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Show 1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 321 Bulan Moon. Badan Body. Babat Mayat To tie a corporal (Mayat) with strips of white cotton cloth, according to island custom. Bras Rice# B o d o h Foolish. Darak Blood. Darat Inland. gtfk A Duck. Hijan or yon Green. Hutau Jungle. Hujau Rain. Jambul A crest. Kuchik Small; little. Kuning Yellow. Karampok A knife with a curved blade, which somewhat resembles the feathers of a Bulwer's Pheasant (Karampaki). Kaug Kaug To straddle ; to open the legs. Lahir The neck. I-alang The common species of long grass. Landack A porcupine. Merah Red. Malagoondi The name of a tree. Pulita A lamp. Pirang Brown. Panggit Call. Romba Thick forest. Sunat To stray; to miss the way. Sungai River. Siue To whistle. Tanah Earth ; ground. Trop To blow. Umbun Dew. " The natives name many birds from a fancied interpretation of their notes, as 'whip-poor-will' with us, e.g. the ' Suip api' or 'Blow the fire' is supposed to call out Antit! Antit! Suip api! (blow the fire), Ambit prick ! (take the pot), Jarang nasi! (cook the rice), Lapat anak ! (the child is hungry)." The nomenclature adopted in the present paper is principally that of Count Salvadori's 'Uccelli di Borneo,' whose pages have been consulted at every turn of its preparation. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1879, No. XXI. 21 |