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Show 350 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. [Apr. 1, Family PERDICID^E. 109. EXCALFACTORIA CHINENSIS (L.). Excalfactoria chinensis, Salvad. t. c. p. 311. Sent by Governor Ussher and Mr. Low. The former writes : - " Tolerably plentiful in open spaces in short thick grass: is met with up to M a y or beginning of June in little bevies; after that I observed them in pairs. They are of rapid flight, and are hard to flush a second time." Mr. Low sends a number of eggs of this species. They vary from dark olive-brown with few black dots, to pale olive-brown where the black dots are more numerous. The eggs were taken by Mr. Low in January 1873. Native name "Burong puyu puyu." Axis 1*0 in., diam. 0*75 in. Order GRALL.E. Family CHARADRIID^E. 110. CHARADRIUS FULVUS (Gm.). Charadrius fulvus, Salvad. t. c. p. 312. Charadrius virginicus, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 57. Native name "Pimping" (Treacher). Governor Ussher's specimens were obtained in October 1876. 111. TEGIALITIS PERONII (Temm.). JEgialitis peronii, Salvad. t. c. p. 315. Charadrius alexandrinus, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 57. Governor Ussher writes : - " Not uncommon, but rather solitary. Generally seen alone on the beach, but sometimes in couples." Mr. Treacher sends several specimen with the usual name, " Pimping," which seems to be applied to all the small Waders. The eggs of this little Plover were contained in Mr. Low's collection. They were two in number; axis 1*25-1*3 in., diam. 0*85 in. The colour is creamy buff, thickly scribbled over and blotched with blackish brown or black, more especially at the larger end ; there are also numerous scribblings of pale purplish grey underlying the black markings. 112. iEGIALITIS GEOFFROYI (Wagl.). JEgialitis geoffroyi, Harting, Ibis, 1870, p. 378, pi. xi. ; Salvad. t.c. p. 318. Forwarded by Governor Ussher, with the note that it is occasionally seen on sand-spits and rocks in small flocks. First noticed in July. 113. iEGIALITIS DUBIA (Scop.). Myialitis dubia, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 316. Mr. Treacher procured a specimen of the Little Ringed Plover, which has been already recorded from Borneo; and Mr. Alfred Everett obtained it at Sibu; but it has not been met with in Labuan before. |