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Show 1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 339 berries; extremely noiseless in its flight, and flitting into the bush when disturbed ; is generally seen from April to September." In the large series which I have now examined from Borneo, I have found the characters on which I separated the species remarkably constant. Native name " Lalu " (Treacher). 64. PYCNONOTUS AN ALIS (Horsf.). Pycnonotus analis, Salvad. t. c. p. 197. A series sent by Mr. Treacher, who gives the native name as "Parak berjambul." It was also a frequent bird in the collections of M r. Low and Governor Ussher. 65. PYCNONOTUS PLUMOSUS, Blyth. Pycnonotus plumosus, Salvad. t. c. p. 198. Sent by Mr. Treacher ; and Governor Ussher says that it is very common. 66. BRACHYPODIUS MELANOCEPHALUS (Gm.). Brachypodius melanocephalus, Salvad. t. c. p. 201. Sent by all three collectors. Native name " Piong " (Treacher). As Lord Tweeddale has already pointed out (Ibis, 1877, p. 307), .my B. immaculatus (Ibis, 1876, p. 39) is not really to be separated as a species. I had not, at the time I described the bird, examined a sufficient number from Borneo. 67. IORA SCAPULARIS, Horsf. Iora scapularis, Salvad. t. c. p. 190. A specimen sent by Mr. Treacher. Native name "Parak-merapok. Governor Ussher states that this species is common, uttering a pretty little note, and being frequently found near dwellings. Mr. Low sends a single egg of this species, and it is a very beautiful one : axis 0*8, diam. 0*65. The ground-colour is white, obscured, however, by reddish spots, which are much more thickly distributed towards the larger end, where the ground-colour becomes almost invisible. These reddish dots and blotches are interspersed by a few spots of purplish grey, which are more apparent towards the thin end of the egg. 68. IORA VIRIDISSIMA, Bp. Iora viridissima, Salvad. t. c. p. 192. Only sent by Governor Ussher. He writes : - " This bird is very scarce. It is the only example I have procured. M y specimen was shot by Buak near the Kina Banua river." Subfam. TIMELIINCE. 69. C Y A N O D E R M A BICOLOR (Blyth). Cyanoderma bicolor, Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 40. C. erythropterum (Blyth), Salvad. t. c. p. 213. Sent from Labuan by Governor Ussher and Mr. Treacher ; according |