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Timelia bicolor, Briiggem. Abhandl. Bremen, v. p. 460 

 (1877). 

 a. Ad. Beukoka. 



[Fairly common in the low growth in swampy jungle and 

 in old forest.] 



114. Staphidia everetti. 



Staphidia everetti, Sliarpe, Ibis, 1887, p. 447. 

 Kina Balu, Jan. 19, 1888. 

 Kina Balu, Feb. 20, 1887. 

 Kina Balu, March 2, 1887. 

 Kina Balu, April 7, 1888. 

 Kina Balu, May 4, 1888. 

 The length of wing in the female should be 2*5 inches. 

 [Fairly common in the old forest between 3000 and 4000 

 feet on Kina Balu, where they pass from one tree to another in 

 small twittering flocks of from six to nearly a dozen individuals. 

 The crest is often raised and the throat puffed out. This 

 atapMdia builds its nest in small holes in the river-banks 

 and in other suitable spots in the forest ; it is composed of 

 moss and lined with fine roots, and contains three eggs, 

 which are white and spotted all over, especially at the larger 

 end, with dark reddish-brown, and may be found about the 

 13th of March. Axis 0-7, diam. 0-45. 

 Eye dark brown; bill black; legs brown.] 



115. Herpornis brunnescens. 



Herpornis brunnescens, Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 41, 1879, 

 p. 257; id. Cat. B. vii. p. 637; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 797. 

 a. (^ ad. Sandakan, April 24, 1885. 

 6, c. 6 ? ad. Kina Balu, May 13, 1888. 



Mr. Whitehead's specimens confirm the distinctness of the 

 Bornean race. 



[Legs flesh-colour; bill black, lower mandible flesh-colour ; 

 iris dark brown. 



I shot my first specimen in a bit of old forest near San- 

 dakan, and did not again meet with this species until years 

 after, when I found it in small companies at an altitude of 

 5000 feet on Kina Balu.] 



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