Collection of Birds from Northern Borneo. 361 



cimeus have labels attached which give the origin and sex of 

 each example, and other useful information. These notes, when- 

 ever they occur, are here introduced within inverted commas. 



Our knowledge of Bornean ornithology dates from compara- 

 tively recent times, and is not extensive. In 1855 Messrs. 

 Motley and Dillwyn* published the first part of a work on 

 Bornean zoology, which, unfortunately, was not continued. The 

 ornithological portion of the subject is well treated. In 1863 

 Mr. Sclaterf published some observations on the birds of South- 

 eastern Borneo by Mr. Motley, to which he added some valuable 

 original notes. This paper comprises a list of 134 species. 

 These two publications, I believe, embrace all that has been 

 written of a connected character on the Bornean avifauna. 

 Besides, we have nothing but scattered notices of new species 

 by various authors, from Temminck to Salvadori. Indeed it is 

 curious that no Bornean birds were described or enumerated by 

 any of the older authors. Until the island was visited by the 

 Dutch collectors in the time of Temminck, it is doubtful whether 

 a single Bornean bird reached the hands of an ornithologist. 



The objects of especial interest contained in Mr. Everett's 

 last collection are Argusianus grayi, Pityriasis yijmnocephalus, 

 of which rare species a considerable number of individuals were 

 obtained, and Setornis criniger, Lesson. Until we possess 

 complete catalogues of the Malaccan, Sumatran, Javan, and 

 Phihppine birds, and all their allied forms have been compared, 

 it will be premature to comment on their geographical distri- 

 bution. For the present all that we are warranted in saying is 

 that the Bornean ornis exhibits a near relationship to the Su- 

 matran and Malaccan, less to the Javan, and still less to the 

 Philippine; while its few ornithic affinities with the neigh- 

 bouring island of Celebes it has in common with the more 

 distant Sunda islands. 



PALiEORNis LONGICAUDATUS (Bodd.), Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 53 

 (1783), ex D'Aubenton ; 0. Fmsch, Papag. ii. p. 77. 



Perruche de Malac, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. 887- 



* Contributions to the Natural History of Labuan, &c. • Part 1. Lon- 

 don, July 2, 1855. 



t Prof. Zool. Soc. 18(53, p. 20G. 



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