436 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



[Not met with until my last expedition to Kina Balu 

 (when I arrived a month earlier than on my previous visit). 

 These birds were then in large flocks in the Dusan rice- 

 fields, and were especially active late and early in the day. 



Though their plumage is composed of the brightest of 

 colours, these birds are difficult to see when settled in the 

 jungle, into which they fly on being alarmed. Iris and bill 

 black ; feet flesh-colour. 



After a month there was not a bird to be met with. 



Dusan name '^Tuhan." Kadayan name "Pipit trepas." 



" Trepas " is the name given to the small Parrot [Loriculus 

 galgulus), which this bird resembles somewhat in colour. 



Some of the natives have a peculiar belief that this species 

 makes a glutinous nest in caves like a Collocalia, which of 

 course is extremely improbable.] 



Fam. EuRYL.EMIDiE. 

 181. CaLYPTOMENA WHITEHEADI. 



Calyptomena ivhiteheadi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 558 ; id. 

 Ibis, 1887, p. 454; id. Ibis, 1888, p. 231, pi. v.; Scl. Cat. 

 B. xiv. p. 457. 



a. S ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 25, 1887. 

 6, c. c^ ? ad. Kina Balu, March 6, 1887. 



d. ? ad. Kina Balu, May 10, 1888. 



e. (7 juv. Kina Balu, May 13, 1888. 



I have given a full description of the plumages of this 

 lovely bird in last year's ' Ibis ' (1888, p. 231), with a figure 

 of the male. 



[I met with this beauti''ul species on my first expedition 

 at an elevation of 3000 feet. On my second expedition, 

 after reaching altitudes above 5000 feet, it was not observed, 

 so the exact range is apparently from 3000 to 5000 feet. 

 This Calyptomena frequents the dark damp ravines of Kina 

 Balu, where the forest is tropical, but wherever the ground 

 is poor and the trees become alpine in character it is absent. 

 The bird frequents the lower boughs of big trees and 

 feeds chiefly on jungle fruits. I discovered a nest with eggs 

 and also one nest containing young birds. The following 

 notes are from my journal: — 



