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[I came across a small flock of Wigeon on the Tampussuk 

 plain, two of which I shot, one a male just getting the adult 

 plumage. 



This is the only time I met with Ducks in the East.] 



Fam. Pelecanid.e. 



321. Fregata minor. 



Fregata minor (Gm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 364. 

 a. 2 ad. Labuan, July 8, 1886. 



[Fairly common off the coast of Borneo, especially during 

 high winds. This bird has a wonderfully steady flight, often 

 remaining for hours high in the air without apparently 

 moving its wings. The natives in Palawan believe that it 

 lives on air. 



Bill greyish blue ; iris black; pouch reddish pink.] 



32.2. Plotus melanogaster. 



Plotus melanogaster (Penn.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 367 ; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 353. 

 a, b. 6 ? . Benkoka River, Sept. 27, 1885. 



[See my notes in ' The Ibis' for October 1888, p. 412.] 



Fam. Laridje. 



323. Sterna burgh. 



Sterna cristata, Steph. ; Salvad. t. c. p. 3/6. 



Sterna bergii, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 353. 

 a. ? . Labuan, July 1886. 



[Fairly common on the coast, where I believe it to be a 

 resident species.] 



324. Anous leucocapillus. 



Anous leucocapillus, Gould; Sharpe, Ibis, 1878, p. 415. 

 a. <$ . Padas, June 2, 1886. 



First met with in Borneo off Sarawak by the late Governor 

 Ussher. Mr. Everett has also procured Anous slolidus. 



[I picked this bird up one evening on the shore, where it 

 was resting, apparently much fatigued. Another settled on 

 the awning of a steamer off the coast one evening. 



Iris, bill, and feet black; inside of mouth yelluw.] 

 [To be continued.] 



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