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Show 336 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. [Api*. 1, p. Platylophus coronatus (Raffl.), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 107. Must be expunged from the Labuan list. Family DICRURIDAE. 50. D I C R U R U S A N N E C T E N S (Hodgs.). Dicrurus annectens, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 231. Shot by Governor Ussher in January 1877. Undistinguishable from Malaccan examples. The species has not been recorded from Borneo before, where, however, it cannot be very rare, as several specimens are sent by Govenor Ussher, both from the mainland and from Labuan. Mr. Treacher also sends two specimens, but without any native name attached to them. Family CAMPOPHAGID^E. 51. P E R I C R O C O T U S C I N E R E U S , Lafr. Pericrocotus cinereus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 19. "November, 1876." Several specimens of this interesting bird, which ranges as far as Borneo in its winter migration. It was first added to the Bornean avifauna by Mr. Everett, who procured it at Bintulu; it also occurred in M r . Low's last collection from the north-west coast. 52. LALAGE TERAT (Bodd.). Lalage terat, Salvad. t. c. p. 145 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 95. Several specimens of both sexes in Governor Ussher's collection, as well as in Mr. Treacher's. At present the species has not been met with by the English collectors on the mainland, though Beccari and Doria obtained it at Sarawak. Mr. Treacher gives the native names of the males as " Panak panggit bujan." Governor Ussher says it is common in the island. The native name is given by Mr. L o w as 'Burung suip api.' The latter gentleman sends two nests, which are small and of a shallow cup-shape: they are composed of dry bents interwoven with fragments of moss, spider's webs, and dead leaves. Each nest contains two eggs-the colour of those in the first being pale greenish white, thickly blotched and spotted all over with brown spots, amongst which are mingled here and there a few purplish markings and spots ; axis 0*85, diam. 0*55. In the second nest the eggs are of a duller white, blotched and spotted as in those first described ; axis 0*9, diam. 0*55. Family MUSCICAPID^E. 53. POLIOMYIAS LUTEOLA (Pall.). Poliomyias luteola, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 201. Erythrosterna erythaca, Salvad. t.c. p. 127 (nee Blyth). A fully adult male in Mr. Treacher's collection. From its having no native name attached to it, the species is probably a rare visitant. |