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[These small Owls are often seen flying about in the early 

 part of the evening, hawking for dragon-flies. I have shot 

 them with the dragon-flies in their claws.] 



27. Syrnium leptogrammicum. 



Syrnium leptogrammicum (T.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 264 

 (1875) ; id. Ibis, 1877, p. 4, 1879, p. 238. 



Ciccaba leptogrammica, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 20 (1874). 



a. No. 345, S ad. Benkoka, Oct. 1, 1885. 



b. No. 346, S juv. Benkoka, Oct. 1, 1885. 



c. No. 347, ? ad. Benkoka, Oct. 1, 1885. 



d. No. 404, S ad. Benkoka, Oct. 15, 1885. 



[The old male (404) had the iris black and the feet slate- 

 blue. These birds were obtained by my hunters at a time 

 when I was ill, so that I know nothing of the habits of the 

 species. It is probably a resident, as the young male has 

 still a good deal of the nestling-plumage adhering to the 

 neck, so that it was evidently bred in the neighbourhood. 

 I never met with this species in Kinu Balu, or, in fact, on 

 any of the high lands.] 



Order PASSERIFORMES. 

 Fam. CorvidjE. 



28. CORONE TENUIROSTRIS. 



Corone tenuirostris (Moore) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 246; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 335 ; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 250. 

 No. 309, S ad. Benkoka, Sept. 17, 1885. Wing 13*4 inches. 

 No. 1277, ? ad. Kina Balu, April 2, 1887. Wing 13-4 inches. 



[Rather a scarce species, and never met with in flocks, 

 but generally seen in pairs. I have noticed it on Kina 

 Balu about the Dusan villages up to 1000 feet.] 



29. Dendrocitta cinerascens. 



Dendrocitta cinerascens, Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 250, pi. viii. ; 

 id. Ibis, 1887, p. 437. 



a. S ad. Kina Balu, April 3, 1888. Wing 5'9 inches. 



b. S ad. Kina Balu, March 17, 1888. Wing 5-8 inches. 



c. S ad. Kina Balu, March 20, 1888. Wing 5-8 inches. 



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