Or lilt ho lay ij of Borneo. 41 



39. Herpornis brunnescens^ sp. n. 



6 . H. affinis H. xantholeuca, sed magis brunnesceiis nee vi- 

 ridisj loris et faeie lateral! omnino cinerascentibus di- 

 stinguenda. Long. tot. 4*8 unc._, eulm. '55, alse 2*7, 

 caudse 1*9, tarsi "65. 

 A single specimen of this undoubtedly new Herpornis was 

 obtained at Sarawak by Mr. Wallace, and was named by him 

 H. xantholeuca. It is, however, certainly distinct from that 

 species, being of an olive-brown colour above, shading into 

 green on the rump and tail ; the lores and sides of the face 

 also are entirely ashy brown, whereas in H. xantholeuca they 

 are white, shaded with ashy grey ; the tinge of colour on the 

 chest and sides of the body is not grey, but brown, in the 

 Sarawak bird. No species of i/erjoorm's has been before re- 

 corded from Borneo ; and the genus is not included in Count 

 Salvadori^s work. 



40. Orthotomus borneonensis. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 

 Orthotomus borneonensis, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 247. 



" No. 3. d . Jambusan, Sept. 18, 1874. Iris Naples yel- 

 low; bill horn-brown; legs pale warm brown.'^ 



Agrees very well with Count Salvadori's description, all the 

 differences alluded to by him as existing between the Bornean 

 species and 0. sepium of Java holding good in Mr. Everett's 

 specimen. 



41. Calamodyta dori^. (Plate II. fig. 2.) 

 Calamodyta dorice, Salvad, Atti R. Accad. Sc. Tr. iii. p. 



531 ; id. Ucc. Born. p. 250. 



"No. 21. d? Sibu, Nov. 21, 1874. Iris sepia-brown ; 

 legs white ; bill dark brown, mandible ochraceous.'^ 



The single specimen sent by Mr. Everett agrees very fairly 

 with Count Salvadori's description, excepting that the super- 

 ciliary streak is olivaceous brown, of the same colour as the 

 breast and sides of the body ; the cheeks also show traces of 

 triangular dusky spots. 



42. ACROCEPHALUS ORIENTALIS. 



Acrocephalus orientalis (T. & S.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 251, 

 " No. 209. ? . Sibu Island, April 27, 1874. Iris pale 

 umber-brown ; legs greenish lead-colour ; bill blackish." 



