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igi7-l H. C. Robinson: Birds from Pulan Langkawi. 159<br />
compared. Worn specimens show a much more oily green<br />
tint on <strong>the</strong> mantle and inner secondaries.<br />
Common along <strong>the</strong> coasts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> WW <strong>Malay</strong> Peninsula<br />
and on <strong>the</strong> islands <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Straits <strong>of</strong> Malacca during <strong>the</strong><br />
winter months, but rare even on migration in <strong>the</strong> south <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
peninsula. Apparently not resident.<br />
56.* CUCULUS MICROPTEIU'S, Gould.<br />
Shelley, op. cit. p. 241; Robinson and Kloss, p. 40;<br />
Gyldenstolpe, Jonrn. Nat. Hist. Soc. Stum, i, p. 232 11915).<br />
a. S ad. Burau, N. \V. Langkawi. 15th December<br />
1916. No. 3646.<br />
" Is, Cere olive green, bill greenish horn, <strong>the</strong> culnien<br />
black, gape yellow, feet chrome yellow."<br />
TL. 305; W, 195, T, 153, B, 30. 5. TS, 18.<br />
In <strong>the</strong> <strong>Malay</strong> Peninsula this species has been found breeding<br />
in July but as a resident it is scarce. It is, however,<br />
common on migration during <strong>the</strong> winter months.<br />
57.<br />
HlEROCOCCYX SPARVERIOIDES (Vig.).<br />
Shelley torn. cit. p. 232; Robinson and Kloss, p. 40;<br />
Gyldenstolpe, p. 102.<br />
a. ? imm. Pulau Dayang Bunting, Langkawi.<br />
gth December 1916, No. 3616.<br />
b. ¥ imm. Pasir Raja, Pulau Lontar, S. \V.<br />
Siam, 10th January, 1917.<br />
"Iris light hazel, orbital ring and feet chrome, upper<br />
mandible black, lower and gape olive green."<br />
TL. 380, 403: \V, 233, 232; T, 220, 229; B, 34, 34; TS,<br />
25. 28.<br />
A fine adult female from Ko Khau, Trang, has <strong>the</strong> wing<br />
(measured dry) 232 and an immature male from <strong>the</strong> same<br />
locality 237. Shelley loc. cit. gives <strong>the</strong> wing <strong>of</strong> an adult as 8^<br />
in. (210) so that <strong>the</strong> specimen he measured, if correct!} recorded,<br />
must have been exceptionally small. Gyldenstolpe 's adult male<br />
from Koon Tan, North Siam, measured 237 mm.<br />
The species is evidently fairly common in <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
third <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Peninsula though probably only in <strong>the</strong> winter<br />
months but is extremely rare south <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> latitude <strong>of</strong> Penang.<br />
As is <strong>the</strong> case with so many migratory species birds that have<br />
not yet attained <strong>the</strong> fully adult plumage appears to be in <strong>the</strong><br />
great majority.<br />
58. HlEROCOCCYX NISICOLOR (HodgS.).<br />
Robinson and Kloss, p. 40; Robinson, untea, vol. v, p. 93.<br />
Hierococcyx fugax (part.) Shelley, turn. cit. p. 2361.<br />
a-c. 1 ? vix ad. 2 S imm. Telok Wau, Terutau,<br />
i8th-24th December 1916. [Nos. 3659,<br />
3728,3729],