Letters, Extracts, Notices, ^c. 317 



before. He must Imve forgotten that he had examined 

 nearly a dozen specimens brought from Kina Balu by 

 myself; and had misnamed them A. modesta (Ibis^ 1889, 

 p. 425). Dr. Sliarpe shoidd have been aware of this fact, 

 as, at his request, I took several specimens to the Museum 

 for inspection before he wrote his paper. In the same 

 section (p. 501) is mentioned Harpactes dulitensis, Grant. 

 That this species should occur, together with H. oreskios, 

 on Kina Balu is somewhat surprising. In ' The Ibis ' 

 for 1892 (p. 440) Dr. Sharpe stated that he was satisfied 

 that the birds brought by me from Kina Balu were H. ores- 

 kios. I myself fail to see any difference between the two 

 species. Part vii., " Description of the Nest -and Eggs of 

 Staphidia everetti," of the " Bornean Notes," is quite su- 

 perfluous : a description of the nest and eggs of this bird 

 having appeared in this journal for 1889 (p. 281). 



I am, Sir, 



Yours &c., 



John Whitehead. 



Singapore, Nov. 189.3. 



Sir, — In his notes on Bornean ornithology in the October 

 number of ' The Ibis,^ my friend Dr. Sharpe has stated, 

 through an inadvertence, that the Spilornis upon which he 

 founded his new Spilornis raja, together with the specimens 

 which form the subject of his interesting note on the Ba:::a 

 of Borneo, were submitted to him by Mr. Edward Bartlett. 

 The birds in question were forwarded to London for identi- 

 fication by me at the request of the then Curator of the 

 SaraAvak Museum, Dr. G. D. Haviland, to whom, therefore, 

 will belong the credit of having discovered this new species 

 of Snake-Eagle. I am. Sir, 



Yours &c., 



A. Everett. 



Labuau, Nov. 21, 1893. 



Sir, — It does not appear to have been noticed that the 

 male of the Australian Sheldrake [Casarca tadornoides) has 

 a summer and a winter dress, which, according to observa- 



