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84. MONTICOLA SOLITARIA. 



Monticola solitaria (P. L. S. Miill.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. v. 

 p. 319 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 249. 



Monticola pandoo, Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 13. 

 a,b. S ad. etjuv. Labuau, Dec. 1885. 

 c. $ ad. Labuan, Dec. 9, 1887. 



The male is iu the intermediate stage called by Mr. See- 

 bohm Monticola cyanus solitaria. The young male resembles 

 the female, but is a little more tinged with reddish on the 

 throat and breast. 



[Apparently a regular winter migrant through Labuan,] 



85. Myiophoneus borneensis. 



Myiophoneus borneensis, Slater ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, 

 p. 444. 

 a, b. cT ? iid. Kina Balu, March 1887. 



c, d. c? ad. ; 5 juv. Kina Balu, April 1888. 



See my remarks (/. c). The adult female is precisely like 

 the male in plumage. 



[Frequenting the borders of rocky streams, where it may 

 be noticed most often in the early morning, hopping about 

 on the large rocks, but disappearing at the least alarm into 

 the thick forest. Met with sparingly from 2000 to 9000 

 feet on Kina Balu. This bird has a pleasant whistling 

 note, which it utters when perched on the lower boughs of 

 high trees. I saw a nest of this species which was placed in 

 a crevice in some high and precipitous rocks over a small 

 river, but it was impossible to reach the spot. The nest, I 

 believe, contained young, judging by the frequent visits of 

 the old bird ; this was on the 23rd April, 1888. 



Iris dark brown ; feet and bill black.] 



86. Trichixus pyrrhopygus. 



Ti'ichixus pyrrhopygus, Less.; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 224; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 13 ; id. Cat B. vii. p. 32. 

 a. S ad. Benkoka, Sept. 20, 1885. 

 6, c. d 2 ad. Benkoka, Oct. 11-14, 1885. 



d. cT juv. Benkoka, Oct. 27, 1885. 



