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hunting-ground. The river is a broad rocky torrent full of boulders : at this season it is 
low, so we pitched our camp on a high bank of shingle, as being the most healthy spot, a 
camp in virgin forest being almost to a certainty a place to catch fever. The situation of 
our camp is splendid, the bed of the river being here almost east and west, so we get all 
the sunlight possible after the sun has mounted above Kina Balu. The accompanying 
illustration is taken from the S.W. of the summit, which lies to the N.N.E. 20° of us ; my 
aneroid gives the altitude of this camp as 3650 feet. The great precipices of Kina Balu 
are a grand sight from a little above our camp on the opposite side of the river, being 
perpendicular walls of thousands of feet of granite. As there were plenty of fine bamboos 
growing in the vicinity, the Dusuns, as part of their agreement, assisted us in building 
a house; this was finished and most comfortable before night, with a split bamboo plank 
floor. Before starting home the Dusuns turned the course of the river by damming it with 
rocks : when they had accomplished this they made a collection, in the small pools left, of 
fish, tadpoles, frogs, caddis-grubs, &c., &c.,—such a collection as an English boy brings 
home from his visit to a horse-pond; this zoological mixture they boiled in bamboos and 
devoured with their rice. 
loth.—To-day we have explored the forest about the camp ; this is easy work, as the 
Dusuns have rat-trapping paths in all directions. I see most of the species of birds we 
collected last year on the Panataran, and several of the highland species in the vicinity of 
the camp. I sent one of the Ivadyans to Kiau to fetch some bird-skins we had left there : 
when he returned he told me that the Dusuns were celebrating their rice-harvest festival, 
and that all the men and women in Kabong’s house were “ as drunk as lords.” During this 
month most birds are nesting. To-day was fine, with slight showers. 
14th.—The men started shortly before me this morning, and when following their 
path I found a Trogon tied by its legs to a branch, which had just been shot by the Hadji. 
This was a splendid new species, of which I am able to give a coloured illustration. This 
was the bird spoken of by the Dusuns as “ Tembongeau.” You may imagine my great joy at 
the first sight of this beautiful bird. 
The pigmy squirrel with the long ear-tufts is common here, and I am often able 
to approach within a few yards of it. It travels over the trunks of the larger forest-trees 
somewhat after the manner of a Woodpecker, the tail being pressed against the tree and 
the hind legs sprawled out on either side of the stomach on the bark, while the front legs 
and fore part of the body are kept well off the tree ; in this way the little animal proceeds 
in short jerks over the large trunks, feeding on the bark, which is sometimes much gnawn 
away; the ears are generally held erect: the squirrel every now and again utters a shrill 
whistle. I shot a Serpent-Eagle new to the Bornean avifauna ( Spilornis bcicha); this 
Eagle frequents the river-bed, pouncing on the various lizards and snakes which are found 
there. 
loth.—We collected to-day fifteen birds, which gives us plenty of work; amongst 
them is a young Rigo Rigo, which has a feathered head. This species is gregarious, has a 
loud booming note, and might be mistaken, but for its dark wings, for the more common 
Ianthocincla treacheri when seen in the forest. In the evening we had rain. 
16th.—Rain nearly all day. The Kiaus come to see us almost daily, bringing with 
