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Show 1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 335 Mr. Hume's notes on the breeding of the Indian Crested Swift (Dendrochelidon coronata) confirm the small size of the nest in these birds ; and he states that the nest could be covered with half-a-crown. The Labuan collector doubtless brought down both bird, nest, and egg in one common overthrow; and the bird falling upon the nest gave him the idea that it had been carrying it about with her. 46. CH^TURA CORACINA (Schl.). Chcetura coracina, Salvad. t. c. p. 124. The Marquis Doria states that this species was very common in all the parts of Borneo visited by him. Governor Ussher, however, says that it is extremely rare in the island of Labuan, whence he only sends two specimens, which are identical with a Malayan bird. 47. CHCETURA GIGANTEA, Temm. Chcetura gigantea, Legge, B. of Ceylon, p. 314. Hirundinapus giganteus (Hasselt), Salvad. t. c. p. 124. Governor Ussher procured this species, and sends a note on its capture : - " M y first specimen of this Swift, which appears to be very rare, was brought to a friend in June 1876, at the other side of the island, whilst still alive. It had been, so its finder stated, picked up on the road, having fallen before his feet; it had probably been fighting. I observed one much resembling it near the lines, hut out of shot. I have since obtained a second, in April 1877." This is another species which Count Salvadori prognosticated might be a visitor to Borneo, and in which he has been borne out by the researches of the English naturalists. Captain Legge compared the Labuan birds and others from M a lacca with those procured by himself in Ceylon, and could find no specific difference between them. Order PASSERIFORMES. Family CORVID^E. 48. C O R O N E TENUIROSTRIS, Moore. Corone tenuirostris, Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 558. Corvus enca, pt., Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 43. Sent by Mr. Low. I have already stated (anted, p. 246), my belief in the distinctness of C. tenuirostris from C. enca. 49. CISSA MINOR, Cab. Cissa minor, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 86. One specimen sent by Mr. Treacher, but without any native name. Seeing that the species occurs for the first time in Labuan, it might be expected to be unknown to the natives. The bird sent agrees with the individuals of this race in the British Museum, and measures as follows : total length 12 inches, culmen 1*35, wing 5*2, tail 6, tarsus 1*6. |