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SOME NOTES ON BIRDS IN SARAWAK. 
birds as it flies amongst the huge trees with a weak 
irregular, but restless, flight. Not uncommon, though the 
male, owing to its colouring, is much more easily seen than 
the female. The bill is a blue-grey colour; the inside of the 
bill and mouth is bright yellow with a greenish tinge; iris 
dark brown or black; the eye has a protruding bare ring 
or wattle round it of a pretty Wedgwood blue; feet and 
tarsus are a pale blue-grey. 
Lalage terat, Bodd. 
(The Pied Cuckoo-shrike.) 
A common bird, most abundant near the coast, but quite 
common in Upper Sarawak also. The bill is black, shading 
to orange at the base, where there are a few small bristles; 
iris brown; feet and tarsus black. 
Chloropsis cyanopogon, Temm. 
(The Blue-whiskered Chloropsis.) 
Not very common, but difficult to see in the jungle. 
Female; iris dark brown; feet and tarsus grey; beak 
black. 
Irena criniger, Sharpe. 
(The Fairy Blue Bird.) 
Fairly common in the fruit season, when it is seen on 
fruit trees and flying about with its straight graceful flight. 
It flies as a rule very straight but undulating, giving a few 
beats with the wings and then closing them, at the same 
time uttering its sharp “ twing, twing.” Male, bill black ; 
iris deep red ; oil-gland small and bare ; feet, tarsus, and 
claws black. The female is a curious blue colour, quite 
different to the male—a much softer colour and not shiny, 
almost Wedgwood blue. One shot (January 20th, 1918) had 
four or five thin hairs at the back of the head, which might 
easily escape notice ; iris crimson. 
Microtarsus melanocephalus, Gm. 
(The Black-headed Bulbul.) 
Common during the months September to February, and 
fairly common all the year round. Iris blue-grey; beak 
and legs black. Utters its characteristic chirp and flies 
with a flickering undulating movement. A female shot 
(January 1st, 1918) with ovaries well-developed. 
