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Show 1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LARUAN. 349 which in life is faintly represented by the skinned specimens) has only been seen by m e on the island of Enoe, about two miles and a half from Victoria, although a friend of mine appears to have seen it on the island of Daat, and it is said to occur in Labuan itself. It is generally in company with another Pigeon, and at times I have seen a dozen or twenty together, at others scarce one. The island of Enoe itself cannot exceed three acres in extent; but I have seen several kinds of Pigeons on its lofty trees. The feathers of this Pigeon, when freshly shot, have at their root a deep buff or golden tinge, which fades, like the pink shade on the breast of some Terns, after death. It feeds on fruits and berries." (II. T. U.) Mr. Low's collection contained the egg of tbis Pigeon : it is large, pure white, axis 1*9 in., diam. 1*4 in. The native name is given by him as "Burong rawa." Mr. Treacher gives it as "Peagam rawa." 107. SPILOPELIA TIGRINA (Temm.). Spiloqoelia tigrina, Salvad. t. c. p. 296. Governor Ussher observes:-" This pretty bird, now plentiful in Labuan, was introduced to the Bornean coast a few years since by Mr. Low, It has thriven prodigiously, as it is rarely molested, except by the youngsters from the men-of-war who call here occasionally. It is always to be found about paths and by the road-side." The eggs sent by Mr. Low are pure white; axis 1 05-1*15 in., diam. 0*8-0*85. They were taken in January 1873; and he gives the native name as " Burong terkukur." Family MEGAPODIIDJE. 108. M E G A P O D I U S C U M I N G I , Dillw. 31egapodius cumingi, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 32; Salvad. t. c. p. 302. Megapodius lowii, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 111. Native name " Menambrun " (Treacher). Mr. Ussher sends the following note :-" Not uncommon. I have seen its nests on Kura-man, but they are to be seen also on Labuan and Daat. The mounds appear to be about four or five feet in height and about twelve feet in circumference, composed of earth and rubbish. The iris in the living bird is brown; the skin about the eye and cheeks pink or roseate." The late Marquis of Tweeddale, in his paper on Mr. Everett's Cebu collections (P. Z. S. 1877, p. 766), has referred to m y naming the Labuan Megapode after Mr. Low, and has pointed out an evident error which I made in describing it as new. I was misled by the opening sentence of Mr. Dillwyn's treatise (p. 32) :-" Some specimens of these birds are in the British Museum, to which they were presented by Mr. Cuming, having been collected by that gentleman in the Philippine Islands ; in Labuan they are not uncommon," &c.; as well as by his naming the species after Mr. Cuming. He writes, however, to Lord Tweeddale that the bird he really described came from Labuan, so there is an end of the question. The measurements also bear out the correctness of his statement. |