186 Mr. R. B. Sharpc on the 



[Iris dark lake ; bill dull pinkish red ; feet blackish brown. 

 Fairly common, frequenting the higher trees in the jungle. 

 It does not extend up Kina Balu beyond 1000 feet. Native 

 name '' Eurong Sarawak.^^] 



31. Oriolus vulneratus. 

 Oriolus vulneratus, Sharpc, Ibis, 1887, p. 438. 

 a, b. ? ^ ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 25. 



c. J juv, Kina Balu, March 5. 



d. J ad. Kina Balu, March 29, 



The young bird merely differs from the adult in being 

 altogether duller black, with much less gloss. The breast- 

 patch is very small, and the primary-coverts have only a 

 slight reddish tinge at the end. 



[This Oriole was only met with on Kina Balu, and first 

 made its appearance at an altitude of about 3000 feet. It 

 frequents only the higher trees and never leaves the forest. 

 The nesting-season is apparently in February, as the females 

 shot during that month had well-developed eggs in the 

 ovaries, and a full-grown fledgling was procured early in 

 March. Adults had the bill whitish cobalt, darker blue at 

 the base ; feet darker blue, the soles yellowish.] 



Fam. DicRURiDiE. 



35. Chibia borneensis. 



Chibia botmeensis, Sharpc, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 24G ; id. Ibis, 

 1879, p. 251. 



a,b,c. ? ad. Kina Balu, Jan. 1888. Wing 1* 5-4-65 inches. 

 d. S ad. Kina Balu, March 20, 1887. Wing 5-85 inches. 

 e,f. S ad. Kina Balu, April 1888. Wing 5-5-5-9 inches. 

 g, h. $ juv. Kina Balu, April 1888. Wing 5*4 inches. 



This is a beautiful Drongo when in perfect plumage, with 

 the hair-like plumes well developed on the forehead and the 

 tail-feathers curved upwards at the ends. The young birds 

 are browner underneath, with less gloss, and the spangles are 

 decidedly smaller, the frontal hairs are only slightly developed, 

 and the under wing-coverts are spotted with white. The tail- 

 feathers have only a slight curve. 



There is very little ditlcrence between the sexes when fully 



