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Show 188/.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. 433 10. OSMOTRERON FULVICOLLIS. No. 71.. c? . Kinta. Irides white ; feet and legs red. I have only seen two or three of these Pigeons. 1 have quoted the following papers, which relate to the ornithology of the Malayan Peninsula, though most of them treat of the lower country on the western side :- H U M E , A. O. A First Tentative List of fie Birds of the Western Half of the Malay Peninsula. Str. F. 1879, pp. 37-72. . The Birds of the Western Half of the Malay Peninsula. Tom. cit. pp. 151-163. K E L H A M , H. R. Ornithological Notes made in the Straits Settlements and in tbe Western States of the Malay Peninsula. Ibis, 1881, pp. 362-395, 501-532. . The same. Ibis, 1882, pp. 1-18, 185-204. S A L V A D O R I , T. Catalogo di una collezione di Uccelli fatta nella parte occidentale di Sumatra dal Prof. Odoardo Beccari. Ann. Mus. Civic Genov. xiv. pp. 169-253 (1879). The following is a list of the second collection made by Mr. Wray in the mountains, examples of some species not being sent to the British Museum :- NEOPUS MALAYENSIS (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 257; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 44. "No. 18. S 2- This Eagle is the only large species that I have seen on the hills. It is fairly common, and usually flies about in small parties of four or five." [Not sent.] SPIZAETUS LIMNAETUS (Raffl.); Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 272. Limnaetus caligatus, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 44 ; Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 366 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xiv. p. 172 (1879). " No. 19. On opening m y window early one morning I saw one of these Hawk-Eagles sitting with crest erected on a stump of a tree, only about thirty yards from the house, and brought it down with a shot from my revolver. A second specimen was shot by m y collector while perched on a branch of a tree quite near the ground, but was never found, as in searching for it the man got bitten on the leg by a Snake (Trimeresurus gramineus), and gave up the search. These were the only two birds seen of this species." [Not sent.] SPILORNIS BACHA, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 290 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 44 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 173. " No. 64. 2 • Irides bright yellow. I only saw one pair of these birds, one of which I was fortunate enough to be able to shoot." The specimen sent is very dark and almost as deeply coloured as tvpical Javan birds, certainly exceeding that of Malaccan specimens. The feathers on the hind neck and mantle are edged with sandy rufous. Wing 14'5 inches. |
