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SOME NOTES ON BIRDS IN SARAWAK. 
shooting, as they keep to the jungle and are more inclined 
to run than fly. The feet, tarsus, and claws are pale 
watery yellow. The iris is clear yellow-brown. The food 
is probably much the same as that of other partridges, but 
it is particularly fond of Indian corn, and may often be 
found feeding under a jungle fruit tree. 
Lophura nobilis, Scl. 
(The Bornean Crested Fireback.) 
Sometimes these birds are found in coveys roosting in 
trees; five were shot quite close together one evening at 
Poak. They are inclined to be pugnacious; I saw one in 
a small cage, which would make a rush at the bars on a 
hand being placed close to it. The Dayak name is 
“ Sumpidan,” and Malay “ Manok utan.” 
Butreron capelli, Temm. 
(The Large Thick-billed Green Pigeon.) 
The feet are orange. 
OSMOTRERON FULVICOLLIS, Wagl. 
(The Rufous-necked Fruit Pigeon.) 
The claws are grey. Eyelids grey with orange-yellow 
margins. 
OSMOTRERON VERNANS, Linn. 
(The Rosy-necked Fruit Pigeon.) 
The most common variety of “punai” in Upper Sarawak. 
It may often be seen flying about in flocks of thirty to forty 
in the low jungle, and feeding chiefly on small berries, not 
in large fruit trees. It has a curious wailing whistle. The 
feet and tarsus are characteristic of the pigeons in Sarawak 
—very strong and muscular. A bird when shot in a tree 
will often cling upside down to a twig and then fall dead, 
after perhaps half a minute. The flight is that of a typical 
pigeon—swift and decided. Iris: there is an inner ring 
round the pupil of bright enamel-like blue, and outside 
this there is a ring of coral pink. 
Male. —Bill blue-grey on the hard tip; the soft parts 
round the base and nostrils are green yellow with some 
orange. Feet crimson, claws grey. 
Female. —Blue-grey at the tip, while the soft parts are 
green. 
