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Show 1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 317 19. MACROPYGIA TENUIROSTRIS, Gray. Macropygia tenuirostris, Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 218 ; Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. new ser. i. p. 347. Two specimens. [Luzon (Meyer) ; Basilan (Steere) ; Sooloo (Burbidge).] Lord Tweeddale differs from Professor Schlegel's opinion that the same Philippine species is found in Java and Lombock, where it is M. emiliana of Bonaparte; but having compared several specimens lately, I believe that the Professor's view is the right one, and that the bird is found over the Philippines, and occurs even in Borneo. Lord Tweeddale separates the Negros bird as 31. eurycerca, 20. GALLUS STRAMINEICOLLIS, sp. n. General colour above black, shot with green and purple; wing-coverts like the back, the innermost and the scapulars with a slight subterminal shine of coppery brown ; primary-coverts and primaries black, the secondaries externally green; feathers of the lower back and rump straw-yellow, with darker longitudinal centres of black or green; upper tail-coverts and tail glossy oil-green; crown of head and nape black; hind neck and neck-hackles, as well as sides of neck, straw-yellow, deeper on the hind neck, with green longitudinal centres to the feathers ; remainder of under surface of body black with a green gloss; comb short and rounded; sides of face and entire throat bare. Total length 34*5 inches, culmen 1*1, wing 9*0, tail 17*5, tarsus 3*4. Mr. Burbidge procured a single example of this Jungle-fowl, which appears to be a very distinct species. He tells me that it was brought to the ship by one of the Sooloo natives alive, and he cannot vouch for its having been a wild bird. I have, however, shown the bird to Mr. Gould and other ornithologists; and they agree with me that it is probably a distinct species of Jungle-fowl. Governor Ussher also has seen the bird ; and he tells me that he has never seen any domesticated Fowls in Borneo or the Eastern Islands which approached this species in the least. 2. A List of tbe Birds of Labuan Island and its Dependencies. By R. B O W D L E R S H A R P E , F.L.S., F.Z.S., & c, Senior Assistant, Department of Zoology, British Museum. [Received March 28, 1879.] (Plate XXX.) The materials for a list of Labuan birds have been considerable. First of all there is the little work * on the natural history of the 1 Contributions to the Natural History of Labuan and the adjacent Coasts of Borneo. By James Motley of Labuan, and L. L. Dillwyn. Part 1. 8vo, 1855. |