200 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



men to row close to the ' Nipa ' palms, -which line both sides 

 of the tide-ways of these tropical rivers, and I found severa. 

 nests o£ this Flycatcher perched on the summit of the broken 

 fronds of the dead palms. Eggs taken on the Lawas on the 

 8th of April, 1886, agree with the description given by Mr. 

 Sharpe (P. Z. S. 1879, p. 337) ; but the grey spots are more 

 collected round the middle of the egg.] 



63. Terpsiphone affinis (Blytli) . 



Terpsiphone affinis, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 349; Salvad. t. c. 

 p. 137; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 19, 1879, 253; id. P.Z.S. 

 1879, p. 794. 



a. ^ ad. Sandakan, April 15, 1885. 



b. ? ad. Benkoka, Sept. 18, 1885. 



c. ^ juv. Benkoka, Sept. 1, 1885. 



[Met with only in the low country, not seen on Kina 

 Balu.] 



64. Philentoma pyrrhopterum. 



PhUentoma pyrrhopterum (T.), Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 366; 

 Salvad. t. c. p. 138; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 19, 1879, p. 254; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 794. 

 a, 6. (^ ? ad. Sandakan, April 15, 1885. 



[Shot in the old jungle near the ground.] 



65. Rhinomyias ruficrissa. 



Rhinomyias ruficrissa, Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, p. 441. 



a. s ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 26, 1887. 



b. ? ad. Kina Balu, March 4, 1887. 

 c,d.S^ ad. Kina Balu, April 12-18, 1888. 



The specimens brought back by Mr. Whitehead on his 

 second journey agree with the types. The species is very 

 close to R. riificauda of Basilan. 



[Iris dark brown; bill black; feet whitish cobalt. This 

 species seems to be very local, and I only met with it in one 

 spot. It was first procured on my ascent of Kina Balu, at a 

 height of about 3000 feet, and on my second journey I 

 came across it in the self-same localit5^ It is a Flycatcher 

 in its habits, frequenting the lower branches of the high trees.] 



