THE IBIS. 



FOURTH SERIES. 



No. I. JANUARY 1877. 



I. — Contributions to the Ornithology of Borneo. — Part II.* 

 By H. BowDLER Sharpe. 



Mr. Everett has returned to England for a few months, and 

 has brought with him a large collection of birds from North- 

 western Borneo. The determination of the species having 

 now been brought to a close^ I have much pleasure in giving 

 a list of them in continuation of my former paper on this 

 subject. At the same time it will be seen that the principal 

 interest attaching to this paper consists in the careful notes 

 which Mr. Everett has been so kind as to give me, on the 

 species procured by him. Considering the difficulties which 

 beset the naturalist in a country like Borneo, it is impos- 

 sible to feel too grateful to this gentleman for the very ener- 

 getic way in which he has devoted himself to the study of the 

 natural history of the island. This last collection has been 

 formed with the same care as the previous ones, notwith- 

 standing the drawbacks of serious illness and fever, from 

 which Mr. Everett is only now slowly recovering. 



Before commencing the list of the present collection, which 

 has been chiefly formed in an entirely new district, viz. at 



* For Part I. see ' Ibis/ 1876, p. 29. 

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