10 Mr. R. B. Sharpens Contributions to the 



ring dark greenish ; bill deep scarlet, the tip yellow, lower 

 mandible sooty browu ; feet greenish lead-colour. Crop full 

 of fruit. 



b. 2 ' Bintulu. Iris yellowish white, inner ring dull 

 green ; bill dark brown ; feet greenish. 



Brachyurus granatinus (Temm.). 

 Pitta granatina, Salvad, t. c. p. 242. 



a. S . Bintulu, Iris brown ; bill black ; legs and feet 

 leaden blue, 



[Shot in swampy old jungle close to the sea-shore. — A. E.] 



Brachyurus moluccensis (MiilL). 

 Pitta cyanoptera, Salvad, t.c. p, 235. 



a. 2 . Bintulu, Nov. 28, 1875. Iris dark brown ; bill 

 wood-brown ; legs and feet purplish grey. 



b. (S . Bintulu, Nov. 5, 1875. Legs pale greyish horn- 

 brown ; bill blackish brown. 



c. 6 . Bintulu. Legs and feet pinkish white. 



Brachyurus muelleri (Bp.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 240. 



a. 5. Jilalong branch of Bintulu river. Iris brown; bill 

 blackish brown, dusky orange about the gape ; legs purplish 

 grey. 



TiMELiA MACULATA, Tcmm. ; Salvad, t. c. p. 211. 



a. $. Bintulu. Iris yellow; bill black; legs and feet 

 leaden grey. 



b. 5 . Bintulu. Iris naples-yellow ; legs bluish lead- 

 colour. 



c. 6 . Bintulu. Iris yellow (clay) ; feet and legs bluish 

 leaden grey. 



d. 6 . Bintulu. Iris naples-yellow ; legs leaden blue. 

 [Common in the vicinity of Bintulu in old jungle, but 



not observed elsewhere by me in the district of Sarawak. 

 —A. E.] 



TiMELiA NiGRicoLLis, Tcmm. ; Salvad. t. c. p. 212. 

 a,b. ^. Bintulu. Iris crimson; legs blackish lead-colour; 

 bill black, the lower mandible leaden grey. 



