2 Mr. R. B. Sharpens Contributions to the 



Bintulu^ it is well to make a few necessary corrections in re- 

 gard to the localities mentioned in the previous paper. Mr. 

 Everett had very tindly forwarded me a little map of N.E. 

 Borneo, with some of his collecting-stations entered in ink. 

 It seems, however, that the other printed details of the map 

 were faulty, and not intended for publication (the map is a 

 small missionary chart) ; and the following notes give a more 

 correct idea of the localities where Mr. Everett has been col- 

 lecting for the past seven years : — Eirst of all the name 

 '^Kucking^^ should read everywhere in the former paper as 

 KucHiNG, this being the name for the chief town in the 

 Sarawak Raj. Then again, with regard to the paragraph 

 (p. 30) commencing " Sibu Island &c.," Mr. Everett re- 

 marks : — " Sibu Island and the Matu river are situated, the 

 first at the apex of the Rejang delta, and the second on the 

 shore-line of the same delta, the former being distant some 

 80 miles from the Bruit entrance." With regard to the 

 other localities it may be mentioned that Tagora, Puak Hill, 

 SiRAMBu, BusAN, Jambusan, Belidah, Gunong trahn. Ma- 

 tang, and Bidi are all within 20 miles to the west and south- 

 west of KucHiNG. SiMUNJAN is somc 20 miles from the mouth 

 of the Sadong. Marup lies at the base of the Balang and 

 TiANG Laju mountains, and is distant some 80 miles by the 

 river's course from the mouth of the Batang Lupar; and, 

 lastly, Santubong, Kalakah, Rejang, and Bintulu are on the 

 coast, the latter locality being situated on the Bruni frontier, 

 about halfway between Kuching and Labuan. 



As regards the determination of the species, I must again 

 record the great assistance which I have received from Count 

 Salvadori's work*. 



Circus spilonotus, Kaup ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 30. 



a. S ad. Bintulu. Iris pure brilliant yellow ; feet and 

 legs chrome-yellow, claws black ; bill black, pale lead at tlie 

 base ; cere greenish yellow. 



b, c. d juv. Bintulu, Nov. 11, 1875. Iris warm choeo- 



* " Catalogo sistematico degli uccelli di Borneo di Tommaso Salvadoi-i 

 con note ed osservazioni di G. Doria ed O. Beccari intorno alle specie da essi 

 racoolte nel Ragiato di Sarawak," Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, v. p. 1 (1874j. 



