432 Air. R. B. Sliarpc un the 



This is the species which I erroneously entered as Bornean 

 in my paper on Mr. Treacher's collection (Ibis^ 1879, p. 262). 

 Professor Westwood kindly sent me one of the specimens 

 from Oxford, and I discovered my mistake at once. Both 

 individuals were immature, and in this plumage they much 

 resemble the young of S. sturnina. 



[I met with this species in an open patch which was cov- 

 ered with a small berry-bearing plant on which they were 

 feeding. I again saw a large flock in Labuan on the same 

 shrubs, in the winter months. Iris, upper mandible, and 

 feet black ; lower mandible blue-grey.] 



173. Calornis chalybea. 



Calornis chalybea (Horsf.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 271 ; Shari>e, 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 45, 1877, p. 21 ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 345; id. 

 Ibis, 1879, p. 262; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 799; Briiggem. t. c. 

 p. 461. 

 a, b. c? ad. et juv. Labuan, July 1885. 



[Very common in Labuan, where they frequent the fruit- 

 gardens and other open spots. They retire to rest in large 

 flocks in the cocoa-nut trees, where they take some time 

 before settling down, making a good deal of noise. 



This Starling nests in holes in dead trees in colonies, and 

 I have seen them frequenting a dovecot in numbers for nest- 

 ing-purposes. 



Native name " Salangkir.'^ 



Iris bright vermilion, feet and bill black.] 



174. Gracula javanensis. 



Gracula javanensis (Osbeck) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 274; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 346; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 262; Briiggem. t. c! 

 p. 461. 

 a. S ad. Labuan, Nov. 30, 1885. 



[Common, frequenting the more open districts, where it 

 nests in holes in the old dead trees. This bird is, in Borneo, 

 as elsewhere, a great favourite with the natives, who teach it 

 to talk. Native name " Teung.'''] 



