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Show 340 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. [Apr. 1, to the latter gentleman it is called " Rungent." Governor Ussher says it is " occasional, and not common." 70. MIXORNIS BORNEENSIS, Bp. Mixornis borneensis, Salvad. t. c. p. 215. Appears to be rare, according to Governor Ussher, who has alone met with it. 71. SETARIA AFFINIS (Blyth). Setaria affinis, Salvad. t. c. p. 231. Only sent by Governor Ussher, who records it as " occasional." 72. COPSYCHUS AMCENUS (Horsf.). Copsychus amcenus, Salvad. t. c. p. 255. " Very common everywhere ; addicted to wooded situations ; has a very sweet and full song, which, if it were more sustained, would be equal to that of a Nightingale or Thrush" (Ussher). Native name "Katajio" (Treacher). Mr. Low says that the nest of this Dial-bird is composed of " loose twigs in hollow palm-stems," and that five eggs are laid in a nest, one of which was procured by Mr. Low in January 1874. The same observer sends a series of eggs, which seem to be extremely variable, ranging from a pale greenish-white egg, mottled and blotched with brown, to an egg on which the dark brown blotches are so thickly distributed as almost to hide the greenish ground-colour of the egg altogether. Between these two extremes every possible intermediate colouring occurs; and the size also varies greatly, the axis ranging from 0*9-1*1 inch, and the diameter from 0*65-0*75 inch. 73. ClTTOCINCLA STRICKLANDI. Copsychus stricklandi, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 20, pi. iv. Kittocincla stricklandi, Salvad. t. c. p. 253. A series sent by Governor Ussher and Mr. Trencher. Native name "Pulita sungie" (Treacher). Governor Ussher says that it is rarer than the Copsychus, and is generally found in deep forest. Mr. Low had a specimen from the mainland of Borneo ; and its occurrence there has been confirmed by Mr. Treacher's collections, which contained examples. r. Macronyx ptilosus, J. & S., Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 105. s. Brachypteryx malaccensis, Hartl., Sharpe, t. c. p. 105. t. Timelia maculosa (Temm.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 105. u. Phyllornis sonnerati (J. & S.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 106. v. Phyllornis cyanopogon, Temm., Sharpe, t. c. p. 106. To be expunged from the Labuan list. |