropus sinensjs. 
Centropus sinensis (Steph.); Shelley, tom. cit. p. 343 J 
Bobinson, p. 177. 
Abundant in Trang, as elsewhere in the Peninsula, on 
waste ground and stretches of open country overgrown with 
high grass. 
110. Eudynamis orientalis. 
Eudynamis orientalis (Linn.) ; Shelley, tom. cit. p. 322. 
The Koel is evidently a migratory bird in the Peninsula, 
and in the central and southern portions is rarely found at 
any distance inland. It was very common indeed in Trang, 
up to the foot of the main range, in December 1909, and 
was also numerous on Pulau Paya, a small island between 
Langkawi and Kedah, in December 1907. On Pulau Jarali, 
in the middle of the Straits of Malacca, it was present in very 
large numbers in April 1906, probably on its way north. 
