270 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



[Bill black ; iris black ; feet flesb-colour in the adult 

 male. 



Only met with in this locality, where it frequented the 

 lower growth in the true forest.] 



87. COPSYCHUS AMCENUS. 



Copsychus amoenus (Horsf.) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 255 ; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 798 ; Blasius, Verh. z.-b. Gesellsch. 

 Wien, xxxiii. p. 64 (1883). 

 a,h. c? ? . Labuan^ Aug. 1885. 



[This is one of those species that frequeut the haunts of 

 man. I have never seen this bird far from the native kam- 

 pongs ; in the early mornings it may often be seen sitting on 

 the tops of houses singing, and being answered by some rival 

 near at hand. The note is pleasing, and the bird is honoured 

 by the name of the " Straits Nightingale.'^ During the heat 

 of the day it frequents the thick fruit-treets and more shady 

 spots ; it often settles on the ground, when it raises the tail 

 perpendicularly, in fact over the back. 



Native name " Kalageau." 



Is met with on Kina Balu up to 1000 feet. In the beginning 

 of May I found the eggs. They are three or four in number, 

 of a pale blue, thickly blotched all over with reddish brown , 

 especially at the larger end, where the blue under surface is 

 entirely covered. Axis 0'95, diam. 065. 



The nest is composed entirely of fine roots, and hidden 

 away amongst the overhanging roots of some tree, or in the 

 branches. I once saw a nest within a few yards of a native's 

 house.] 



88. CiTTOCINCLA STRICKLANDI. 



Cittocincia stricklandi (Motley & Dillw.); Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 vii. p. 89 ; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 255. 



Kittacincla stricklandi, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 340. 



a. 6 ad. Kina Balu, March 23, 1887. 



b. d juv. Kina Balu, March 23, 1887. 



c. 6 ad. Labuan, Aug. 14, 1885. 



d. S ad. Labuan, Sept. 8, 1885. 



[One of the commonest forest-species, where it may be 



