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of Timor^ but differs in being darker above, in having the 

 throat and breast brownish instead of white, and especially 

 in the absence of white tips to the outer tail-feathers. 



Peionochilus xanthopygius, Salvad. t. c. p. 162. 



a. d" . Bintulu. Iris warm sienna-brown ; legs dark grey. 



b. c? . Tagora, May 1875. Iris warm brown ; bill black. 

 [From the distance of the above-named localities it may 



be inferred that the species is found over the whole of the 

 Sarawak district ; but it is certainly one of the less common 

 of these little birds. — A. E.] 



Prionochilus thoracicus (Temm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 163. 



a. d . Bintulu. Iris yellowish brown ; bill black ; legs 

 dark lead-colour. 



Apparently rare, as Mr. Everett has never previously met 

 with the species. 



Prionochilus maculatus (Temm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 164. 



a. 2' Bintulu. Iris purple-red ; bill black; legs blackish 

 lead-colour ; lower mandible lead-colour. 



b. d . Bintulu. Iris ^' dragon^s-blood -"^ red. 



[Food in stomach, pulp of the wild fig {Arar). Common 

 throughout the Sarawak district. — A. E.] ' 



Dictum trigonostigma (Scop.); Salvad. t.c. p. 166. 



a. 6 . Bintulu. Iris dark brown. 



b. 6 . Santubong Bay. 



Dictum chrysorrh(eum (Temm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 168. 



a. cJ . Bintulu. Pairing. Iris crimson. 



b. $ . Jambusan. Iris orange ; legs leaden. 



j;Ethopyga eupogon. Cab.; Salvad. t. c. p. 173. 



[This bird is pretty common throughout Sarawak, both on 

 the sea-coast and inland, particularly aflecting the " second- 

 growth^^ jungle. — A'. E.] 



Chalcostetha insignis (Jard.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 177. 

 a. S . Bintulu. Iris warm brown. 



This species is apparently rare in Borneo, as Mr. Everett 

 has never fallen in with it before in the course of seven years' 



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