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58. Spilornis pallidus \V;il(len. 



A series in different plumages from Bungnran. They agree in colour with a 

 number of Borneau skius before me, bnt they are decidedly smaller. The wings of 

 the Bnngiiniu measure only ll'C to 12'1 inches. In the British Museum is a speci- 

 men from Sibu, Borneo, also collected by Mr. Everett, which is P(|Uiilly small, and 

 another Bornean skin which closely approaches them. I therefore n^frain at present 

 to distinguish the Bunguran bird from Sp. pallidus. The genus Spilornis was but 

 poorly represented in the British Museum, when Mr. Sharpe wrote the first volume 

 of the Catalogue of Birds in 1874, but now, esj)ecially througii tlie addition of the 

 Tweeddale and Hume collections, and through recent collections from Borneo, a 

 grand material is amassed. A recent review of the genus, which may considerably 

 alter the previous opinions about it, is desirable, and with the help of Dr. Sharpe 

 and the material in the Tring Museum, I hope to be able to undertake tliis task 

 before long ; bnt before a complete study of the collections I shall refrain from 

 uttering any opinions about the species of Spilornis. Sp. pallidus is said to occur 

 in Malacca and Borneo, and I have reasons to believe that it also inhabits Sumatra. 



? ad. Bunguran, October 1st, 1891}: "Iris golden yellow; lores, cere, and 

 eyelids light chrome yellow, the cere tinged witli green ; bill plumbeous grey ; legs 

 dull chrome yellow ; claws black. In the gullet a snake " (A. Everett). 



59. Accipiter virgatus (Temm.). 



Several specimens of this widespread hawk were obtained on Sirhassen and 

 Bunguran. An immature bird, labelled " ? , October 19th, 1893, Bunguran," has tlie 

 following notes on the label : " Iris yellow ; bill black, base of upper bill and man- 

 dible plumbeous ; cere light greeu ; legs and feet greenish chrome yellow ; claws 

 brownish black." 



00. Geopelia striata (L.). 

 Qne female ivoin. Sirliassen. (From South Teuasserim throughout the Malay 

 Peninsula, Indo-Malaj-an Archipelago, and Philiijpines, south to Lombock, also 

 Celebes and Amboyna.) 



Gl. Osmotreron fulvicollis (Wagl.). 

 Several males from Bunguran. (From South Tenasserim to Cochiuchina, 

 Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias, Bangka, Billiton, and Borneo.) In Borneo 

 another (juite distinct species occurs in the northern parts, 0. haramensis (Meyer). 



(!2. Osmotreron vema,ns (L.). 

 From Sirhassen and Bunguran. Identical in coloration with specimens from 

 Malacca, Sumatra (Deli), Borneo, and the Philip])ines, but with the wings very 

 long, they measuring 6 to 6"2 inches, while all specimens b(!fore me have the 

 wing shorter, sometimes very little only, but mostly considerably so. Salvador! 

 {Cat. B., xxi., p. 62) gives the length of the wing 0"2o to 5'85 inches. Distribution: 

 Siam and Cochincliina, ^lalay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias, Bangka, Billiton, .lava, 

 Sumbawa, Borneo, l'iiiliji]]ines, Snln Ishuid, Celebes (Salvadori, I.e.). 



