BY R. B. WILLIAMS. 
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of a lake. Also heard the thin “ cheep ” made by it as it 
flies in a straight line like the common English Kingfisher; 
the flight is very similar too. 
Ceyx euerythra, Sharpe. 
(The Malayan Three-toed Kingfisher.) 
Not uncommon, but keeps to thick jungle; it is fairly 
common on the upper reaches of the Sadong and Samara- 
han rivers. The bill is scarlet; feet coral red with rather 
long sharp and very dainty claws ; iris black. The note is 
a typical Kingfisher pipe; the flight direct and darting. 
The stomach of one was apparently full of insect remains, 
but may also have contained Crustacea, as it smelt 
distinctly fishy. 
Halcyon pileata, Bodd. 
(The Black-capped Kingfisher.) 
Common round ponds and rivers during September to 
April. This bird does not eat fish; the specimen shot 
had chiefly grasshoppers and insects in its stomach. A 
female shot in November had ovaries showing signs of 
developing. 
Halcyon concretus, Temm. 
(The Brown-collared Kingfisher.) 
Uncommon, or not seen in Upper Sarawak. Bill is 
yellow and black; iris brown; eyelids yellow; feet and 
tarsus yellow. The stomach contained fish much decom¬ 
posed, and smelt strongly of phosphorus. 
Halcyon chloris, Bodd. 
(The White-collared Kingfisher.) 
Commonest about the coast, often seen in mangrove 
swamps. Has a curious uncertain flight, like H. pileata , 
and the same cackling cry. Iris brown; lower mandible 
slightly violet. 
Anthracoceros convexus, Temm. 
(The Javan Pied Hornhill.) 
Iris of female a clear brown. Flight slow, like that of a 
crow. I saw a great many of these birds in Samaharan 
and Sadong, usually in flocks of 10-20 or single, but they 
do not seem to be truly very gregarious; a bunch of them 
in a tree will not flush all out at once when alarmed, but 
