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303. SCOLOPAX MEGALA. 



Gallinago megala, Swinli. ; Salvad. t. e. p. 334-. 



Scolopax megala (Swinh.) ; Seebohm, t. c. p. 4/9. 

 a,b. rf ? . Abai, N. Borneo, Dec. 25, 1887. 



[This was apparently the commonest Snipe in Borneo, 

 nearly all the Snipes shot in that island and Palawan being 

 of this species.] 



Count Salvadori reckoned that this Snipe would surely 

 occur in Borneo, but this is the first authentic instance of 

 the species having been found there. 



Fam. Ralltd^e. 



304. Hypotjenidia striata (L.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 336; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 352. 



a. c? . Labuan, July 27, 1885. 



[Iris brown ; bill dull pink ; feet dull grey. Scarce.] 



305. Rallina fasciata. 



Raltina fasciata (Raffl.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 337; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 352 ; Bruggem. t. c. p. 464; id. Ibis, 1879^ 

 p. 271.] 

 a. [Wing only.] Kina Balu, 1888. 



[Very common in Palawan, but I only saw one Bornean 

 specimen, in the hands of a Kina Balu Dusan.] 



306. Ortygometra cinerea. 

 Ortygometra cinerea (V.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 339. 



a. s ad. Tampassuk Plain, February 18, 1886. 



[Iris lake; bill yellow, the under mandible tinged with 

 lake at base ; feet dull olive-green. 



Scarce in Borneo, but in Java I saw numbers walking 

 about on the water-plants in ponds.] 



307. Erythra phcenicura. 



Erythra phmnicura (Penn.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 340; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 352, 1881, p. 800; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 271. ' 

 a. (J . Labuan, July 14, 1885. 



[Tris light yellowish brown; bill greenish yellow; feet 

 olive-brown. 



