Ornithology of Borneo. 13 



pairing-season is about March or April ; and the nest is said 

 to be placed in holes in trees ; one brought to me at Santu- 

 bong was scantily made up of roots and a little moss, and 

 contained three eggs of a greenish tint, plentifully blotched 

 with rich brown. — A. E.] 



CiTTOciNCLA SUA VIS, Sclater; Salvad. t. c. p. 252. 



a. ^ . Bintulu. Iris dark brown ; legs pale greyish 

 brown. 



b. $ . Sibu, Feb. 28, 1875. Iris chocolate. 

 [Generally, but not abundantly, distributed in Sarawak, 



where it inhabits the old jungle. I have observed it on Si- 

 rambu at a height of 1000 feet. — A. E.] 



MONTICOLA PANDOO. 



a. 2 . Bintulu, Nov. 14, 1875. Iris dark brown; legs dark 

 brown ; bill black. 



[This bird was shot during a gale of wind at the mouth of 

 the Bintulu river. — A. E.] 



The first occurrence of the species in Borneo ; but it was 

 decidedly a bird to be expected. 



Hypsipetes malaccensis, Blyth ; Salvad. t. c. p. 202. 



a. 5 . Bintulu, Nov. 14, 1875. Iris warm yellow-brown. 



b. $ . Bintulu. Iris ochreous brown. 



c. 5 . Bintulu. Iris orange-brown ; legs dark wood- 

 brown ; bill very dark brown, paler on the lower mandible. 

 Fruit in the stomach. 



Trichophoropsis typus, Bp. ; Salvad. /. c. p. 203. 



a. (^ . Bintulu. Iris warm brown; bill bluish, tipped black; 

 feet purplish lead-colour. 



b. ? . Bintulu. Iris orange-brown ; feet brownish lead- 

 colour. 



[Observed at Sabu, Sibu, and Bintulu, at which latter place 

 it is not uncommon in the old jungle. In a female shot Nov. 

 21, 1874, the ovarium and oviduct were found to be normal ; 

 ccsca coli two, saccular, of moderate length, running backward, 

 and adherent; gizzard full of orthopterous insects; tongue 

 plain, very slightly slit at the apex. In the male the testes 



