Oi'nitholvgy of NortJiern Borneo. 433 



Fam. Artamiu^. 



175. Artamus leucorhynchus. 



Artumus leucorhynchus (L.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 140; Sharpe_, 

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

 a. J; b, c. $ ad. Pulo Gaya, April 30, 1885. 



[Iris dark hazel ; bill light blue ; feet dull brown. 



This is a common species, frequenting open spaces, more 

 especially where dead trees remain standing after forest fires. 



The Tree Swallow is a most disagreeable bird, and seems 

 to think that i£ it has chosen a tree no other bird has a right 

 to perch on it : if a Pigeon or Hawk tries to rest for a 

 few moments it is soon mobbed and made to move on. 



The note is equally as disagreeable as the bird^s nature 

 appears to be, being a sharp chattering, which is continually 

 kept up. Their flight is gi aceful, but not prolonged, the birds 

 often resting on a dead branch, on which they sit in bunches 

 of four or five, with their bodies almost touching each other. 



The nest is composed of light grey stalks and small roots, 

 which assimilate well with the bleached trees on which they 

 are built ; it is lined with finer roots and grasses. 



Eggs three, laid in June, creamy white in colour, slightly 

 spotted with grey and light brown, especially at the larger 

 end, where a zone is formed with blotches of the same colour. 

 Axis 1-05 inch, diam. 0-7.] 



Fam. Ploceid^. 



176. Padda oRYZivoRA (L.) J Salvad. t. c. p. 263; Sharpe_, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 344. 



a. Ad. Labuan. 



[This species is, I believe, an importation of the Hon. 

 Hugh Low, the late Governor of Labuan. It is now too 

 plentiful to please the natives, doing great damage to their 

 rice-fields. I have never seen it on the main land of 

 Borneo, though Labuan is only a few miles distant, but in 

 that island it is very common. The Sarawak Dyaks, 1 believe, 

 are fond of these birds, and purchase them in Labuan, so no 

 doubt before many years are past it will be common through- 

 out Borneo. 



