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Show 1875.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM LABUAN. 99 6. On a Collection of Birds from Labuan. By R. BOWDLER SHARPE, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c, of the Zoological Department, British Museum. [Eeceived February 2, 1875.] (Plate XXII.) Mr. Hugh Low, well-known for his researches into various branches of Natural History in Borneo, has lately sent over to England a collection of birds, which I have had the pleasure of examining. The locality whence this collection came, Labuan, has been brought prominently under the notice of ornithologists by the little work of Messrs. Motley and Dillwyn, wherein many fine species are figured*. The present consignment of Mr. Low, however, contains many species before unknown to inhabit the island ; and it adds more than one species to the Bornean avifauna, on which Count Salvadori has recently written such an excellent work f. The latter has been of the greatest assistance to me in the determination of the species mentioned in the present paper. Family STRIGID^E. I. N I N O X B O R N E E N S I S , Bp.; Salvad. /. c. p. 18. Three specimens sent by Mr. Low are apparently referable to this species, having the same number of tail-bands (four) as a Sarawak skin ; but all three of the Labuan birds are of a very dark colour, almost blackish chocolate, and have no perceptible white on the face and throat ; in this respect they contrast strongly with the above-mentioned Sarawak bird, which was collected by Mr. Wallace. Family CAPRIMULGIDAE. 2. BATRACHOSTOMUS AURITUS. An adult specimen, agreeing in the main with Malaccan examples. This large Goatsucker is not included by Count Salvadori. 3. BATRACHOSTOMUS JAVENSIS (Horsf.); Salvad. I. c. p. 112. One example, rather darker and greyer than those examined from other localities, but apparently not specifically distinct. 4. CAPRIMULGUS SALVADORII, sp. n. (Plate XXII. fig. 1.) Blackish: head greyer, very finely vermiculated whitish, with many of the feathers in centre of crown black, others centred with black ; hind neck with a few rufous bars, disappearing on interscapulary region ; wings blackish brown, with a few fulvous vermiculations * Contributions to the Natural History of Labuan and the adjacent coasts of Borneo. 8vo, London, 1855. t " Catalogo sistematico degli Uccelli di Borneo con note ed osservazione di G. Doria ed O. Beccari intorno aile specie da essi raccolte nel Eajeato di Sarawak," Ann. Mus. Civico Genoa, vol. iv. |