DUTCH BORNEO-EXPEDITION. 205 



Irena crlniger Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. Ill, p. 267; id. id. VI, p. 

 176; id. Ibis 1889, p. 277; Everett, L. B. Born. p. 117. 



A great number of specimens collected on Mounts Ke- 

 nepai and Liang Koeboeng, at Poelau in the Sibau Valley, 

 and on the Upper Mahakkam. — Iris carmine, bill and 

 legs black. 



Hab. Sumatra and Borneo, where it is spread over the 

 whole island. 



Dicriiridac. 



120. Dissemurus platurus. 



Dicrurus platurus Vieill. N. D. IX, p. 588 (1817). 



Dissemurus brachypJiorus Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 154; Sharpe, Ibis 



1889, p. 188. 

 Dissemurus platurus Büttik. N. L. M. 1887, p. 50; Everett, L, B. Born 



p. 124. 



Numerous specimens from Pontianak, Smitau, Nanga 

 Raoen, Poetoes Sibau, Poelau and Long Bloe (Upper Ma- 

 hakkam). — Iris reddish brown to blood-red, bill and feet 

 black, 



Hab. Malacca, Sumatra, Nias, Banka, Java, Borneo, 

 where it is spread over the whole island. 



I have looked over our large material from the above 

 mentioned localities again and I am only strengthened in 

 my opinion, expressed in the above mentioned paper on 

 Sumatran birds, that the Bornean birds should not be sepa- 

 rated under the name of D. hrachyphorus. 



Extract from Mr. von Berchtold's field-notes: »Ich habe 

 sehr oft Gelegenheit gehabt zu beobachten, dass diese Vogel, 

 namentlich vor der Abeuddammerung, sobald sie paarweise 

 ihr Nachtquartier bezogen habeu, die vorbeifliegenden Raub- 

 vögel unter heftigem Geschrei attaquiren und dieselben 

 eine kurze Strecke verfolgen." 



Laniidae. 



121. Hemipus obscurus. 



Muscicapa ohsaira Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII, p. 146 (1822). 

 Notes from tlie Leyclen ]VIuseuni, ^'ol. ZSCXI. 



