1^0 Mr. F. Nicholson on Birds 



Mr. Forbes collected a little while near Batavia, and also 

 for a short time in the vicinity of Buitenzorg; but the bulk 

 of the collection has been made in the district of Bantam. 



I have referred to Count Salvadori^s ' Uccelli di Borneo ^ 

 in the following paper, as it is still by far the most compre- 

 hensive work on Indo-Malayan birds, although many Javan 

 species do not occur in it, being peculiar to the island. 



1. Elanus hypoleucus, Gould; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 338. 

 No. 59. Tjikandi Oedik, Bantam, March 18, 1879. Irides 



blood-red. ''Alap Alap.'' 



2. MicROHTERAX ERiNGiLLARius (Drap. Dict. Class. vi. 

 p. 412, pi. V.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 367. 



No. 75, ? . Genteng Lebak, March 28, 1879. Irides dark 

 brown. Insects and small Crustacea in stomach. " Candar 

 Cassicir.^^ 



No. 109, ? . Genteng Lebak, Bantam, April 11, 1879. 

 Seeds and insects in stomach. 



3. Falco severus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 135 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 397. 



No. 157. Kosala, Bantam, June 5, 1879. 400 feet above 

 Estate House on Kosala. " Alap Alap.^"" 



4. Rhinococcyx curvirostris (Shaw) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1873, p. 604. 



No. 139, S' Tjipanas, Bantam, May 20, 1879. 



No. 151a, ? . Tjipanas, May 27, 1879. " Doodoot." 



No. 162, c? . 500 feet above Estate House (about 1800 feet 

 above the sea). Bantam, June 2, 1879. 



No. 156, pull, from nest. Kosala, June 2, 1879. 



No. 107, c?. Genteng Lebak, April 11, 1879. Irides dark, 

 with ring of surrounding white. Cere and round the eye 

 bright scarlet. Bill light green. Insects in stomach. 



Mr. Forbes sends two eggs of this species. They are white, 

 and measure — axis 1*15, diam. 0*9. 



