﻿On 
  two 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Birds 
  from 
  Kina 
  Balu. 
  423 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  measurements 
  already 
  given 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  added 
  that 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  arms 
  is 
  50 
  millim. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  little 
  

   remarkable 
  that 
  a 
  Luidia 
  should 
  have 
  attained 
  to 
  so 
  great 
  a 
  

   size 
  without 
  any 
  injury 
  to 
  its 
  arms, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  certainly 
  to 
  the 
  

   credit 
  of 
  M. 
  de 
  Robillard 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  succeeded 
  in 
  safely 
  

   sending 
  so 
  large 
  and 
  fragile 
  a 
  specimen 
  safely 
  to 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  large 
  central 
  mouth 
  there 
  were 
  found 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  

   a 
  Stomopneustes 
  variolaris] 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  still 
  uninjured 
  or 
  

   undigested 
  spines 
  suggests 
  that 
  the 
  starfish 
  had 
  not 
  quite 
  

   relished 
  the 
  prickliness 
  of 
  his 
  prey 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  we 
  

   may 
  suppose 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  acquire 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   carbonate 
  of 
  lime 
  by 
  some 
  means 
  or 
  other, 
  and 
  even 
  at 
  the 
  

   expense 
  of 
  some 
  personal 
  inconvenience. 
  

  

  The 
  largest 
  British 
  specimens 
  of 
  Luidia 
  as 
  yet 
  in 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  measure 
  respectively 
  425 
  and 
  426 
  millim. 
  in 
  

   spread, 
  have 
  the 
  disk 
  53 
  and 
  69 
  millim. 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  the 
  

   longest 
  arms 
  223 
  and 
  220 
  millim. 
  

  

  Of 
  other 
  large 
  specimens 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  from 
  Pro- 
  

   fessors 
  M'Intosh 
  and 
  Herdman, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Percy 
  Sladen 
  

   none 
  are 
  credited 
  with 
  a 
  wider 
  spread 
  than 
  18 
  inches, 
  and 
  there 
  

   appears 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  any 
  fossil 
  species 
  attaining 
  to 
  any 
  

   such 
  large 
  size 
  *. 
  

  

  What 
  interest 
  there 
  is 
  in 
  this 
  communication 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  

   announcement 
  of 
  the 
  gigantic 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  starfish 
  ; 
  I 
  have 
  

   nothing 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  the, 
  as 
  usual, 
  complete 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   which 
  we 
  owe 
  to 
  M. 
  de 
  Loriol 
  f 
  . 
  

  

  LI. 
  — 
  On 
  two 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Birds 
  from 
  Kina 
  Balu 
  

   Mountain. 
  By 
  R. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe, 
  F.L.S., 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  John 
  Whitehead, 
  who 
  is 
  about 
  to 
  travel 
  in 
  South- 
  

   eastern 
  Africa, 
  has 
  asked 
  me 
  to 
  describe 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  

   Barbet 
  which 
  he 
  discovered 
  on 
  Mount 
  Kina 
  Balu, 
  in 
  Northern 
  

   Borneo. 
  I 
  at 
  first 
  thought 
  it 
  might 
  represent 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   many 
  phases 
  of 
  plumage 
  through 
  which 
  Megalcema 
  mystaco- 
  

   phanus 
  passes 
  before 
  it 
  becomes 
  fully 
  adult. 
  A 
  close 
  exami- 
  

  

  * 
  An 
  Asterias 
  glacialis 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  a 
  spread 
  of 
  450 
  millim., 
  

   with 
  a 
  disk 
  of 
  55 
  millim. 
  diameter, 
  and 
  the 
  greatest 
  arm-length 
  220 
  

   millim. 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  L. 
  Spencer, 
  of 
  Guernsey, 
  tells 
  me 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  specimens 
  

   a 
  little 
  over 
  18 
  inches. 
  

  

  t 
  Mem. 
  Soc. 
  phys. 
  et 
  d'hist. 
  nat. 
  de 
  Geneve, 
  xxix. 
  no. 
  1, 
  p. 
  72. 
  

  

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