Omithuloyy of Northern Borneo. 431 



streams up to 3000 feet. Native name " Bras bras/^ " Bras " 

 is '^rice" in Malay^ and as Wagtails visit Borneo in swarms 

 during the rice-planting season and frequent the fields when 

 the grain first springs upj the native name is derived from 

 this circumstance.] 



169. MOTACILLA FLAVA. 



Motacilla flava, L. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 516. 

 MotaciUa viridis, Briiggem. t. c. p. 461. 



a. ^ juv. Labuau, Nov. 30^ 1885. 



b. Juv. Labuan, Dec. 20, 1885. 



c. d. Juv. Tampassuk, Feb. 16, 1886. 



[I saw this species in thousands on the Tampassuk plains, 

 where they were busily engaged in following up the grass- 

 fires, feeding on singed grasshoppers.] 



170. Anthus richardi. 



Anthus richardi, Vieill. ; Sharj)e, Cat. B. x. p. 564. 

 a. ad. Labuan, Nov. 8, 1887. 



Recorded from Borneo for the first time. 



[I saw three or four Pipits of this species on Labuan Plain 

 and noticed that their note was different from those of the 

 Pipits I had met with before. Doubtless it is a regular winter 

 migrant to that island.] 



171. Anthus gustavi. 



Anthus gustavi, Swinh.; Sharpe, Cat. B. x. p. 613 ; id. 

 P.Z. S. 1879, p. 344; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 262; id. P.Z.S. 

 1881, p. 798. 



a. cJ ad. Labuan, Jan. 15, 1885. 



b. S ad. Abai, Feb. 27, 1886. 



c. S ad. Pulo Tega, April 22, 1886. 



[This species prefers the forests to the open places, and 

 frequents the ground.] 



Fam. Sturnid^e. 



172. Sturnia violacea (Bodd.). 



Sturnia dominicana (nee Bodd.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 269. 

 Sturnia daurica (nee Pall.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 262. 

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



