276 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



are seen in Labuan towards evening in swarms going through 

 the mango-trees, where they roost in large flocks. At this 

 time they are very noisy. They are common enough also 

 on Kina Balu at a low elevation, and I have known a Dusan 

 boy to go out of an evening and catch three or four with his 

 *'gutta^^ stick. It nests on the mountain. 



The eggs are of the usual Bulbul type, with the ground- 

 colour pinkish white, thickly mottled with red spots and 

 underlying grey markings. The shape varies a good deal. 

 Axis 0-85-1-0, diam. 0-65-0-7.] 



103. Pycnonotus simplex. 



Pycnojiotus simplex, Less.; Sharpe, Cat. B. vi. p. 153, 

 ph ix. (1881) ; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 796. 



Iccvs sinijilex, Briiggem. Abhandl. Bremen, v. p. 458 (1877) ; 

 Blasius, Verh. z.-b. Gesellsch. Wien, xxxiii. p. 59 (1883). 

 a. S ad. Kina Balu, May 5, 1888. 



[Ascends Kina Balu up to about 1000 or 1500 feet. I also 

 shot one in Malacca, which had a Avhite iris, like the speci- 

 men figured by Mr. Sharpe in the ' Catalogue of Birds.^] 



10 J. BUBIGULA MONTIS. 



Rubigula montis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 247. 



Otocompsa montis, Sharpe, Cat. B. vi. p. 162. 

 a. cJ ad. Kina Balu, Jan. 14, 1888. 

 b,c. c? ? ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 25, 1888. 



d. S ad. Kina Balu, March 18, 1888. 



e. ? ad. Kina Balu, April 2, 1887. 

 /. d ad. Kina Balu, May 5, 1888. 



To the original description may be added that the sexes 

 are alike in colour, and measure as follows : — 



(S ad. Total length 6 inches, culm. 0"55, wing 3'0, tail 

 2" 7, tarsus 0'65. 



V ad. Total length 6 inches, culm. 0'6, wing 3"1, tail 

 2-85, tarsus 07. 



[Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. Only met with on 

 Kina Balu at 3000 feet, frequenting the rough growth which 

 springs up on the old rice-fields. It is decidedly scarce.] 



