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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.