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Show 338 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. [Apr. 1, Family TURDID^;. 58. T U R D U S PALLENS, Pall. Turdus pollens, Salvad. t. c. p. 256. Turdus modestus, Eyton, Motl. and Dillw. t. c. p. 23. Sent by Governor Ussher and Mr. Treacher ; called, according to the latter, " Burong muncheat." Governor Ussher's two specimens were shot in December 1876. 59. MONTICOLA SOLITARIUS (P. L. S. Mull.). 3Ionticola solitarius, Sharpe, anted, p. 249. Governor Ussher shot a specimen, with the blue colour beginning to spread over the red breast, in February 1877. It was previously only known as a Bornean bird from the single bird shot by Mr. Everett at Bintulu in November 1875, and recorded by me as Monticola pandoo (Ibis, 1877, p. 13). A second specimen was procured on Kina Balu by Mr. Burbidge (vide anted, p. 249), who also possessed an example shot on Burong Island, close to Labuan. 60. PHYLLOSCOPUS XANTHODRYAS (Swinh.). Phylloscopus xanthodryas, Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 71. One specimen forwarded in Mr. Treacher's collection, and identified as the above by Mr. Seebohm. Native name " Suit mulagandie." 61. LOCUSTELLA OCHOTENSIS (Middend.). Locustella ochotensis, Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 14. In Mr. Low's last collection was a single specimen of this interesting bird; and my friend Mr. Seebohm tells me that it agrees with the types of Middendorff s species, which he saw not long ago in St. Petersburg. It is evident that Middendorff in his ' Sibirische Reise' figured only the young bird of L. ochotensis, and confused the species with the true Locustella certhiola. 62. ACROCEPHALUS ORIENTALIS (T. & S.). Acrocephalus orientalis, Salvad. t. c. p. 251. Specimens were in Mr. Low's collection, which he assured me were from Labuan. Governor Ussher's and Mr. Treacher's birds of this species were from the mainland. Fam. TIMELIID^E. Subfam. BRACHYPODIINE. 63. IRENA CRINIGERA. Lrena criniger, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 267. I. cyanea (Begbie), Salvad. t. c. p. 151. 1. puella, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 23. Governor Ussher gives the following note :-" By no means rare ; generally to be found on the small species of Ficus, devouring the |