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Eurystomus orientalis (L.); Salvad. t. c. p. 105. 
a, S . Bintulu. Iris brown ; bill and legs orange-red, 
claws black. 
Hydrocissa convexa (Temm.); Salvad. t. c. p. 80. 
a. 6 . Bintulu. Iris crimson; naked skin bluish white ; 
legs blackish lead-colour. 
b. d . Bintulu. Bill yellowish white; naked skin at base 
of bill and about the eyes white tinged with greenish blue; 
feet and legs very dark grey. Eruit-pulp in gizzard. 
[This is the commonest Hornbill in the Sarawak territory, 
being found chiefly in the vicinity of the coast.—A. E.] 
Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.); Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 34. 
[Common all over Sarawak in gardens and cleared spaces, 
whither these birds resort at dawn and dusk, flitting silently 
about and resting now and again on palings, low bushes, &c., 
or sometimes in the grass. They also fly by day, but not 
usually. Their cry is exactly like the Malay words ff tiup 
api ” (literally “ blow the fire ”); and hence their name among 
the natives. The “Tiup api” is one of the Sea-Dyak birds 
of omen. In a male shot at Sibu in April 1874 the testes 
were yellowish, semiglobular, and equal; in another indi¬ 
vidual, from the foot of the Matang mountains, there was 
only one small testis present; and in this specimen the iris 
was light red instead of carnation. The interior of the gape 
is cinnabar-red; tongue scarlet, with the posterior barbs 
finely slit. These birds appear to feed chiefly on lepidop- 
terous larvse.—A. E.] 
Carpococcyx radiates (Temm.); Salvad. t. c. p. 77. 
a. $ . Bintulu. Iris pale grey-brown; bill and orbital 
space with the feet and legs sea-green, darkest on the bill. 
Gizzard full of beetles. Caught in a trap set on the ground. 
Hierococcyx fugax (Horsf.); Salvad. t. c. p. 65. 
a. d . Bintulu. Iris and lores brilliant yellow; feet wax- 
yellow ; bill black, yellow at the base and at the tip. 
[Bidi, Simunjan, Marup, Bintulu. Not a common bird 
in Sarawak. Feeds on orthoptera. Interior of gape green. 
—A. E.] 
