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Show 246 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS F R O M CMar- 4> 4. RHOPODYTES ERYTHROGNATHUS. Rhopodytes erythrognathus (Hartl.), Sharpe, P. Z. b. l»/* P" Rhamphocoecyx erythrognathus (Hartl.), Salvad. torn cit. p. 74. A specimen in Mr. Treacher's collection, having the two centre tail-feathers rufous at their ends. 5. HALCYON CHLORIS. Halcyon chloris (Bodd.), Sharpe, Monogr. AlcedI pi. 8/. Sauropatis chloris (Bodd.), Salvad. torn. cit. p. 103. One specimen, sent by Mr. Treacher. 6. DENDROCHELIDON LONGIPENNIS. Dendrochelidon longipennis (Rafin.), Salvad. torn. cit. p. 122. One specimen, collected by Mr. Burbidge. 7. CORONE TENUIROSTRIS. Corone tenuirostris, Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 558. Corvus tenuirostris, Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 320. One specimen in Mr. Treacher's collection. < The constant character of the long thin bill in specimens from N W . Borneo impresses m e with the idea that Lord Tweeddale is right in keeping C. tenuirostris distinct from C. enca, with which I united it in m y « Catalogue of Birds' (vol. iii. p. 43). 8. DICRURUS ANNECTENS. Dicrurus annectens, Hodgs.; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 231; id. Ibis, 1878, p. 414. The first occurrence of this species in Borneo was recorded by me in m y list of Governor Ussher's Sarawak collection; but it cannot be uncommon in North-western Borneo, to judge from numerous specimens which have been sent from Labuan and from the opposite coast by Governor Ussher and Mr. Treacher. Two specimens are contained in the collection made on Kina Balu by Mr. Burbidge. 9. CHIBIA BORNEENSIS, sp. n. C. similis C pectorali ex insulis Sulacnsibus, sed plumis lanceolatis colli lateralis metallice chalybeo-viridibus nee purpurascentibus, et maculis jugularibus et prcepectoralibus valde minoribus et melallicis chalybeo-viridibus distinguenda. Long. tot. culm. 1*3, alee 5*9, caudee 4*5, tarsi 0'85. An adult and young bird in Mr. Treacher's collection. This is an interesting addition to the avifauna of Borneo, and seems to indicate an entirely new species. It bears considerable resemblance to C. bimaensis of Timor and Lombock, but differs in having the long silky plumes on each side of the lower back black instead of greyish white ; while the Timor bird has not, like C. borneensis, any long hair-like plumes on the head. On the other haud the latter character allies it to C.pectoralis of the Sula Islands; but |