10 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



[Not common in Northern Borneo, where it frequents the 

 tops of the highest trees, making it difficult to obtain speci- 

 mens. Its note is " Kievik, kievik/' by which name the 

 natives call it. Iris lake ; bare skin round eye and bill ver- 

 milion ; feet dull green ; bill in the female dark brown, more 

 reddish at base.] 



225. SuRNICULUS LUGUBRIS. 



Surniculus lugubris (Horsf.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 63 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 8, 1879, p. 244; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 328, 

 1881, p. 792 j Blasius, t. c. p. 30. 

 a, b. <§ ? ad. Lawas River, April 5, 1886. 

 c. <$ ad. Kina Balu, March 1887. 



[I met with this species in numbers on the Lawas River : 

 they frequent the tops of low trees, and utter a loud whistling 

 note. Iris hazel; feet and bill black.] 



226. Penthoceryx pravatus. 



Penthoceryx pravatus (Horsf.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 63; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1879, p. 244. 

 a. $ ad. Benkoka, Sept. 21, 1885. 



227. Cacomantis merulinus. 



Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 64 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 34, 1877, p. 7, 1879, p. 244; id. P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 328, 1881, p. 792. 

 a. Ad. Labuan, May 1886. 



228. Hierococcvx fugax. 



Hiero coccyx fugax (Horsf.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 65; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 7, 1879, p. 245. 

 a, b. $ ad. Kina Balu, April 1888. 



c. S ad. Kina Balu, April 26, 1888. 



d. ? juv. Kina Balu, April 23, 1888. 



[Met with on Kina Balu, about 3000 feet. I found this 

 species laying in the nest of Culicicapa ceylonensis, on the 

 29th April. The egg was creamy white, slightly spotted with 

 pale yellowish brown and grey, forming a complete zone at 

 the larger end : axis 0*9 inch, diam. 0'65. Iris and bill 

 light brown ; feet and skin round eye bright yellow ; base of 

 bill yellowish green.] 



