On the birds collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by J.L. Bonhote.

  • Bonhote, John Lewis James, 1875-1922.
Date:
1901
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Credit: On the birds collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by J.L. Bonhote. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1901.] o:sr the birds of the “ sk:ea.t expedtttox/’ [F/’Om the PROCEEDIiSrGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LOXDGX, Febriiaiy 5, 1901.] Oil the Birds collected during the Skeat Expedition to the Malay Peninsula, 1899-1900. By J. L. Bonhote, B.A. 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 ha Ye 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. G-unong Inas, in Perak, a locality which had previously been visited on various occasions, viz., in 1886, 1887, and 1888 by Mr. Wray, in 1889 by Mr. llartert, 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 tine male example of Chrysophlegina lurayi, which has hitherto been known only bv a single specimen, a female ; among the rest may be mentioned Pericrocotm croceus (a doubtful species, possibly only a variety of P. lurayi)^ CorythooiMa 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 oheela (Lath.). Falco cheela, Lath. Ind. Oruith. i. p. 14 (1790). Spilornis cheela (Lath.), Sharpe, Oat. Bds. Brit. Mus. i. p. 287 (1874); Oates, Bds. Brit. Bunn. ii. p. 193 (1883). a. Ad. sk. Patelung. 28th April, 1899. h. B. Bukit Besar, Jalor. 6th May, 1899. c-e. (8. Biserat, Jalor. 13th May, 1899. /. 6 . Kota Bharu, Kelantau. 9th July, 1899. 2. Spizaettjs caligatus (Hume). TAmnaetus caligatus, Hume, Str. Feathers, 1879, p. 44, Sgnzaetus caligatus (Hume), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 433. a. <8 . Sungei, Kelantan. Sept. 1899. 3. Haliaetus lbucogaster (Grin.). Falco leucogaster, Grin. S. N. i. p. 2-57 (1788, ea? 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. (S. Tringganu. 31st G)ct., 1899. l>. Kedah. 3rd May, 1900. [1]
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