14 Mr. R. B. Sharpens Contributions to the 



are globular, yellow, and nearly equal ; kidneys equally de- 

 veloped. The gizzard in a male shot July 23, 1874, contained 

 remains of neuroptera ; and that of another male shot in Bin- 

 tulu in November was crammed with the pulp and hard woody 

 core of some wild fruit. — A. E.] 



Brachypodius immaculatus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 39. 



[Gunong Trahn, Tagora, Sibu, Biutulu, &c. This bird is 

 sufficiently common in many parts of tlie territory, affecting 

 open spaces with their thickets of second growth rather than 

 the old forest. I found them abundant in March 1875 at 

 Jambusan, flying about all through the heat of the day, and 

 usually in pairs. They are very restless, never settling long 

 in one place, and continually utter a sharp clicking note as 

 they fly. A female killed at Trahn in June had the stomach 

 full of a fruit resembling red currants. The tongue is plain, 

 with apical slit. Observed at a height of 3000 feet on the 

 Matang mountains. — A. E.] 



Criniger PH.EOCEPHALUS (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 40. 



a. ?. Tagora, May 1875. Iris burnt sienna ; legs bright 

 horn-brown. 



Tricholestes minutus (Hartl.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 205, tav. v. 

 fig. 1. 



a. c^. Tagora, May 1875. Iris pale sepia-brown; bill 

 pale leaden ; legs and feet light yellowish brown. 



Criniger gutturalis (Bp.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 206. 



a. ^ . Labang, about 40 miles up the Bintulu river. Legs 

 purplish ; iris indian-red ; bill dirty lead-colour. 



b. ? . Bintulu. Iris orange-brown ; legs and feet yellow- 

 brown ; bill blackish, pale at base. Fruit in stomach. 



These birds, along with TricJiophoropsis typus and Hypsi- 

 petes malaccensis, are all found together in tolerable abun- 

 dance in the swampy jungle skirting the coast. 



Iora scapularis, Horsf. ; Salvad. /. c. p. 190. 



a. Kuching. 



b. c? . Jambusan. Iris white ; legs and bill pale leaden. 



