THE IBIS. 



SIXTH SERIES. 



No. IV. OCTOBER 1889. 



XL. — On the Ornithology of Northern Borneo. By R. 

 BowDLER Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. With Notes by 

 John Whitehead. — Part IV.* 



(Plates XII., XIII.) 



Fara. TiMELiiDiE. 



119. Brachypteryx erythrogyna. 



Brachypteryx erythrogyna, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 389, 

 pi. X. 



a. $ ad. Kina Balu, Jan. 31, 1888. 

 b,c. c? ? ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 25-28, 1888. 



d. S ad. Kina Balu, March 26, 1888. 



e. S ad. Kina Balu, April 1, 1888. 



A young male in Mr. Whitehead's collection is of a duller 

 blue than the adult male, and not only has the abdomen 

 washed with rufous, but has some rufous feathers on the 

 breast, evidently the remains of the first plumage, which 

 must therefore resemble that of the adult female. 



[Frequents the true forest from 4000 to 8000 feet, though 

 very scarce at the lower elevation, owing to the Dusan rat- 

 traps, which have almost exterminated all the small mam- 

 mals and ground-loving birds. This species, like the little 

 * Continued from p. 283. 



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