22 Mr. R. B. Sharpens Contributions to the 



[Specimens procured at Busan^ Sibu, and Bintulu. The 

 gizzard always contains insects^ usually beetles and Or- 

 thoptera. — A. E.] 



Calyptomena viridis, Raffl. ; Salvad. /. c. p. 106. 



«. (J . Bintulu. 



b. ^ . Jilalong brancli of Bintulu river. Iris dark brown ; 

 feet pale green. 



[Busan^ Simaujan, Marup, Sibu, Bintulu, &c., also on the 

 Matang mountains at 1000 feet. Birds shot in January were 

 pairing, and had the stomachs full of the pulp and seeds of 

 the common wild fig {Avar). Not an uncommon bird, but 

 difficult to procure, as it aflects tall trees, and its colour helps 

 to conceal it at a short distance. The interior of the gape is 

 yellow. — A. E.] 



EuRYL^Mus jAVANicus (Horsf.) ; Sliarpc, Ibis, p. 48. 



[Observed at Jambusan, Marup, Sibu, and Bintulu. The 

 iris is yellow, and the legs pinkish white; but in a female ob- 

 tained in October at Sibu the iris was bluish green, and the 

 legs lead-grey. The gizzard of this specimen contained beetles 

 only. — A. E.] 



Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus (Gm.) ; Salvad. /. c. 

 p. 109. 



a. ? . Bintulu, Iris brilliant grained green ; bill pale 

 cobalt, lower mandible deep chrome ; legs dark purplish 

 blue. 



[Abundant throughout Sarawak in the vicinity of the 

 rivers, and especially in the upper Batang Lupar. Feeds on 

 insects, seeds, &c. This is the " Rain-bird " of the Malays. 

 A female shot in April was found to be laying. The nest — a 

 rough pendent structure loosely put together with grass — is 

 generally built over water; the eggs are white, speckled with 

 faint red. A nest with with two young birds was brought 

 in at Marup in April 1871. The birds differed, but, I think, 

 were both females. They were entirely fledged, except on 

 the throat, and agreed in having the head, back, wings, and 

 tail sooty black, and the long white feathers over the shoulder 



