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Sumatran R. perlata (Miill.), tlie latter having the back ashy 

 brown, not slaty blackish, and having the inner secondaries 

 tipped with white, a feature not shown by the Boruean bird. 



Philentoma pyrrhoptebum (Temm.); Salvad. t. c. p. 138. 

 a,b. ^ . Bintulu. Iris crimson ; bill black. 



Philentoma velatum (Temm.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 138. 

 a,h. J. Bintulu. Iris crimson; bill black; legs dark 

 greenish black. 



Terpsiphone affinis (Hay) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 137. - 



a. ^ . Kabulo, Jilalong river. 



b. (^ . Pandan, Bintulu river. 



c. (J • Bintulu. Iris dark brown. 



d. ^ . Matang mountain. Iris chocolate ; bill and legs 

 blue. 



e. ^. Tagora, May 1875'. Iris chocolate ; bill dull cobalt ; 

 eye- wattle bright cobalt. 



[Generally distributed in Sarawak, both in lowlands and 

 on the hills. Observed on Matang mountains at an elevation 

 of 1000 feet. These birds appear to pair in December. A 

 Malay name is '^ Penchuri kapas,^^ or " cotton-thief," in al- 

 lusion to the long white plumes of the male. The testes are 

 dark grey. — A. E.] 



Lanius lucionensis, L. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 43. 



a. (^ . Bintulu, Nov. 4, 1875. Iris chocolate-brown; 

 bill black, the lower mandible pale lead- colour, tipped with 

 black ; legs dark leaden grey, claws black. Green Mantis in 

 the gizzard. 



b. ? . Bintulu. Iris dark chocolate; bill dark purj)lish 

 brown ; legs bluish lead-colour. 



[According to my experience this bird only appears during 

 the N.E. monsoon. The specimen mentioned in the former 

 paper (Z. c.) was killed in November ; and these now recorded 

 were shot within a few days of the same date as the first one. 

 -A. E.] 



Pericrocotus cinereus. 



a. 1^ . Coast of Bintulu. Iris brown ; legs and bill black. 



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