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Show 1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 327 observes, " Commonly to be seen twisting and climbing up tree- Stems." Native name, according to Mr. Treacher " Burong anie." Mr. Low procured four eggs of this species. They are pure white, and vary a little in shape, two of them being a little more rounded than the two others : axis 0*65-0*75 inch, diam. 0*55-0*58. c. Callolophuspuniceus, (Horsf.). Sharpe, P.Z. S. 1875, p. 103. d. Callolophus malaccensis (Lath.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 103. e. Graucopicoides rafflesi (Vig.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 103. f. 31eiglt/ptes tristis, (Horsf.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 103. g. 3Ieiglyptes tukki (Less.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 103. h. Micropternus badiosus (Temm.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 103. i. Sasia abnormis (Temm.), Sharpe, t.c. p. 103. All the above to be expunged from the Labuan list. Family CucuLiDiE. 21. C U C U L U S HIMALAYANUS, Vig. Cuculus himalayanus, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 323. Governor Ussher shot a specimen of this Cuckoo, which forms an interesting addition to the avifauna of Borneo, on the Kina Banua river at the latter end of March. The specimen has been examined by Mr. Seebohm, who has recently studied the genus; and he pronounces it to be undoubtedly of this species. 22. HIEROCOCCYX STRENUUS (Gould). Cuculus strenuus, Gould, B. Asia, pt. viii. (1856). Mr. Treacher sends a specimen of an adult Cuckoo, which I have compared with the type in the British Museum, and which I believe to belong to the large Hawk Cuckoo described by Mr. Gould as H. strenuus, from the Philippine Islands. The question as to whether this species should be considered to be a distinct one, or whether it should be only reckoned a race of H. sparverioides, must be left to future observers who may have a larger series than I have bad at their disposal. The wing in Mr. Treacher's bird is 9*5 inches, measured in a straight line from carpal band to tip of longest primary; and the native name is given as "Wang kulit." 23. CHRYSOCOCCYX XANTHORHYNCHUS (Horsf.). Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus, Salvad. t. c. p. 62. Mr. Low's last collection contained two specimens, shot in Labuan on the 24th of June, 1875. He informed me that the species was very rare in the island, and was unknown to the natives. It is probably only an occasional visitant, as neither Governor Ussher or Mr. Treacher have procured specimens. |