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Show MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FRO.M PERAK. [May 3, H I R U N D O GUTTURALIS (Scop.); Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 134 (1885); Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 47; Kelham, t. c. p. 372. " No. 62. 3 . Irides dark brown. Very plentiful on the summits of the hills." Apparently an adult male before the winter moult. NYCTIORNIS AMICTUS (Temm.) ; Dresser, Monogr. Merop. pl. i. " No. 29. 2 - This bird is partial to the lower trees and bushes in the forest, and extends from the plains up to the very top of the hills. The nest is made in a hole excavated in a bank of earth, in the same way as with the Merops. "It makes a sort of laughing noise, something like 'Kar-ka-ka-ka-ka- ka-kar.' It was some time before I was able to identify this bird as the caller, until I shot one in the act. The amount of red on the head and throat varies very much ; and in one the plumage was wholly green, excepting the tail, which was the same as in the normally coloured bird." HIEROCOCCYX FUGAX, Horsf.; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 53 ; Kelham, t. c. p. 391 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 185. "No. 61. 2 • Irides brownish yellow. This was the only member of the family Cuculidse that I met with." CYANOPS RAMSAYI. Megalama ramsayi, Wald.; Hume and Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 152. " No. 20. d 2 • Hides brown. This Barbet is common above 3500 feet." This is a Tenasserim species, not previously known to occur to the south of that province. MEGALAMA OOTI. Cyanops ooti, Salvad. t. c. p. 180. "No. 21. 2- Hides red-brown. I did not meet with this species higher than 3500 feet nor lower than 3000 feet. It is plentiful, but, from its frequenting the tops of tall trees, is difficult to shoot. Both of these Barbets are very noisy birds." PSILOPOGON PYROLOPHUS, S. Midi.; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 352; Salvad. t. c. p. 178. "No. 14. I observed one male of this species with the under tail-coverts scarlet; and another with them green, with the extreme tips of the feathers tinged with scarlet. It is a very silent bird, and only occasionally utters a harsh note, something like that of a Woodpecker." CHRYSOPHLEGMA MALACCENSE (Lath.); Hargitt, Ibis, 1886, p. 276. Callolophus malaccensis, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 52 ; Salvad. t. p. 182. "No. 23. 2' Irides brown. A low-country form. The specimen sent was shot at nearly 4000 feet." |
