Ornithology of Northern Borneo. 141 



Fam. Megapodiid^e. 



286. Megapodius cumingi. 



Megapodius cumingi, Dillwyn ; Salvad. t. c. p. 302 ; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 319; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 267; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1881, p. 800. 

 a, b. 6 ? . Pulo Tega, April 23, 1886. 



[See my notes in ' Ibis' for October 1888, p. 411. 



Common on the small islands off the coast.] 



Order ORALLY. 

 Fam. CharadriiDjE*. 



287. ESACUS MAGNIROSTRIS. 



Orthorhamphus magnirostris (Geoffr.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 212. 



(Edicnemus magnirostris, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. 

 p. 89 (1887). 

 a. 6 ad. Abai, Feb. 27, 1886. 



[This large Stone Plover is seldom met with on the coast 

 of Borneo. During my four years' collecting in the East I 

 only saw three individuals. They frequent the sandy bays, 

 either singly or in pairs. I once saw one of these Plovers 

 hunting the large sand-crabs which abound at low water on 

 the coasts. These crabs have wonderful power of dodging, 

 stopping dead, and then running at full speed in the opposite 

 direction ; so it took the Plover some long time before it 

 could deal the crab a blow with its powerful beak. 



Iris pale yellow ; feet creamy yellow ; bill black, brighter 

 yellow at base.] 



288. Squatarola helvetica. 



Squaturola helvetica (L.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 313 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1879, p. 270; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 800. 



Charadnus helveticus (L.) ; Seebohm, t. c. p. 102. 

 a. Labuan, Dec. 8, 1887. 



[Visits Labuan during the migration in small parties of 

 three or four, but is never seen in flocks.] 



* All the Charadriidse have been determined for us bv Mr. Seebohm. 



