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SOME NOTES ON BIRDS IN SARAWAK. 
Alophonerpes pulverulentus, Temm. 
{The Great Slaty Woodpecker.) 
Probably not uncommon in some districts. Two were 
shot for me in old jungle near Grogoh by a native, and he 
described them as being in a flock like Sparrows. The bill 
is mostly black, but has a part dirty yellow; the feet and 
claws are black; iris red. 
Sasia abnormis, Hodgs. 
{The Malayan Piculet.) 
Not uncommon; often seen in lalang, tall grasses and 
canes, from the stem of which it gets its food of grubs and 
insects as a Woodpecker does. Iris red, and the eyelids 
are round and bulging out of naked crimson skin ; upper 
mandible black, lower mandible pale yellow ; the bill is 
hard and strong but loose, and the whole bird has rather a 
miserable appearance ; the feet and tarsus are yellow. 
Euryl^mus ochromelas, Raffl. 
{The Black and Yellow Broad-bill.) 
Found throughout the year. Iris yellow ; bill blue to 
green at tips ; legs flesh-coloured. 
I have seen it clinging to the trunk of a tree like a Wood¬ 
pecker hunting for its food-beetles and locusts. 
Cymborhynchus macrorhynchus, Gm. 
{The Malayan Black and Red Broad-bill.) 
Builds a large nest of roots, sticks, rags, &c. Male, iris 
dark bottle-green; upper mandible sky-blue; lower, yellow, 
with blue-green margins; legs blue. 
Chiefly met with near water—rivers, lakes, &c. The 
natives say that this bird catches and eats fish. But its 
chief food is certainly beetles. 
Pitta granatina, Temm. 
{The Bornean Scarlet Pitta.) 
A specimen shot at Jaguany, February 19th, 1912, rose 
from the ground in a jungle path, and flew with a big twist 
and hurried flight like a Quail alarmed. Colours very 
brilliant, especially the purple mantle and blue on wings. 
