Kalabakan it was common in tree tops 150 feet up, foraging
in the upper canopy.
_=Oriolus xanthonotus consobrinus=_ Ramsay: Malaysian Black-headed
Oriole.--_Specimens_, 9: Cocoa Research Station: [Male] imm., 41.8 gm.,
July 22, 1962, MCT 2639; [Female], 40.7 gm., July 23, 1962, MCT 2644;
[Male] testis 1 x 1 mm., 48.2 gm., July 24, 1962, MCT 2653; [Female]
imm., 36.3 gm., July 28, 1962, MCT 2681; [Male] imm., 40.4 gm., August
25, 1962, MCT 2804; [Male], September 26, 1962; MCT 2962; [Male],
November 29, 1962, MCT 3381; [Female], December 2, 1962, MCT 3426. 12
mi. N Kalabakan: [Male], October 28, 1962, MCT 3180.
This oriole was common in the cocoa and in secondary forest
surrounding the cocoa at Quoin Hill.
_=Platylophus galericulatus coronatus=_ (Raffles): Crested
Jay.--_Specimens_, 4: 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Female], October 17, 1962,
MCT 3068; [Female], October 21, 1962, MCT 3116; [Male], October 21,
1962, MCT 3117; [Male], October 21, 1962, MCT 3118.
This jay was observed several times at the forest camp at
Kalabakan. The bird utters a metallic chattering noise much like
that of other jays, except for the metallic quality. I observed it
also in moss forest 5.5 miles north of Tenom.
Comparison of my specimens with series in the U. S. National Museum
and the American Museum of Natural History indicates wide variation
within this species in Borneo. The specimens vary considerably in
depth of brown, some approaching _P. g. lemprieri_ and others _P.
g. coronatus_. Because of this wide variation I have not recognized
the subspecies _lemprieri_ and place all specimens from Borneo
under _coronatus_.
_=Platysmurus leucopterus aterrimus=_ (Temminck): Black Crested
Magpie.--_Specimens_, 4: Cocoa Research Station: [Female] brood patch
refeathering, 181.6 gm., July 21, 1962, MCT 2628; [Female] imm., 143.4
gm., July 21, 1962, MCT 2629; [Female], September 4, 1962, MCT 2865;
[Male], 178.0 gm., September 6, 1962, MCT 2880.
The Black Crested Magpie was common at Quoin Hill in secondary
forest and cocoa. At the Kalabakan forest camp, I saw a flock of 10
to 20 feeding 70 to 100 feet up in a tree in primary forest.
_=Corvus enca compilator=_ Richmond: Slender-billed Crow.--_Specimen_,
1: Pintasan Agricultural Station: [Female], October 17, 1963, ADG 315.
Small flocks in the cocoa and secondary forest were common at the
Cocoa Re
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