20 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



forest-streams, but I should doubt if it ever feeds ou fish. 

 This is one of the Bornean " Burong angi/' or (f omen birds." 

 Met with on Kina Balu up to nearly 3000 feet. 



On the 5th April I found a nest of this Kingfisher which 

 was in a hole in a bank in the forest ; it contained two eggs, 

 which were nearly hatched. The whole nest was swarming 

 with ants. Egg white; axis 0"9, diam. 0'75. I have often 

 noticed that when large forest-trees become uprooted, and 

 have a large quantity of earth held by the roots, the 

 earth has been bored for nesting-holes, probably by this 

 bird.] 



255. Halcyon coromanda. 



Halcyon coromanda (Lath.); Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 249; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 331, 1881, p. 793. 



Callialcyon coromanda, Salvad. t. c. p. 101. 

 a, b. 6 $ ad. Labuan, May 1886. 

 c. Juv. Labuan, May 1886. 



[A swamp-loving species, frequenting the beds of " Nippa " 

 palms near the coast.] 



256. Halcyon pileata. 



Halcyon pileata (Bodd.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 33, 1879, 

 p. 249; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 331. 



Entomobia pileata, Salvad. t. c. p. 102. 

 a. d ad. Lawas, April 5, 1886. 



[Iris black ; feet and bill coral-red. 



A winter migrant to Borneo, arriving in Palawan on its 

 way south about the 24th September. It frequents the open 

 patches of swamp-rice, perching on the forest-trees which 

 surround them, making short flights at anything that it can 

 see in the swamp around.] 



257. Halcyon chloris. 



Halcyon chloris (Bodd.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 246, 

 332, 1881, p. 793. 



Saui'opatis chloris, Salvad. t. c. p. 103. 

 a. $ ad. Labuan, July 5, 1885. 



[Iris dark brown ; upper mandible black, lower one dull 

 white ; feet dull pink. 



