188 Mr. R. B. Sliarpe on the 



[Dusan name " Mansaluium." Iris lake; bill and feet 

 black. This bird is apparently confined to Kina Balu, but 

 is not found much above 3000 feet. Like lanthocincla treacheri 

 it is one of the ornithological features of the lower slopes of 

 the mountain, being much more plentifid about the Dusan 

 villages and rice -fields than in the thick forest. Like the 

 other species of this genus which have come under my 

 notice in other countries, it is pugnacious in the extreme, 

 attacking even big birds of prey like Spilornis baclia, if they 

 approacli too near the Drougo's quarters. It has a wonderful 

 power of changing its notes in imitation of those of other 

 species, and I have often heard them calling out at night. 

 At one of my camps a pair had a nest at the end of a very 

 long bough in a high tree, which, again, overhung a steep 

 river- bank. The nest contained two eggs on the 4th of April, 

 which, as far as I could see, were white, but all our attempts 

 to reach them were in vain. This Drongo takes up its 

 position on the edge of a small wood, and thence makes short 

 llights after insects, often returning to the same spot. J 



37. DiSSEMURUS BRACIIYPHORUS (Bp.). 



Dissemurus brachyphorus, Salvad. Uec. Born. p. 154; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 45, 1877, p. 20, 1879, p. 251. 

 a. $ ad. Padas, June 15, 1885. 

 h. ^ ad. Benkoka, Sept. 4, 1885. 



c. $ ad. Benkoka, Oct. 8, 1885. 



d. S ad. Lawas River, April 14, 1886. 



[Frequents the loAver boughs of the high jungle-trees. It 

 has a wonderful bell-like note. Does not ascend Kina Balu.] 



Fam. Prionopid.e. 

 38. Tephrodornis gularis. 



Tephrodornis gidaris (Raffl.), Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 278; 

 Salvad. t. c. p. 156; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 252. 

 a. S ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 20, 1887. Wing 4-] inches. 

 Kina Balu, Feb. 27, 1887. Wing 3-8 inches. 

 Kina Balu, March 1, 1887. Wing 4-15 inches. 

 Kina Balu, May 4, 1888. Wing 3-8 inches. 

 Kina Balu, May 5, 1888. Wing 395 inches. 



