278 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



the forests which border the streams. The note is a pleasant 

 whistle, which is always uttered when the bird is alarmed, 

 before taking flight. I have seen three or four flying after 

 each other up these dark gorges, and the tail seems more 

 like a streamer, waving up and down with every motion of 

 the bird. It is fairly plentiful on some of the many streams 

 which come down from Kina Balu, from 1000 to 3000 or 4000 

 feet; but on others, which were apparently too broad and 

 open, I did not notice the bird. 



Eye and bill black ; legs and claws white.] 



108. Hydrocichla frontalis. 



Hydrocichla frontalis, Blyth ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii, p. 321 ; 

 id. Ibis, ] 879, p. 255. 



Henicurus frontalis, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 258 ; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1881, p. 798. 

 a,b. S 'i ad. Benkoka, Oct. 20, 1885. 



c. S ad. Benkoka, Oct. 23, 1885. 



The specimens brought by Mr. Whitehead confirm the 

 characters given for the distinction of the sexes in the ' Ca- 

 talogue '' (/. c.) . 



[This species is apparently a lowland representative of the 

 last, agreeing in habits; but those I shot frequented a deep 

 muddy ditch in the tideway of a river not far from the 

 coast, and were very wary, requiring a great deal of work to 

 bring them to bag. 



Eye and bill black ; legs and claws white.] 



Fam. TiMELiiD.^. 



109. BURNESIA SUPERCILIARIS. 



Burnesia superciUaris (Salvad.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 206. 

 Prinia super ciliar is, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 249; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 16, 1879, p. 259. 



a. ? ad. Labuan, July 13, 1885. 



b. cJ ad. ; c. Juv. Labuan, July 26, 1885. 



d. Juv. Labuan, Aug. 15, 1885. 



[Iris light hazel ; bill black ; feet light yellow in adult 

 male. In the young the bill and feet are light yellow and 

 the iris light brown. 



