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Show 1901.] ON THE BIRDS OP THE i( SKEAT EXPEDITION." 57 6. On the Birds collected during the " Skeat Expedition " to the Malay Peninsula, 1899-1900. By J. L. BONHOTE, B.A. [Received December 31, 1900.] In writing an account of the Birds collected by the " Skeat Expedition" in 1899, it is unnecessary to dwell on the geographical positions of the places mentioned, as they have already been fully dealt with in my former paper on the Mammals. Although among the 139 species of which examples were collected none are new to science, yet there are several of considerable rarity ; it is worthy of notice that the eastern side produced nothing very striking or even scarce, and most of the interesting forms were procured by Mr. Laidlaw on Mt. Gunong Inas, in Perak, a locality which had previously been visited on various occasious, viz., in 1886, 1887, and 1888 by Mr. Wray, in 1889 by Mr. Hartert, and again quite recently by Mr. A. L. Butler. Mr. Laidlaw was, however, successful in procuring examples of several species which, so far as I am aware, are known only from the specimens originally procured by Mr. Wray. Chief among these is a fine male example of Chrysophlegma wrayi, which has hitherto been known only by a single specimen, a female ; among the rest may be mentioned Pericrocotus croceus (a doubtful species, possibly only a variety of P. ivrayi), Coryihocichla leucosticta, Pteruthius ceralatus, Heliopais personata, &c. Although the number of species is considerable, the number of individuals of the various species is somewhat restricted, so that this paper is more of the form of a mere list than I would wish it to be. 1. SPILORNIS CHEELA. (Lath.). Falco cheela, Lath. Ind. Ornith. i. p. 14 (1790). Spilornis cheela (Lath.), Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. i. p. 287 (1874); Oates, Bds. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 193 (1883). a. Ad. sk. Patelung. 28th April, 1899. b. o*. Bukit Besar, Jalor. 6th May, 1899. c-e. 8. Biserat, Jalor. 13th May, 1899. /. 6 . Kota Bharu, Kelantan. 9th July, 1899. 2. SPIZAETUS CALIGATUS (Hume). Limnaetus caligatus, Hume, Str. Feathers, 1879, p. 44. Spizaetus caligatus (Hume), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 433. a. 6 . Sungei, Kelantan. Sept. 1899. 3. HALIAETUS LEUCOGASTER (Gm.). Falco leucogaster, Gm. S.N. i. p. 257 (1788, ex Lath.). Haliaetus leucogaster (Gm.), Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. i. p. 307 (1874); Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 368 ; Oates, op. cit. ii. p. 199. a. 8 • Tringganu. 31st Oct., 1899. b. Kedah. 3rd May, 1900. |