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October 1877.
BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION.
1877.
[An asterisk indicates an Original Member.]
Date of
Election.
1874. Edward E. Alston, F.Z.S. ; 22 a Dorset Street, London, W. 1870. Andrew Anderson, F.Z.S.
1872. Hanbfry Barclay, F.Z.S. ; Middleton Hall, Tamworth.
1875. John BiDDtJLPH, Capt. 19th Hussars ; Government House,
Calcutta.
1873. W. T. Blaneoed, F.K.S. &c.; Geological Survey of India,
Calcutta.
1870. Sir Victor Brooke, Bart. ; Colebrooke, Fermanagh, Ireland.
1871. Arthur Basil Brooke ; Cardney, Dunkeld, N.B. 1866. Henry Buckley, F.Z.S'. ; Edgbaston, Birmingham.
1868. Thomas Edward Buckley, B.A., F.Z.S. ; Balnacoil, Brora,
N. B. 1877. Lieut.-Col. G. E. Bulger.
1872. Walter Lawry Buller, C.M.G., Sc.D., F.L.S., &c.; Wel-
lington, New Zealand.
1876. Lord Clieton ; Cobham Hall, Gravesend.
1876. H.R.H. Prince Arthur, Duke op Connaught, E.G.
1874. John Cordeaux ; Great Cotes, Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
1866. Arthur William Crichton, B.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; Broadward Hall, Salop.
1877. J. J. Dalgleish ; 8 Athole Crescent, Edinburgh.
1874. Charles Danford, F.Z.S. ; 2 Norfolk Street, Park Lane.
1865. Henry Eeles Dresser, F.Z.S. ; 6 Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, London, W. *Henry Maurice Drummond-Hay, C.M.Z.S., Lieutenant-Colo- nel, Royal Perth Rifles ; Seggieden, Perth.
Date of
Election.
1876. Henry Dtjenfoed ; Buenos Ayres.
1876. Lieut. Egeeton, R.N. ; 68 West Cromwell Road, Ken-
sington.
1870. Daniel Giratjd Elliot, F.R.S.E., &c. ; 5 Rue de Tilsitt,
Paris.
1866. Hexet John Elwes, F.Z.S. ; Preston, Cirencester.
1877. Rev. T, J. Eaving, D.D. ; Postwick Rectory, Norfolk. *Thoma8 Campbell Eyton, F.Z.S. ; Eyton Hall, Wellington.
Salop. 1873. H. W. Feilden, Captain and Paymaster, Royal Artillery ; 2
Grosvenor Terrace, Aldershot. 1877. W. A. Foebes; Wickham Hall, West Wickham, Kent.
1867. GeoegeGoochFowlee,B.A.; Gunton HaU, Lowestoft, Suffolk. 1865. Rev, Henet Elliott Fox, M. A. ; 30 Warwick Square, London,
S.W.
1873. Alfeed Henry Gaeeod, M.A., F.R.S., &c. ; 10 Harley Street,
London. *Fredeeick DuCane Godman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; 10 Chandos
Street, Cavendish Square, W. *Peecy Sanden Godman, B.A., C.M.Z.S. ; The Grange, Sher-
manbury, Henfield, Sussex.
1874. Lieut. -Col. H. Godwin-Austen, F.Z.S. ; Shalford House,
Guildford, Suri'ey.
1871. Robert Geay, F.R.S.E., F.S.A.S. ; 13 Inverleith Row, Edin-
burgh.
1876. Albeet C. L. G. GtJNTHEE, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., &c. ; Keeper
of the Zoological Department, British Museum, London. *JoHN Heney Gurney, F.Z.S. ; Northrepps, Norwich. 1870. John Henry Gurney, Jun., F.Z.S. ; Northrepps, Norwich.
1877. E. V. Haecouet ; Nuneham Park, Oxford.
1876. H. C. Haeford ; 99th Regiment.
1877. E. Hargitt ; 10 Alexander Square, Brompton.
1868. James Edmund Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; 24 Lincoln's Inn
Fields, London. 1873. John A. Harvie Brown; Dunipace House, Larbert, N.B. 1868. Rev. Herbert S. Hawkins, M.A. ; Beyton Rectory, Suffolk.
1875. J. C. Hele ; Knowles, NeNvt-on- Abbot.
1873. Charles B. Hodgson, F.Z.S. ; 13 Waterloo Street, Bir- mingham. 1877. E. W. H. Holdsworth; 84Cliftonhill Street, St. John's Wood.
Date of Election.
*'WiiFEiD HuDLESTON HuDLESTON, M.A., F.Z.S. ; 23 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea. 1874. Baron A. von Hugel ; Moorlands, Bournemouth.
1869. Allan Octavian Hume, C.B. ; Secretary to the Government
of India, Calcutta.
1873. Most Hon. Chaeles, Marquess of Huntly; 41 Upper Gros-
venor Street, London.
1870. Lord Htlton ; Merstham, Red Hill, Surrey.
1870. Col. Leonard Howard L. Irby, F.Z.S. ; Hythe, Southampton.
1874. Capt. Alexander W. M. Clarke Kennedy, F.L.S., F.E.G.S.,
F.Z.S. ; Carruchan, Dumfries, K.B. *Arthfr Edward Knox, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; Trotton House, Petersfield, Sussex.
1876. Captain Vincent Legge, R.A. ;
*Right Hon. Thomas Lyttleton, Lord Lilfoed, F.L.S. , F.Z.S., &c. ; Lilford Hall, Oundle, Northants.
1874. Major John Hayes Lloyd, F.Z.S. ; 74 Adelaide Road, Haver-
stock Hill, London, N.W.
1877. J. Ltjmsden, Jun. ; 20 Queen's Street, Glasgow.
1875. John Wingeield Malcolm, M.P. ; 7 Stanhope Street, May-
fair, London, W. 1870. C. H. T. Marshall, F.Z.S. ; Captain, Bengal Staff Corps. 1870. G. F. L. Marshall, F.Z.S. ; Capt. Royal (Bengal) Engineers. 1864. Alexander Goodman More, F.L.S. &c. ; 3 Botanic View,
Glasnevin, Dublin. 1874. Rhodes W. Morgan ; Madras Forest Department, Ootaca-
mund, India.
1876. Hugh Nevill ; Newton Villa, Godalming.
1872. Francis D'Arcy William Clough New-come ; Feltwell Hall, Brandon, Suffolk. *Alfred Newton, M.A., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. ; Professor of Zoology
in the University of Cambridge. *Edward Newton, M.A., C.M.G., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., Colonial Secretary, Mauritius. 1876. Francis Nicholson ; Stamford Road, Bowdon, Cheshire.
*JoHN William Powletx-Orde, F.Z.S., late Captain, 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment ; Auchnaba House, Loch Gilp Head, N. B. 1872. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay, 67th Regiment ; White Hill, Lass- wade, N. B.
Date of
Election.
1877. Lieut. S. G. Reid, li.E. ; South Camp, Aldershot.
1865. Gkorge Dawson Rowley, M.A., F.Z.S. ; Chichester House, ,,vi.'M.:i. East Cliff, Brighton. ■ < : '■
1873. Oliver Beatjchamp Coventry St. John, Major R.A., F.Z.S. viii *OsBERT Salvin, M.A., F.R.S,, &c. ; Erooklauds Avenue, Cam- bridge. -'J'-^ i'j
1870. Howard Saunders, E.L.S.,'F.^.S. ;■ 7 Kadnor Place, Hyde Park. *Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., &e. ; 44 Elvas-
ton Place, Queen's Gate, London, W.
1873. Henry Sfjebohm, F.Z.S. ; Oak Lea, Collegiate Crescent, Broom-
hall Park, SheiReld.
1871. Richard Bowdler Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; Senior Assistant,
Zoological Department, British Museum. 1870. G. EiiisfEST Shelley, F.Z.S., late Captain, Grenadier Guards ;
6 Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, London, W. 1865. Rev. Charles William Shepherd, M.A., F.Z.S. ; Trotters-
,. cliffe, Kent. 1864. Ltev. Alfred Charles Smith, M^A. ; Yatesbury Rectoiy,
Wiltshire. !lV^-'"' .\ ^"^'! r
1874. Cecil Smith ; Lydiard House, Taunton, Somersetshire.
1875. A. C. Stark ; Alexandra Villa, Weston-super-Mare. 1864. Henry Stevenson, F.L.S. ; Unthank's Road, JNorwich.
3 868. Hamon Styleman Le Strange, F.Z.S.; Hunstanton Hall,
„ , Norfolk.
1875. IPaget Walter Le Strange, Lieut. -Col. Royal Artillery,
, ,■■ Sheerness. 1877. Hon. G. Manners Sutton ; 50 Thurloe Square, S.W. 1862^p-RoBERT SwiNHOE, F.R.S. , late of H.M. Consular Service, China. 33 Carlyle Square, London, S.W. *Edward Cavendish Taylor, M.A., F.Z.S. ; 74 Jermyn Street, London. 1864. George Cavendish Taylor, F.Z.S. ; 42 Elvaston Place,
■ Queen's Gate, London. 1873. William Bernhard Tegetmeier, F.Z.S. ; Finchley, Mid- dlesex. *Rev. Henry Baker Tristram, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., tfec, Canon of Durham. The College, Durham. 1864. Most Hon. Arthur, Marquess of Tweeddale, F.R.S., Pres. Z.S.,
Tester, Haddington, N.B. 1864. Henry Morris Upchee, F.Z.S. ; Sherringham Hall, Norfolk.
Date of Election.
1872, Hekbekt Taylok Ussheb, C.M.G., Lieut.-Governor of La- buan, Borneo.
1874. Charles Bygrave Whartok, F.Z.S. ; Hounsdown, Totton,
Hants.
1871. E. Perceval Wright, M.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., Professor of Botany
in the University of Dublin.
1875. Charles A. Wright; Kayhough House, Kew-Gardens Koad,
Kew.
1876. Claude W. Wyatt ; Adderbury, Banbury.
1877. Lieut. J. H. Yule ; 11th Regiment, Poena, Bombay.
Extra- Ordinary Member. 1860. Alfred Russel Wallace, F.Z.S. ; Rosehill, Dorking.
Honorary Members.
1860. Professor Spencer F. Baird, Assistant Secretary to the Smith- sonian Institution, Washington.
1860. Doctor Eduard Baldamus, Moritzwinger, No. 7, Halle.
1860. Doctor Jean Cabanis, Erster Custos am koniglichen Museum der Friedrich-Wilhehn's Uuiversitat zu Berlin.
1870. Doctor Otto Finsch, Zoological Museum, Bremen.
1860. Doctor Gustav Hartlaub, Bremen.
1860, Edgar Leopold Layard, C.M.G., F.Z.S., H.M. Consul, New Caledonia.
1869, August von Pelzeln, Custos am k.-k, zoologischen Cabinete in Wien.
1860. Professor J. Reinhardt, Kongelige Naturhistoriske Museum i Kjobenhavn.
Foreign Members.
1872, Prof. J. V. Barboza du Bocage, Royal Museum, Lisbon. 1875, Hans Graf von Berlepsch, Witzenhausen, Hessen-Nassau.
1872. Prof. J, F. Brandt, Imperial Museum, 8t. Petersburg.
1873. Robert Collett, Christiania.
1872. Doctor Elliott Coues, U.S. Army, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D. C. 1875. Marchese Giacomo Doria, Genoa. 1872. Doctor Victor Fatio, Geneva.
Date of Election.
1872. Doctor Henky Hillyer Giglioli, Royal Superior Institute,
Florence. 1872. George N. Lawrence, New York. 1872. Baron De Selys Longchamps, Li^ge. 1872. Doctor A. J. Malmgren, Helsinf/fors. 1872. Doctor A. von Mibdendorff, Dorpat. 1872. Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Jardin des Plantes, Paris. 1872. Prof. GirsTAT Eadde, Tifis.
1872. Prof. ToMMASO Salvadori, Royal Museum, Turin. 1872. Prof. Herman Schlegel, University Museum, Leyden.
CONTENTS OF VOL. L— FOURTH SERIES.
(1877.)
Number I., January.
I. Contributions to the Ornithology of Borneo. By 11.
BOWDLER ShABPE 1
II. Description of a new Moorhen from the Hawaiian Islands. By T. H. Streets, M.D., U.S. Navy 25
III. Notes on some Birds observed in the Chuput Valley, Patagonia, and in the neighbouring District. By H. Dtjbneord 27
IV. Note on the South-American Song-Sparrows. By P. L. ScxATER. (Plate I.) 46
V. Ornithological Letters from the Bremen Expedition to Western Siberia. By Dr. Otto Finsch, Ph.D., Hon. Memb. B.O.r., Chief of the Expedition 48
VI. On the Phylloscopi or Willow- Warblers. By Henry Seebohm, r.Z.S 06
VII. A Note on the Genus OrtJiotomus. By B. Bowdler Sharpe. (Plate II.) 108
VIII. Notices of recent Publications : —
1. Pere David's ' Third Journey iu China ' 117
2. The Marquis de Compiegne's ' ^Equatorial Africa ' . 118
3. Riesenthal's ' German Birds of Prey ' 119.
4. Allen's ' Birds of Lake Titicaca ' 119
5. ' Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South
Wales' 120
6. Rowley's ' Ornithological Miscellany ' 122
7. Blanford's ' Zoology of Eastern Persia ' 122
8. Finsch's ' Ornithology of the Pacific Islands ' . . . 123
9, Shelley's ' Monograph of the Suu-birds ' 124
10. Boucard's ' Catalogus Avium ' 125
11. Briiggemann's ' Birds of Celebes ' 126
12. Gurney's ' Eambles of a N"aturalist ' 127
IX. Letters, Announcements, &c. : — . , , Letters from Mr. R. Swinhoe and Mr. Seebohm ; Count E. Turati's Collection ; new series of the ' Zoologist ; ' new work on the fauna of Belgium ; Tonquin and the way to get there ; death of Von Heuglin ; iiTuption of Snowy Owls from the north 128
Number IL, April.
X. Review of the Specimens of Trochilidce in the Paris Mu- seum, brought by D'Orbigny from South America. By D. G. Elliot, E.R.S.E. &c 133
XI. Notes on two Birds from the Fiji Islands. By T. Sal- vADORi, C.M.Z.S 142
XII. On the Contents of a fourth Box of Birds from Hako- . dadi, in Northern Japan. By R. Swinhoe, F.R.S 14A
XIII. Ornithological Notes taken during a Voyage from ' n ■ Ceylon to England. By A. Whyte 14&
XIV. On the SalicaricB of Dr. SevertzoflF. By Henky Seebohm 151
XV. Suijplementary Notes on the Ornithology of Heligoland.
By Henry Seebohm 156
XVI. Notes on the Birds of the Province of Buenos Ayres.
By Henry Duhneord. (Plate III.) 166
XVII. On a new Form of Reed-bird from Eastern Asia. By
R. Swinhoe, F.R.S. (Plate IV.) 203
XVIII. A few Observations on some Species of Anthus and Budytes. By W. Edwin Brooks ■*' . *^.' 206
XIX. Notes on a 'Catalogue of the Aecipitres in the British Museum,' by R. Bowdler Sharpe (1874). By J. H. Gurney . 209
XX. Notices of Recent Publications : —
13, Mosenthal and Harting's ' Ostrich-farming ' . . , 236
Page 14. ' Bulletin ' of the Zoological Society of France . . . 237
15. D'Hamonville's Catalogue of the Birds of Europe
16. Brown's Travels in British Guiana
238 239
17. Ornithological Results of the ' Gazelle ' Expedition . 239
240 241 241 242 242 243
18. ' Bulletin ' of the jN'uttall Ornithological Club .
19. Palmen's ' Migration-routes of Birds ' ...
20. Dr. Street's Account of the Fanning Islands
21. Dr. Ogden on a supposed new Paradise-bird .
22. Prejevalsky's ' Mongolia and Northern Thibet '
23. Rowley's ' Ornithological Miscellany ' . . .
24. Mulsant's ' Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches ' . 244
25. Barboza du Bocage's Papers on African Ornithology . 245
26. Bureau on the Booted Eagle 245
27. Vennor's ' Canadian Birds of Prey ' . . ,, „,^ ;,,,,«. 246
28. Salvadori's Recent Ornithological Papers .... 247
29. Salvadori's Prodromus of Papuan Ornithology . . . 249
XXI. Letters, Announcements, &c. : —
Letters from Mr. Blanford, Mr. Danford, Mr. Harvie Brown, Lord Clifton, Mr. J. H. Gurney, and the Marquis of Tweed- dale ; announcements of new works on Madagascar Birds and on Indian Game Birds, and of Explorations in Tenasserim ; note " on the correct name of the genus Pitta ; note on the pame of Falco dickinsoni 249
YT^-aH x^ JSosdi9^ 'O .YIX
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NuiTBER III., July. ; -f-r
XXII. A Contribution to the Ornithology of Asia Minor.
By C. G. Danford 261
XXIII. Recent Observations on the Piarrots of the Genus Eclectus. By W. A. Forbes, F.Z.S 274
XXIV. Notes on a Collection of Birds made by Mr. E. C. Buxton in the district of Lampong, S.E. Sumatra. By Aethur, Marquess of Tweeddale, M.B.O.U. (Plates V. & VI.) . . .283
XXV. Report on the Additions to the Collection of Birds
in the British Museum in 1875 323
XXVI. Notes on a ' Catalogue of the Accipitres in the British Museum,' by R. Bowdler Sharpe (1874). By J. H. Gurnet • 325
XIV CONTENTS.
Paga
XXVII. General Remarks on the Avifauna of Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. Ey Dr. G. Hahtlaub .... 334
XXVIII. Description of u new Species of CalUste and of a new Humming-bird of the Genus Heliangelus. By A. von Pelzeln, Hon. Memb. B.O.IJ 337
XXIX. Additional Notes on the Ornithology of the Re- public of Transvaal. By Thomas Ayres. Communicated by John Henry Gukney. (Plate VII.) 339
XXX. Notes on the Avifauna of New Caledonia. By Edgab L. Layard, C.M.G., F.Z.S., &c., H.B.M. Consul, and E. Leopold
C. Layard, Vice-Consul at Noumea 355
XXXI. Notes on some Birds collected during the Explora- tion of the Fly River. By M. L. D'Albertis, C.M.Z.S. . . .363
XXXII. Notices of recent Publications : —
30. Baldwin's ' Large and Small Game of Bengal ' . . . 372
31. ' Vagrancy Acts ' 373
32. Orton's 'Andes and the Amazon' 373
33. ' Log-letters from the Challenger ' 374
34. ' The Cruise of the ChaUenger ' 374
35. ' Stray Feathers ' 374
36. Sharpe's edition of Layard's ' Birds of South Africa ' . 375
37. Heuglin's ' Journey in North-eastern Africa ' . . . 375
38. Elliot's Monograijh of the Hornbills 376
39. Gould's ' Birds of New Guinea ' 377
40. Gould's ' Birds of Asia ' 377
41. Rowley's ' Ornithological Miscellany 378
42. Beccari's Account of the Playing-places oi Amhhjornis
inornata 379
43. Salvadori's Recent Ornithological Papers .... 379
44. Barboza du Bocage's Thirteenth List of African Birds 380
45. Homeyer upon German Mammals and Birds . . . 380
46. Allen's ' Progress of Ornithology in the United States ' 381
47. Pelzeln on Birds from Ecuador 383
48. Pelzeln on Additions to the Imperial Museum at
Vienna 383
49. Pelzeln's Report on the Progress of Ornithology in
1875 384
Page
50. Baird's ' Ornithology of Utah ' 384
51. Major Godwin-Austen's List of Birds from the Hills
of the N.E. Frontier of India 385
XXXIII. Letters, Announcements, etc. : —
Letters from the Marquis of Tweeddale (two), Edward R. Alston, T. M. Brewer, J. H. Gurney, jun., W. Edwin Brooks, J. H Gurney, H. Schalow, and T. Salvador! ; Roraima and its Mysteries ; Translation of Miiller's memoir on the Voice-organs of the Passeres 385
Number IV., October.
XXXIV. List of Birds ohserved in Smith Sound and the Polar Basin during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76. By H.
W. Feilden 401
XXXV. On the Nesting of the Spoonbill in Holland. By
P. L. ScLATER and W. A. Forbes 412
XXXVL Remarks on Buceros bicornis, Linn. By D. G. Elliot, F.R.S.E. &c 416
XXXVII. Notes on a ' Catalogue of the Accipitres in the British Museum,' by R. Bowdler Sharpe (1874). By J. H. Gurney 418
XXXVIII. Description of two new Ant-birds of the Genus Grallaria, with a List of all the known Species of the Genus.
By P. L. ScLATER, M.A., F.R.S. (Plates VIIL, IX.) . . .437
XXXIX. Note on Pellorneum tickelU, Blyth. Ry Arthur, Marquis of Tweeddale, M.B.O.U. (Plates X., XL) . . . .451
XL. Notes on some Burmese Birds. By Lieutenant Ward- law Ramsay, 67th Regiment, M.B.O.U. (Plates XIL, XIII.) 452
XLI. On a new Bird from Formosa. By R. Swinhoe, F.R.S. (Plate XIV.) , • 473
XLII. A few Words on the Parrots of the Genus Eclectus, Wagler. By T. Saltadori, C.M.Z.S 474
XLII I. Notices of Recent Publications : —
52. Salvadori on the Papuan Parrots 476
53. Salvadori on Papuan and Molucean Nectarinians . . 477
XVI CONTENTS.
Page
54. Salvador! on D'Albertis's Collections of 1872 . . . 477
55. Sharpe's ' Catalogue of the Birds in the British Mu-
seum,' vol. iii 477
56. Sharpe's Birds of Kerguelen Island 479
57. Lawrence on a new Phangus 481
58. Rowley's * Ornithological Miscellany ' 481
59. E. P. llamsay's Papers in the ' Proceedings of the Lin-
nean Society of New South Wales ' 482
60. Wharton's ' List of British Birds ' 483
61. Marshall's ' Bird's-nesting in Lidia ' 484
62. M'Cauley's ' Birds of the Red River of Texas ' . . .484 83. Lieut. Wheeler's Reports upon Surveys west of the
•100th Meridian 485
64. Finsch's Collections from Siberia 486
65. Oustalet on new species of Ibis 486
XLIV. Letters, Announcements, &c. : —
Letters from the Marquis of Tweeddale (two), Mr. D. G. Elliot, Dr. A. B. Meyer, Mr. J. H. Gurney, Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., and Col. L. Howard Irby : notes on Bonaparte's Lopho- rhina respublica and Dr. Briiggemann's new species of Poly- plectron 487
Index 495
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IX. Urallaria flavotincta 445
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THE IBIS.
FOURTH SERIES.
No. I. JANUARY 1877.
I. — Contributions to the Ornithology of Borneo. — Part II.* By H. BowDLER Sharpe.
Mr. Everett has returned to England for a few months, and has brought with him a large collection of birds from North- western Borneo. The determination of the species having now been brought to a close^ I have much pleasure in giving a list of them in continuation of my former paper on this subject. At the same time it will be seen that the principal interest attaching to this paper consists in the careful notes which Mr. Everett has been so kind as to give me, on the species procured by him. Considering the difficulties which beset the naturalist in a country like Borneo, it is impos- sible to feel too grateful to this gentleman for the very ener- getic way in which he has devoted himself to the study of the natural history of the island. This last collection has been formed with the same care as the previous ones, notwith- standing the drawbacks of serious illness and fever, from which Mr. Everett is only now slowly recovering.
Before commencing the list of the present collection, which has been chiefly formed in an entirely new district, viz. at
* For Part I. see ' Ibis/ 1876, p. 29. SER. IV. VOL. I. B
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Bintulu^ it is well to make a few necessary corrections in re- gard to the localities mentioned in the previous paper. Mr. Everett had very tindly forwarded me a little map of N.E. Borneo, with some of his collecting-stations entered in ink. It seems, however, that the other printed details of the map were faulty, and not intended for publication (the map is a small missionary chart) ; and the following notes give a more correct idea of the localities where Mr. Everett has been col- lecting for the past seven years : — Eirst of all the name '^Kucking^^ should read everywhere in the former paper as KucHiNG, this being the name for the chief town in the Sarawak Raj. Then again, with regard to the paragraph (p. 30) commencing " Sibu Island &c.," Mr. Everett re- marks : — " Sibu Island and the Matu river are situated, the first at the apex of the Rejang delta, and the second on the shore-line of the same delta, the former being distant some 80 miles from the Bruit entrance." With regard to the other localities it may be mentioned that Tagora, Puak Hill, SiRAMBu, BusAN, Jambusan, Belidah, Gunong trahn. Ma- tang, and Bidi are all within 20 miles to the west and south- west of KucHiNG. SiMUNJAN is somc 20 miles from the mouth of the Sadong. Marup lies at the base of the Balang and TiANG Laju mountains, and is distant some 80 miles by the river's course from the mouth of the Batang Lupar; and, lastly, Santubong, Kalakah, Rejang, and Bintulu are on the coast, the latter locality being situated on the Bruni frontier, about halfway between Kuching and Labuan.
As regards the determination of the species, I must again record the great assistance which I have received from Count Salvadori's work*.
Circus spilonotus, Kaup ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 30.
a. S ad. Bintulu. Iris pure brilliant yellow ; feet and legs chrome-yellow, claws black ; bill black, pale lead at tlie base ; cere greenish yellow.
b, c. d juv. Bintulu, Nov. 11, 1875. Iris warm choeo-
* " Catalogo sistematico degli uccelli di Borneo di Tommaso Salvadoi-i con note ed osservazioni di G. Doria ed O. Beccari intorno alle specie da essi racoolte nel Ragiato di Sarawak," Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, v. p. 1 (1874j.
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late-brown ; bill greyish black, base of lower mandible lead- colour ; cere dirty greenish ; legs and feet pale greenish yel- low, claws black.
d. $ juv. Bintulu. Legs and feet pale whitish yellow ; cere pale whitish green.
[This Harrier is probably only a migratory visitant, as all my six specimens have been shot during the N.E. monsoon. The present individuals were shot as they were flying over marshy ground at the mouth of the Bintulu river. — A. E.]
Haliaetus leucogaster (Grm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 307.
Cuncuma leucogaster, Salvad. /, c. p. 5.
a. 5 juv. Jilalong branch of Bintulu river. Iris warm chocolate- brown ; legs and feet dirty greenish white ; bill blackish horn, whitish at base.
[A very rare bird in Borneo, according to my experience. I have only seen it twice — once about 40 miles up the main Bintulu river, and again far inland on the Jilalong. — A. E.]
This Eagle is included in Count Salvadori's w^ork provisi- onally with a query. He seems to have argued from its oc- currence in all the neighbouring islands that it must therefore be found in Borneo. This supposition is now confirmed by Mr. Everett, to whom belongs the credit of adding the species to the Bornean list.
Haliastur intermedius, Gurn. ; Sharpe, Cat. i. p. 314. Haliastur Indus, Salvad. t. c. p. 12.
a. 2 ad. Bintulu, Oct. 4, 1875. Iris brown ; bill bluish, horn -yellow at the tip ; cere pale chrome-yellow ; feet pale yellow, with a green tinge.
b. 6 ad. Kabulau, on the Jilalong branch of the Bintulu river. Iris warm chocolate; feet pure deep chrome, claws black ; bill greenish.
[A young female shot at Bintulu in Sept. 1875 had Crus- tacea in the gizzard. — A. E.]
Spilornis pallidus, Wald. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 290, pi. ix.
a. 2 • Bintulu. Iris golden ; orbital skin deep yellow ; cere greenish ; bill bluish lead-colour ; the culmen clouded black ; legs and feet dirty chrome-yellow.
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b. $ , Bintulu. Legs and orbital region chrome-yellow, claws black ; other parts as in preceding. Crustacea in the gizzard.
Both the above-mentioned birds are young.
Spizaetus alboniger, Blyth ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 271 ; Salvad. /. c. p. 14.
a. 2 juv. Bintulu, Oct. 23, 1875. Iris golden yellow ; bill and cere black ; feet pale dirty greenish yellow, the soles dull ochreous orange.
SyrniuiVI leptogrammicum (Temm.); Sharpe. Cat. ii. p. 264.
Ciccaba leptogrammica, Salvad. /. c. p. 20.
a. (J . Bintulu. Iris dai'k warm brown ; bill bluish grey.
b,c,d,e. $. Bintulu. Iris warm chocolate- brown; bill white, tinged with blue at the base ; feet bluish lead-colour.
[Tolerably abundant in the old forests in the vicinity of Bintulu.— A. E.]
This series shows that the species varies considerably, espe- cially in the chest-patch, which is deep chestnut- rufous in some, pale tawny in others, while some examples have the breast much whiter than others.
NiNox scutulata, RafB. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 156.
a. S- Jambusan, March 1875. Iris golden; feet dull ochre-yellow; cere greenish.
[Distributed throughout Sarawak. The Malay name of " Pongok '' represents the clear loud cry of this bird. In a ^ shot at Simunjan, October 1870, the legs were chrome- yellow ; iris brilliant orange-yellow ; bill greenish white ; cere of bill green ; testes long, dark yellow ; kidneys dark mottled purple ; stomach distended with beetles, chiefly Buprestida ; intestines very long, and with intestinal worms present, about \\ inch in length. Another individual, shot aT Sibu, had a small gecko lizard in its stomach. — A. E.]
Caprimulgus salvadorii, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 99^ pi. xxii. fig. 1.
a, b, c,d. 6 . Bintulu. Iris dark brown ; bill and legs dark purplish brown.
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e. ? . Bintulu. Soft parts same as in the male.
The series which Mr. Everett now brings shows that C. salvadorii is most closely allied to C. macrurus ; but the prin- cipal diflferences seem to be in the blackish colour of the lores and region of the eye, and the very distinct white cheek-stripe. In C. macrurus the lores are reddish, as also is the side of the face, and the white cheek-stripe is nearly obsolete.
[Santubong, Kalakah, Eejang, Bruit, Bintulu. This Goat- sucker is by no means uncommon in Sarawak ; but it is very locally distributed, being confined to the coast-line and its immediate vicinity, and, so far as my observation has gone, to the sandy portion of the coast. The note is single, and sounds like the distant stroke of a mallet on wood. The eggs are creamy white, with faint purple-grey marblings, and they are laid among the short turf which holds the sand together beyond high- water mark. The stomachs are gene- rally full of beetles, chiefly a small green chafer, but also longicorns and elaters. It is noteworthy that in places haunted by this species one never hears the note of any other kind of Goatsucker, although the '^ Pongok '' Owl {N. scu- tulata) sometimes approaches within a mile of the shore. — A. E.]
Merops bicolor (Bodd.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 33.
[An abundant species, but confined to the sandy tracts on the shore-line, though a pair will be met with now and again as far as 20 miles inland, where a sandy bank happens to offer facilities for nidiiication. A female shot in April had a shelled egg in the oviduct, I am inclined to think these birds are migratory, but am not yet satisfied on this point. A pair shot May 20, 1870, showed no difference in plumage ; but two females shot in August 1873 had the chestnut of the crown dashed with rich dark green. The only external dif- ferences between the sexes are that the green hues of the male are brighter and yellower than in the female, in which a bluer cast predominates, and in which, the green of the belly is paler ; and the shafts of the two median rectrices are usually developed further beyond the vanes in the male than
6 Mr. R. B. Sharpe's Contributions to the
in the female. The flight of these birds is strong, and com- bines the swift skimming of the Swallow with the airy hover- ing of the Falcon. Now they will flutter up just as a Sky- lark doeSj and then swoop earthwards like a Hawk after its quarry, and then again will rise and float almost without motion, merely balancing themselves in the breeze by a slight quivering of the pinions. When at rest they commonly perch on the topmost twigs of the lower Casuarina trees. The giz- zard always contains insects — beetles, dragon-flies, and or- thoptera, as well as wasps and bees. — A. E.]
Nyctiornis amicta (Temm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 91.
a. S . Bintulu. Iris pure orange-red ; bill black ; feet green.
b. 6 . Bintulu. Iris vermilion.
c. c? juv. Tagora, May 1875. Iris greyish brown; legs bluish lead-grey.
[Tolerably common throughout the territory. A nest containing two eggs was brought me at Belidah in January. The eggs were rather small in comparison with the size of the bird, nearly equal at both ends, and spotted with faint red in a ring round the larger end, the ground being white. The nest was neatly lined with dry grass inside, and exte- riorly was roughly put together with bamboo-leaves and rush. — A. E.]
Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. ; Salvad. t. c. p. 92.
a,b. $ . Bintulu. BiU dark brown, reddish at base ; feet orange-red ; iris brown.
c. $ . Bintulu. Bill blackish brown, reddish at base ; feet dull vermilion.
[Common at Bintulu on the shore and in the Nipah creeks. — A. E.]
Ceyx iiUFiDORSA, Strickl.
Ceyx innominata, Salvad. t. c. p. 97.
a. Bintulu.
b. 6. Jambusan. Iris chocolate.
Both these specimens are true C. rufidorsa.
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EuRYSTOMUs ORiENTALis (L.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 105. a, c? . Bintulu. Iris brown ; bill and legs orange-red, claws black.
Hydrocissa convexa (Temm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 80.
a. 6 . Bintulu. Iris crimson ; naked skin bluish white ; legs blackish lead-colour.
b. S . Bintulu. Bill yellowish white ; naked skin at base of bill and about the eyes white tinged with greenish blue ; feet and legs very dark grey. Fruit-pulp in gizzard.
[This is the commonest Hornbill in the Sarawak territory, being found chiefly in the vicinity of the coast. — A. E'.]
Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.); Sharpe_, Ibis, 1876, p. 34.
[Common all over Sarawak in gardens and cleared spaces, whither these birds resort at dawn and dusk, flitting silently about and resting now and again on palings, low bushes, &c., or sometimes in the grass. They also fly by day, but not usually. Their cry is exactly like the Malay words ^'tiup api " (literally " blow the fire ") ; and hence their name among the natives. The '^Tiup api^^ is one of the Sea-Dyak birds of omen. In a male shot at Sibu in April 1874 the testes were yellowish, semiglobular, and equal ; in another indi- vidual, from the foot of the Matang mountains, there was only one small testis present ; and in this specimen the iris was light red instead of carnation. The interior of the gape is cinnabar-red ; tongue scarlet, with the posterior barbs finely slit. These birds appear to feed chiefly on lepidop- terous larvae. — A. E.]
Carpococcyx radiatus (Temm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 77.
a. $ . Bintulu. Iris pale grey-brown; bill and orbital space with the feet and legs sea-green, darkest on the bill. Gizzard full of beetles. Caught in a trap set on the ground.
HiEROcoccYX FUGAX (Horsf.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 65.
a. 6 . Bintulu. Iris and lores brilliant yellow ; feet wax- yellow; bill black, yellow at the base and at the tip.
[Bidi, Simunjan, Marup, Bintulu. Not a common bird in Sarawak. Feeds on orthoptera. Interior of gape green. —A. E.]
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SuRNicuLUs LUGUBRis (Horsf.) ; Salvad, t. c. p. 63. a. Jambusan. Iris brown.
Rhopodytes erythrognathus (Hartl.) ; Sharpe^ P. Z. S. 1873, p. 601.
Rhaynpho coccyx erythrognathus, Salvad. /. c. p. 74.
a. S . Tubau, Bintulu. Iris bright cobalt-blue ; orbital space deep crimson ; legs dark leaden grey ; bill whitish green, the base of the lower mandible dull dark crimson.
b. ?. Tagora, May 1875. Iris bright orange; orbital space pure deep crimson; legs and feet dark leaden grey, with a cast of olive-green; bill pale green, but round the nostril and all but the extreme third of the lower mandible dull crimson.
[When this bird is sitting quietly in a tree its note is a low " kuk-kuk ;" but when it is on the wing these syllables are repeated several times rapidly in a loud tone. The flight is swift and gliding; and if the bird is in open spaces, it always flies very low. These Cuckoos are very j)artial to the fields of 'Halang" grass, where they obtain abundance of orthopterous and other insects, with which their gizzards are invariably crammed. — A. E.]
It will be seen that the colour of the iris in the male does not agree with that given by the Marquis Doria (/. c.) .
Centrococcyx eurycercus (Hay) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 78. a. Bintulu, October 24, 1875. Iris crimson ; bill, legs, and feet black, claws black.
Indicator archipelagicus, Temm. ; Salvad, t. c. p. 61.
a. $ . Bintulu, Iris indian-red ; legs leaden green ; bill dark horn-brown.
[The only time that I have seen this bird, which appears to be very rare; it was shot during the N.E, monsoon. — A. E.]
Megal/ema chrysopsis, Gofifin. CJiotorhea chrysopsis, Salvad, t. c. p. 32. a. ^. Tagora, May 1875. Iris warm brown ; bill black; legs and feet dark lead-colour, tinged greenish.
[The rarest of the Barbets in Sarawak. I have procured
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it on the Matang mountains, but have not seen it anywhere else than here and at Tagora. — A. E.]
Megal^ema duvauceli (Less.).
XantholcBma duvauceli, Salvad. t. c. p. 38.
a. ? . Bintulu. Iris dark brown ; legs pale green.
[Found everywhere in Sarawak. A difference between the sexes is observable when they are pairing, the male showing the patch of black on the throat larger and darker than the female ; and in the latter the black of the forehead is less pure and glossy than in the cock bird, which also slightly exceeds his mate in size. In the male one testis is of normal shape and large, the other is smaller and globular. — A. E.]
Calorhamphus PULiGiNosus (Tcmm.) ; Salvad. t.c. p. 39.
a. (S immature. Tagora, May 3, 1875. Legs pinkish red; iris neutral tint. A mixture of seeds and insects in the gizzard.
[Generally distributed, occurring as high as 1000 feet ele- vation on Sirambu. — A. E.]
Xylolepes validus (Temm.) ; Salvad, t. c. p. 43. a. Bintulu. Iris orange; bill greenish brown, the lower mandible yellow; feet light greenish brown.
Lepocestes porphyromelas (Boie) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 48. a. Sibu, Feb. 18, 1875.
This is probably rather rare, as neither the Marquis Doria nor Mr. Wallace obtained specimens.
Callolophus mentalis (Temm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 49. a,b. cJ ? . Bintulu. Iris crimson ; bill black, the lower mandible lead-colour ; feet dull grass-green.
TiGA jAVANENsis (Ljuug) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 54.
a. S. Santubong Bay, May 1875. Iris dark brown ; legs olive-green ; bill black.
[This species appears to be rare or local, as I have never pact with it before. — A. E.]
PALiEORNis LONGiCAUDA (Bodd.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 22.
a. d". Bintulu, pairing. Outer ring of iris white, inner
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ring dark greenish ; bill deep scarlet, the tip yellow, lower mandible sooty browu ; feet greenish lead-colour. Crop full of fruit.