BY R. B. WILLIAMS. 
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Pitta mulleri, Bp. 
{Muller's Green Pitta.) 
One shot in Samarahan was sitting in a low tree, where 
it was whistling like a Common Thrush. 
Cyornis beccariana, Salv. 
(Beccari’s Blue Flycatcher.) 
Bartlett describes this as a very rare species, but in this 
district of Upper Sarawak it seems fairly common, and I 
have seen two or three together on the Sarawak river; 
also I have seen it on the borders of lakes, but never far 
from water. It seems to get its food from near the surface 
of water, making short jerky flights from its perch on the 
bank. The feet and tarsus are a dull brown ; oil-gland 
bare; iris brown. 
September 2 5th, 1912.—Shot a male, and saw several 
more in old jungle. 
Hypothymis occipitalis, Yig. 
(The Black-crowned Blue Flycatcher.) 
Not uncommon in jungle. The tail is flicked about as in 
the case of other Flycatchers; feet and tarsus blue-grey ; 
the oil-gland is bare; iris black; inside of mouth and 
tongue yellow-green. The above is a description of the 
male. In the female the bill is black, feet blue-grey; 
inside of mouth and tongue yellow; iris dark brown. 
Rhipidura perlata, Mull. 
(The White-spotted Fantail Flycatcher.) 
Bill black, yellowish at the base of the mandible; feet 
and tarsus grey ; oil-gland bare ; iris black. 
Rhipidura javanica, Sparmm. 
(The Javan Fantail Flycatcher.) 
One of the commonest birds in Upper Sarawak. It has 
a curious jerky song, and is seen chiefly in the morning 
and evening flitting about in low trees, flirting out its fan¬ 
shaped tail and wings; iris black. 
Terpsiphone affinis, Blyth. 
(The Burmese Paradise Flycatcher.) 
Almost always found in old jungle, often near a river or 
stream. It is one of the most graceful and fairy-like of 
