﻿Mount 
  Dalit 
  and 
  the 
  Baram 
  District. 
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  This 
  Pheasant 
  is 
  a 
  low-country 
  bird, 
  but 
  is 
  decidedly 
  

   rare. 
  Native 
  name 
  " 
  Singgier/^ 
  

  

  257. 
  Melanoperdix 
  nigRxY. 
  

  

  Melanoperdix 
  niger 
  (Vig.) 
  ; 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  199. 
  

  

  Not 
  a 
  common 
  bird 
  with 
  us. 
  Found 
  in 
  the 
  low 
  country, 
  

   but 
  does 
  not 
  ascend 
  the 
  mountain. 
  Native 
  name 
  " 
  Pipit 
  

   hantu." 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  three 
  nests, 
  each 
  containing 
  five 
  

   eggs. 
  

  

  258. 
  ROLLULUS 
  ROULROUL. 
  

  

  Rollulus 
  roulroul 
  (Scop.) 
  ; 
  Everett^ 
  t, 
  c. 
  p. 
  200. 
  

   Common 
  everywhere^ 
  going 
  in 
  coveys. 
  Native 
  name 
  

   '' 
  Sengayan.'^ 
  

  

  259. 
  Caloperdix 
  borneensis. 
  

  

  Caloperdix 
  borneensis, 
  Ogilvie 
  Grant, 
  Bull. 
  B. 
  O. 
  C. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  v 
  ; 
  

   Ibis, 
  1893, 
  p. 
  117. 
  

  

  I 
  found 
  this 
  new 
  species 
  on 
  Mount 
  Dulit 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  

   5000 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  moss. 
  Only 
  one 
  specimen 
  was 
  obtained. 
  

  

  260. 
  H^MATORTYX 
  SANGUINICEPS. 
  

  

  Hcematortyx 
  sangulniceps, 
  Sharpe 
  ; 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  200. 
  

   Found 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  as 
  the 
  former, 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  

   same 
  conditions. 
  

  

  261. 
  EXCALFACTORIA 
  CHINENSIS. 
  

  

  Excalfadoria 
  chinensis 
  (L.) 
  ; 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  200. 
  

   Only 
  in 
  the 
  low 
  country 
  in 
  the 
  grass 
  and 
  low 
  scrub. 
  

   Native 
  name 
  " 
  Empitu."^ 
  

  

  Family 
  Rallid^e. 
  

  

  262. 
  Erythra 
  phcenicura. 
  

  

  Erythra 
  phoenicura 
  (Penn.) 
  ; 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  202. 
  

   A 
  low-country 
  bird, 
  frequenting 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  rivers 
  and 
  

   marshes. 
  Native 
  name 
  " 
  Kruak." 
  

  

  Family 
  Glareolid.e. 
  

  

  263. 
  Glareola 
  orientalis. 
  

  

  Glareola 
  orientalis, 
  Leach 
  ; 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  204. 
  

   This 
  Pratincole 
  occurs 
  during 
  the 
  N.E. 
  monsoon 
  in 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  numbers 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  low 
  country, 
  and 
  is 
  often 
  

  

  