Field notes, v1753
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Feb. 3 165 nests were seen, which proved the next day to be occupied by young or brooding adults. These swifts are sorty colored, have a white throat and rump and are a bit chunky and larger than the white-throated swift of the U.S. The voice is comparable. Geckos were seen on the sides of buildings near lights. Feb. 4 This morning at 7:20 a.m. swifts were hawking about the streets and restlessly moving about over the clusters of colonial nests. Two or three were sometimes been clinging to the side of a building in a sheltered place, in contact with one another. Called the Dept. of Zool., Univ. of Malaya. John Newrickson left Jan. 21. Talked to Dr. F. S. Dhaliwac, acting head of the department. Phone - Office KL 89-361, home KL. 52438. He says Draco can occasionally be seen even at this time of year. The flying frog, however, is 200 miles away, along the coast. It is very rare. At 10:15 a.m we had an appointment with John O. Sutter, Assist. Rep., Asia Foundation (P.O. Box 921, No. 1 Damansara Road). Wm. T. Fleming, Rep. was not available. We found we were 1/2 hr. late, not realizing there had been a time change between Borneo and Kuala Lumpur. Thus this meeting was cut short.