18 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



four or five round white eggs about the beginning of June. 

 Axis 0*95 inch, diam. 0*9. 



Native name " Tarnpa-Kuro."] 



249. Nyctiornis amicta. 



Nyctiornis amicta (T.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 91 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1877, p. 6, 1879, p. 248; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 793. 



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



b. <? ad. Benkoka, Sept. 14, 1885. 



[Fairly common, frequenting high forest, where it sits 

 solitary on the lower boughs of trees, making short flights 

 after insects. It has a peculiar loud cry which I have often 

 mistaken for the cackling of geese, wondering where the 

 latter could be, and quite expecting to see some in one of 

 the native campongs. Native name " Darah leihier," i. e. 

 " blood-neck." Iris straw-yellow.] 



Fam. Alcedinid^e. 



250. Alcedo bengalensis. 



Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. ; Salvad. t. c. p. 92 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1877, p. 6; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 329. 

 a. $ ad. Benkoka, Sept. 12, 1885. 



[Only a winter visitor to Borneo, arriving in Palawan on 

 its way south about the middle of September. Native name 

 " Mantis."] 



251. Alcedo meninting. 



Alcedo meninting, Horsf . ; Salvad. t. c. p. 93; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 329; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 248. 

 a, b. c? ? ad. Labuan, Dec. 1885. 



c. 6 juv. Labuan, May 1886. 



d. ? ad. Benkoka, Oct. 19, 1885. 



[Fairly common about large rivers near the sea-coast.] 



252. Alcedo euryzona. 



Alcedo euryzona, T. ; Salvad. t. c. p. 95; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1879, p. 248. 



a,b. 6 2 ad. Kina Balu, March 1887. 

 c, d. J $ ad. Kina Balu, April 12, 1888. 



[Iris dark hazel. In the female the upper mandible is 



