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Show 1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 337 54. XANTHOPYGIA CYANOMEL^ENA (Temm.). Xanthopygia cyanomelema, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 251. Cyanoptila cyanomeleena (Temm.), Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 380. G. cyanomelanura, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 164. A series of this species was contained in Mr. Low's last collection; and Governor Ussher sent several specimens in different stages of plumage. This Flycatcher forms an addition to the Bornean avifauna. 55. HYPOTHYMIS OCCIPITALIS (Vig.). Hypothymis occipitalis, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 275. H. azurea (Bodd.), Salvad. t. c. p. 133. Mr. Treacher sends three specimens. Native name " Burong umbun." This is also the name given by Mr. Low, who sends the eggs. The latter are creamy white, rather thickly clouded with bright rufous and with a few underlying spots of purple at the larger eud. In one specimen, out of a nest of three, the spots are arranged in a ring round the thicker end. Governor Ussher says that the species is found in Labuan and Daat, but is not very common. 56. RHIPIDURA JAVANICA (Sparrm.). Rhipidura javanica, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 332. Leucocerca javanica, Salvad. t. c. p. 135. A series sent by Governor Ussher and Mr. Low; Mr. Treacher also contributes adults of both sexes and a young, with the native name '* Langi langi." The eggs sent by Mr. Low are creamy buff in colour, with a ring of confluent spots about the larger circumference of the egg; the ground-colour of this zone is browner and darker than the rest of the egg, the spots being very distinct and of three colours, ochre, brown, and bluish-grey. In some of the eggs the spots are very distinct; but in the others they are less clearly marked. The groundcolour of the egg also varies, being in some specimens white, when the zone of spots is also paler. The nests (of which Mr. Low has sent two or three specimens) are small but deep cup-shaped structures, attached to the upperside of a small branch, on which they stand upright: they are composed of slender bents of grass, the outside tbickly interwoven with cobwebs, so as to give an effect of concealment to the little structure. One nest is marked by Mr. Low as having been taken on the 23rd of March 1873. 57. SlPHIA BANYUMAS (Horsf.). Sipkia banyumas, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 450. Cyornis banyumas (Horsf.), Salvad. t. c. p. 130. According to Governor Ussher, this species is only occasionally seen in Labuan.' The native name given by Mr Treacher is " Panggit buy an." q. Philentoma pyrrhoptei'a (Temm.), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 107. Must be expunged from the Labuan list P R O C ZOOL. Soc-1879, No. XXII. 22 |