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Show 1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 329 Family BUCEROTID.E. 29. ANTHRACOCEROS CONVEXUS (Temm.). Buceros convexus, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 53. Hydrocissa convexa, Salvad. t. c. p. 80. Native name "Licap" (Treacher). "Shot in jungle near Government House. This bird is common, but very shy. It is found in Daat, Labuan, and Kuraman, and probably in Pappan" (Ussher). Mr. Low sends three eggs of this Ilornbill; and he says that two is the number of the eggs laid, and that the female is shut up by the male in a tree; colour white, the texture rather coarse; axis 1*95-2*1 inches, diam. 1*25-1 *4. Family UPUPID^E. 30. U P U P A EPOPS, L. Upupa epops, Sharpe & Dresser, B. Eur. part vii. (1871). Shot on Labuan by Mr. Treacher. His single specimen I have compared with Chinese and Central-Asian specimens ; it can'only be a rare visitant to Borneo, as it has never before been met with by any collector. Family MEROPID^E. 31. M E R O P S S U M A T R A N U S (Raffl.). M. badius (Gm.), Motl. & Dillw. t, c. p. 14. 31. bicolor, Salvad. t. c. p. 90. Governor Ussher writes :-" Common ; seems to disappear about June or July, as none were noticed in August; very plentiful in April." Mr. Low sends the eggs; and according to his notes the birds nest in holes in sandy earth, laying five eggs ; the latter are white and glossy, somewhat rounded: axis 0*95, diam. 0*85. The native name given by Mr. Low is " Burong tampakurow," but by Mr. Treacher it is rendered " Berkuru." Family ALCEDiNiDiE. 32. ALCEDO BENGALENSIS, Gm. Alcedo bengalensis, Salvad. t. c. p. 92. Adult and young birds in Governor Ussher's collection. 33. ALCEDO MENINTING, Horsf. Alcedo meninting, Salvad. t. c. p. 93. Rather common, according to Governor Ussher. Mr. Treacher also sends specimens, and gives the native name as " Mantes yan " or " biru." Along with the female bird Mr. Low sends four eggs, which are glossy white and rather rounded; axis 0*8 in., diam. 0*65. 34. PELARGOPSIS LEUCOCEPHALA (Gm.). Pelargopsis leucocephala, Salvad. t. c. p. 95. Of this large Kingfisher, already recorded by Motley as a Labuan |