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Show 1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 345 95. HIRUNDO JAVANICA, Sparmm. Hirundo javanica, Salvad. t. c. p. 126. H. pacifica, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 10. Governor Ussher sends the following note:-" Is seen everywhere; affects the sea-shore, and even the open sea at times ; builds about houses, but also in old trees; frequently perches on old stumps on the sea-beach; and is fond of swampy" localities towards evening, when it flies very low." According to Mr. Treacher, the native name is " Layang layang kuckie." Mr. Low sends a quantity of eggs taken in May 1873 in Labuan. He says that it also breeds in fissures of rocks. The eggs are white, covered with small reddish-brown and purple spots, chiefly near the thicker end ; one of the eggs is very thickly clouded near the obtuse end with reddish and purple; axis 0*7-0*75, diam. 0*5-0*55. Some of the eggs are much less thickly spotted than others, the spots being quite tiny in many of them ; in most the reddish shade predominates; but in a few the dots are nearly all pale purple, with some tiny specks of red. Family ARTAMID^E. 96. ARTAMUS LEUCORHYNUS (L.). Artamus leucorhynus, Salvad. t. c. p. 140. A. leucogaster (Valenc), Sharpe in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 179. Governor Ussher writes :-" Very common : frequently to be observed in considerable numbers towards evening, especially after rain, hawking after the insects rising from the damp earth, in company with Rollers and Swifts." Native name "Alap alap "( Treacher). Four eggs of this species are sent by Mr. Low, along with the skin of the old bird. They are creamy-white in colour, with spots of pale brown congregated towards the large end of the egg; there are a few spots and blotches of light purplish grey underlying the brown, and generally collected at the thicker end ; the amount of spotting varies on each egg; axis 0*95, diam. 0*7. x. Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus (Gm.), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 107. y. Euryleemus ochromelas, Raffl., Sharpe, t. c. p. 107. Both the above-named species must be expunged from the Labuan Family STURNID^E. 97. CALORNIS C H A L Y B E U S (Horsf.). Calornis chalybeus, Salvad. t. c. p. 271. Calornis panay ensis, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 24. Native name "Langkir" (Treacher). Governor Ussher's note is as follows : " Perhaps the commonest bird in Labuan at this season (Au-nist, September, and October); and previous to May they roost in countless thousands in the trees near Government House. They |