4 Mr. K. B. Sharpens Contributions to the 



b. $ , Bintulu. Legs and orbital region chrome-yellow, 

 claws black ; other parts as in preceding. Crustacea in the 

 gizzard. 



Both the above-mentioned birds are young. 



Spizaetus alboniger, Blyth ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 271 ; 

 Salvad. /. c. p. 14. 



a. 2 juv. Bintulu, Oct. 23, 1875. Iris golden yellow ; 

 bill and cere black ; feet pale dirty greenish yellow, the soles 

 dull ochreous orange. 



SyrniuiVI leptogrammicum (Temm.); Sharpe. Cat. ii. p. 264. 



Ciccaba leptogrammica, Salvad. /. c. p. 20. 



a. (J . Bintulu. Iris dai'k warm brown ; bill bluish grey. 



b,c,d,e. $. Bintulu. Iris warm chocolate- brown; bill 

 white, tinged with blue at the base ; feet bluish lead-colour. 



[Tolerably abundant in the old forests in the vicinity of 

 Bintulu.— A. E.] 



This series shows that the species varies considerably, espe- 

 cially in the chest-patch, which is deep chestnut- rufous in 

 some, pale tawny in others, while some examples have the 

 breast much whiter than others. 



NiNox scutulata, RafB. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 156. 



a. S- Jambusan, March 1875. Iris golden; feet dull 

 ochre-yellow; cere greenish. 



[Distributed throughout Sarawak. The Malay name of 

 " Pongok '' represents the clear loud cry of this bird. In a 

 ^ shot at Simunjan, October 1870, the legs were chrome- 

 yellow ; iris brilliant orange-yellow ; bill greenish white ; cere 

 of bill green ; testes long, dark yellow ; kidneys dark mottled 

 purple ; stomach distended with beetles, chiefly Buprestida ; 

 intestines very long, and with intestinal worms present, about 

 \\ inch in length. Another individual, shot aT Sibu, had a 

 small gecko lizard in its stomach. — A. E.] 



Caprimulgus salvadorii, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 99^ 

 pi. xxii. fig. 1. 



a, b, c,d. 6 . Bintulu. Iris dark brown ; bill and legs 

 dark purplish brown. 



