282 On the Ornithology of Northern Borneo. 



116. ChLOROCHARIS EMILIjE. 



Chlorocharis emilicp, Sharpe^ Ibis, 1888, p. 392, pi. xi, fig. 1. 

 a. cJ ad. Kina Balu, Jan. 28, 1888. 

 b,c. c? ? ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 21-27, 1888. 

 d. 6 ad. Kina Balu, March 1, 1888. 



[The first notice I find of this species is in Mr. St, John's 

 book, ' Life in the Forests of the far East,' where he men- 

 tions, during his first expedition to this mountain, that ^'the 

 Ida'an (Dusans), during the day, amused themselves in trying 

 to secure some small twittering birds, which looked like 

 Canaries, with a green tint on the edges of their wings, but 

 were unsuccessful. They shot innumerable pellets from their 

 blowpipes, but did not secure one. In fact, they did not 

 appear to use this instrument Avith any skill." This note 

 Avas made nearly thirty years ago, and it was only in the 

 beginning of 1888 that the first of these '' twittering birds" 

 was sent to this country. I met with this species at from 6000 

 to 12,000 ft. on Kina Balu ; it frequents the low trees in small 

 flocks, and is, perhaps, the commonest bird after 7000 

 feet. I shot a young bird on the 12th of February which had 

 not long left the nest ; it is coloured much the same as the 

 adult, but is less vivid. 



Eye hazel ; upper mandible brown, nostrils black, lower 

 mandible pale yellowish orange; feet brown, toes more yel- 

 lowish, claws brown.] 



117. Macronus ptilosus. 



Macronus ptilosKS, J. &S.; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 216; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 40, 1877, p. 11, 1879, p. 258; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1881, p. 797 ; Briiggem. Abhandl. Bremen, v. p. 460 

 (1877) ; Blasius, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wieu, xxxiii. p. 62 (1883). 

 a. c? ad. Lawas River, March 27, 1886. 

 b,c. S ad. Benkoka, Oct. 26, 1885. 

 d,e. ($ ? ad. Kina Balu, Jan. 17, 1888. 



[This, though common, is a really beautiful bird. It fre- 

 quents the low growth in old forest, in the thickest and most 

 entangled places. Is found only a few hundred feet up on 

 the spurs of Kina Balu. It makes a large nest, which is 



