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The bird was caught at Hardenogh (prov. Gelderland), aud 

 the skin is preserved mounted in the series illustrative of the 

 fauna of Holland in our Society's Museum. 



Yours &c, 

 Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap, F. E. Blaauw. 



Natura Artis Magistra, 



Amsterdam, June 7, 1890. 



Sir, — I beg leave to place on record the occurrence of the 

 following birds in Borneo : — 



Lucustella lanceolata (T.). Labuan Island. 



Motacilla ocularis, Swinhoe. Baram (C. Hose). 



Milvus melanotis, T. & S. Labuan Island. 



Calidris arenaria (L.). Baram Point. 

 All these birds were shot during the N.E. monsoon, and 

 may be looked upon as occasional winter migrants. Referring 

 to Mr. Sharpens note in the July number of ' The Ibis/ on 

 birds from Penrisen Mountain, in Western Borneo, I may 

 mention that examples of the following highland forms were 

 also obtained there by my native hunter, viz. Myiophoneus 

 borneensis, Criniger ruficrissus, Cryptolopha schwaneri, and 

 JEthopyga temmincki. 



Yours &c, 



41 York Terrace, Regent's Park, A. H. Everett. 



July 7, 1890. 



Syrrhaptes paradoxus in Captivity. — Mr. F. E. Blaauw 

 kindly furnishes us with the following particulars in reference 

 to the specimens of Syrrhaptes paradoxus now living in the 

 Gardens of the Royal Zoological Society at Amsterdam : — 



" In the course of the summer of 1888, our Zoological 

 Society received from different quarters (by purchase or 

 presentation) many specimens of Syrrhaptes, alive, for the 

 menagerie, and dead, for the Museum. Most of the living 

 birds came from the island of Texel, where these birds were 

 found in great numbers, and we also got two eggs from the 

 same place. The living birds, twelve in number (four of 



