Ornithology of Borneo. 2G7 



sordide rufo terminatis ; primariis brumicisj extus late 

 sordiderufovelrufescenti-bruimeoniarginatis^secundariis 

 autem nigro terminatis et subtermiualiter pallide olivas- 

 centi-bruuneo trausfasciatis, intimis prope apices pallide 

 albicanti-brunneis ; Cauda saturate brunnea; pileo summo 

 nucliaque nigris fascia nigra per coUura posticum angus- 

 tata ; loris, supercilio angustiore, et fascia lata, per colli 

 latera superiora ducta, sordide ciueraceis ; linea nigra 

 angustfi supra- et infraoculari ad fasciam latam nigrana 

 per colli latera vera ductam conjuncta ; regione parotic^ 

 et genis posticis sordide cineraceis ; genis anticis et 

 corpore subtiis castaneo-rufis, hypocbondriis magis au- 

 rantiacis, et plumis nigris pulclire macula, ovali subter- 

 miiiali alba ornatis ; abdomine medio albicante; sub- 

 alaribus cinerascenti-bruuneis, axillaribus albido termi- 

 natis. Long. tot. 10'5, culm. 085_, alse 5-3, caudse 2"2, 

 tarsi 1'6. 



So far as I can discover, this species is very distinct from 

 any other game-bird known from the east. Its nearest 

 known ally is apparently B. sonorivox, Gould, from Formosa, 

 but it differs completely in its rufous under surface and other 

 characters. 



Megapodius cumingi, Dillw. 



Megnjjodius cumingi, Salvad. t. c. p. 302. 



Megapodius lowii, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 111. 



Brunei [coll. Treacher) . 



Native name "Menambrum^^ (Treacher). 



Argusianus GRAYi (Elliot) . 



Argusianus grayi, Salvad. t.c. p. 305. 



Lawas river [coll. Ussher, Tj-eacher). 



Two eggs from the Mengalong river were sent by Mr. Low. 

 They are creamy or yellowish white in colour, with minute 

 grain-like dots all over the eggs; diam. 1*85 inch^ axis 2*6. 



LoBioPHAsis BULWERi, Sliarpc. 



Lobiophasis hulweri, Sharpe, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1874, xiv. 

 p. 73; Gould, B. Asia, pt. xxvii. 



Lobiophasis castaneicaudatus , Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 03. 

 Lawas river [coll. Ussher, Treacher) . 



When describing the second species of Lobiophasis, I was 



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