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thunder or a tree falling, and often the firing of a gun will cause it to cry out, making the forest resound with its powerful voice. The males make large arenas in the forest, which embrace circles of a yard and a half in diameter, neatly swept of all leaves and twigs. They roost in trees near these spots.

Native name "Burong Kruhi."

Bare skin on the head cobalt-blue; iris grey; legs vermilion, the divisions of the scales being well marked and of a paler colour.]

Fam. PERDICIDE.

282. BAMBUSICOLA ERYTHROPHRYS, sp. n. (Plate IV.) Bambusicola hyperythra (nec Sharpe, 1879); Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, p. 454.

♂ ad. Similis B. hyperythræ, sed capitis lateribus et facie laterali aurantiaco-rubris distinguenda, gutture nigricante. Long, tot. 10, culm. 95, alæ 5·8, caudæ 1·8, tarsi 1.85 poll. Angl.

ad. Mari similis, sed gutture minime nigro.

When Mr. Whitehead's specimens first arrived in 1887, I took them to be hen birds of B. hyperythra described by me from Mr. Treacher's Lawas collections in 1879. I have ventured to describe them now as belonging to a new species, as Mr. Whitehead feels convinced that they constitute an adult pair of birds, and the difference in the colour of the eyebrow between the Kina Balu specimens and B. hyperythra is well marked.

a, b. ♂ ad. Kina Balu, March 3, 1887.

[This Partridge frequents the thick bamboo-jungle on the steep slopes of Kina Balu from 2000 to 4000 feet. It was extremely difficult to obtain specimens owing to the impossibility of getting about in the parts frequented by these birds. Besides, no doubt, the rat-trapping Dusans have had something to do with their rarity.

Iris greenish brown; bill black; skin round eye dull pink, that on throat brighter; legs salmon-pink.]

283. ARBOROPHILA CHARLTONI (Eyton).

a. ad.

Benkoka, Sept. 3, 1885. b. ad. Benkoka, Oct. 12, 1885.

This species was first obtained in Borneo by Mr. W. H. Pryer, who procured it near Sandakan, but by some oversight it was not included by me in my description of his collection (P. Z. S. 1881, p. 790).

[Apparently a very local species. I found this forest Partridge fairly common on the Benkoka River, and nowhere else. It frequents the ground in true forest.

Native name "Lenticong."

Iris brown; bill black; feet dull yellowish green.]

284. ROLLULUS ROULOUL.

Rollulus rouloul (Scop.); Salvad. t. c. p. 308; Blasius, t. c. p. 69; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 51, 1879, p. 270; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 800.

Rollulus rulrul, Brüggem. t. c. p. 463.

a. ♂ ad. Benkoka, Sept. 15, 1885.

b.

ad. Sandakan, April 18, 1885.

[Fairly common, frequenting the ground in the forest. Bill and iris black; feet and base of bill and skin round eye coral-red.]

285. EXCALFACTORIA CHINENSIS.

Excalfactoria chinensis (L.); Salvad. t. c. p. 311; Sharpe, Ibis, 1878, p. 419; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 350.

Coturnix chinensis (L.); Brüggem. t. c. p. 350.

a, b. ad. Labuan, July 15, 1885.

[Common in open plains, and found on Kina Balu up to 1000 feet. These birds nest in the "Llang "-grass plains, and lay five or six dark olive-green eggs, which are speckled all over with black and dark-brown spots; axis 1, diam. 85. I found a nest in the middle of February, and have seen them in other months.

Feet orange-yellow; iris lake-brown; bill black.]

Fam. MEGAPODIIDE.

286. MEGAPODIUS CUMINGI.

Megapodius cumingi, Dillwyn; Salvad. t. c. p. 302; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 319; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 267; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 800.

a,

b. d. Pulo Tega, April 23, 1886.

[See my notes in 'Ibis' for October 1888, p. 411. Common on the small islands off the coast.]

Order GRALLE.

Fam. CHARADRIIDE*.

287. ESACUS MAGNIROSTRIS.

Orthorhamphus magnirostris (Geoffr.); Salvad. t. c. p. 212. Edicnemus magnirostris, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 89 (1887).

a. ♂ ad. Abai, Feb. 27, 1886.

[This large Stone Plover is seldom met with on the coast of Borneo. During my four years' collecting in the East I only saw three individuals. They frequent the sandy bays, either singly or in pairs. I once saw one of these Plovers hunting the large sand-crabs which abound at low water on the coasts. These crabs have wonderful power of dodging, stopping dead, and then running at full speed in the opposite direction; so it took the Plover some long time before it could deal the crab a blow with its powerful beak.

Iris pale yellow; feet creamy yellow; bill black, brighter yellow at base.]

288. SQUATAROLA HELVETICA.

Squatarola helvetica (L.); Salvad. t. c. p. 313; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 270; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 800.

Charadrius helveticus (L.); Seebohm, t. c. p. 102.

a. Labuan, Dec. 8, 1887.

[Visits Labuan during the migration in small parties of three or four, but is never seen in flocks.]

All the Charadriidæ have been determined for us by Mr. Seebohm.

289. CHARADRIUS FULVUS.

Charadrius fulvus (Gm.); Salvad. t. c. p. 313; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 99 (1887); Brüggem. t. c. p. 536; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 51; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 350; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 270.

a. ad.

Benkoka, Nov. 9, 1885. b. ad. Labuan, Dec. 29, 1885.

c. ad. Labuan, Jan. 10, 1886.

[Common in Labuan during migration, many apparently remaining some time on the island.]

290. EGIALITIS PERONI.

Egialitis peronii (T.); Salvad. t. c. p. 315; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 250.

Charadrius peronii, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. (1887).

a, b.. Pulo Tega, N. Borneo, April 24, 1886.

p. 66

[The only resident Plover, generally seen in pairs on the sand-spits and bays round the coast. The eggs are three in number, placed in the full glare of the burning sun amongst the sea-drift. They are of a buff colour, thickly blotched with sepia at the larger end, speckled and marked to a lesser degree all over with the same colour and lighter grey; sometimes they are speckled and streaked all over without any blotches at the large end. Axis 1·3, diam. ·95.]

291. ÆGIALITIS CANTIANA.

Charadrius cantianus (Lath.); Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 168 (1887).

a. 9. Labuan, Jan. 31, 1886.

[Met with mixed amongst the large flocks of Æ. geoffroyi.] 292. ÆGIALITIS DUBIA.

Ægialitis dubius (Scop.); Salvad. t. c. p. 316; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 51; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 350.

Charadrius dubius, Brüggem. t. c. p. 463.

Charadrius minor, Wolf & Meyer; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 130 (1887).

a, b.. Pulo Tega, N. Borneo, Aprit 24, 1886.

[A winter visitor, generally seen singly or in pairs on the sea-coast.]