32 Mr. R. B. Sliarpe's Contributions to the 



headed l)rown dress to the female plumage ; and this stage is 

 therefore probably assumed by a moult. 



2. AsTUR TRiviRGATUs (Tcmm.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 17. 



a. No. 12. ? . Sibu, June 12, 1874. Iris bright orange ; 

 legs yellow. 



b. ^. Sibu, Aug. 1874. Iris chrome; legs and feet ochre- 

 ous ; bill black, the base greenish yellow ; lores greenish yel- 

 low. "Draco volans in gizzard." 



The male is in younger plumage than the female, though 

 neither are very old, and a corresponding difference in the 

 soft parts is to be noted. 



3. Spilornis pallidus, Walden ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 290, 

 pi. ix. 



Spilornis bacha (Daud.); Salvad, I.e. p. 7. 



a. No. 19. c?' Sibu, Nov. 1874. Iris chrome-yellow; 

 legs dirty ochre ; bill dark leaden ; " antorbital patch to cere 

 brownish yellow-orange." 



4. Haliastur intermedius, Gurn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. 

 p. 314. 



Haliastur Indus (Bodd.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 12. 

 a. "No. 158. S- Sibu Island, April 28, 1874. Iris 

 il ark chocolate; feet pale greenish yellow ; bill black." 

 The specimen sent is in immature plumage. 



5. MiCROHiERAX FRiNGiLLARius (Drap.) ; Sharpc, Cat. B. 

 i. p. 368. 



Hierax ccerulescens , Salvad. /. c. p. 3. 

 a, 6, c. No. 196. S- Sibu, July 1874. " Iris chocolate." 

 The three specimens sent by Mr. Everett are apparently 

 all rather young, as they have the forehead, cheeks, and eye- 

 brow stained with orange. 



6. PoLioAETus HUMiLis (MUll. & Schl.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 6. 

 a. "No. 157. S- Sibu, Aug. 14, 1874. Iris bright yel- 

 low ; feet and tarsi pale blue." 



This is a very interesting occurrence, as Count Salvadori 

 fii-st included the species in his work on the probability of its 

 occurring in Borneo, as it had been found in the neighbour- 



