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Show 432 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. [May 3, "Besides the birds mentioned in the list, I repeatedly heard the cry of the Argus Pheasant (A. giganteus), and I found their dancing-places at about 3000 to 5000 feet. I saw also examples of three or four species of Hornbills and a Green-headed Bee-eater, but was not able to get any specimens of them. "Below 3000 feet tbe hill forms become scarce, and the low-country ones begin to appear. The temperature at 3300 feet on the hills ranges from about 56° to 76° in the shade, and at the higher stations from 50° to 72°. Judging from the records of the past six years, there are no regular seasons in Perak. The rainfall on the Larut hills is from 200 to 250 inches per annum. " I am, yours truly, " L. WRAY, Jun." Mr. Wray's collection is divided into two parts, the first consisting of some low-country forms, a list of which I give for the sake of the notes appended by the collector. The latter are placed in inverted commas. 1. ORIOLUS XANTHONOTUS, Horsf. " No. 77. Larut. Irides and bill red." 2. LALAGE CULMINATA. "No. 74. $. Larut. Irides dark brown." 3. TRICHIXUS PYRRHOPYGA. " No. 76. § • Blanja. Irides brown." 4. PITTA GRANATINA. " No. 72. S • Blanja. Irides brown ; bill and legs black." 5. CALYPTOMENA VIRIDIS. " No. 73. <5 • Larut. Irides dark brown ; bill yellowish." 6. EURYL^EMUS OCHROMELAS. "No. 75. $. Larut. Irides pale yellow; bill cobalt-blue, with yellow markings on the upper mandible." 7. HARPACTES KASUMBA. "No. 68. <5. Larut. Irides crimson; bill and skin of face cobalt-blue. Fairly common in big jungle." 8. HALCYON CONCRETA. " No. 70. S. Bill black above, bright yellow beneath ; irides brown." 9. PTILOPUS JAMBU. "No. 69. c_f 2 • Irides white; bill yellow; feet and legs red. Very rare in Perak. These specimens were collected in Kinta in July." |