8 Mr. R. B. Sharpens Contributions to the 



SuRNicuLUs LUGUBRis (Horsf.) ; Salvad, t. c. p. 63. 

 a. Jambusan. Iris brown. 



Rhopodytes erythrognathus (Hartl.) ; Sharpe^ P. Z. S. 

 1873, p. 601. 



Rhaynpho coccyx erythrognathus, Salvad. /. c. p. 74. 



a. S . Tubau, Bintulu. Iris bright cobalt-blue ; orbital 

 space deep crimson ; legs dark leaden grey ; bill whitish green, 

 the base of the lower mandible dull dark crimson. 



b. ?. Tagora, May 1875. Iris bright orange; orbital 

 space pure deep crimson; legs and feet dark leaden grey, 

 with a cast of olive-green; bill pale green, but round the 

 nostril and all but the extreme third of the lower mandible 

 dull crimson. 



[When this bird is sitting quietly in a tree its note is a 

 low " kuk-kuk ;" but when it is on the wing these syllables 

 are repeated several times rapidly in a loud tone. The flight 

 is swift and gliding; and if the bird is in open spaces, it 

 always flies very low. These Cuckoos are very j)artial to the 

 fields of 'Halang" grass, where they obtain abundance of 

 orthopterous and other insects, with which their gizzards are 

 invariably crammed. — A. E.] 



It will be seen that the colour of the iris in the male does 

 not agree with that given by the Marquis Doria (/. c.) . 



Centrococcyx eurycercus (Hay) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 78. 

 a. Bintulu, October 24, 1875. Iris crimson ; bill, legs, 

 and feet black, claws black. 



Indicator archipelagicus, Temm. ; Salvad, t. c. p. 61. 



a. $ . Bintulu, Iris indian-red ; legs leaden green ; bill 

 dark horn-brown. 



[The only time that I have seen this bird, which appears to 

 be very rare; it was shot during the N.E, monsoon. — A. E.] 



Megal/ema chrysopsis, Gofifin. 

 CJiotorhea chrysopsis, Salvad, t. c. p. 32. 

 a. ^. Tagora, May 1875. Iris warm brown ; bill black; 

 legs and feet dark lead-colour, tinged greenish. 



[The rarest of the Barbets in Sarawak. I have procured 



