﻿Dr. 
  R. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe 
  — 
  Bornean 
  Notes. 
  553 
  

  

  nalibus 
  et 
  axillarium 
  valde 
  crebrioribus 
  distinguendus. 
  

   Long. 
  tot. 
  18-5 
  poll., 
  alaj 
  12*2, 
  caudse 
  7'0, 
  tarsi 
  3*25. 
  

  

  Nearly 
  adult. 
  General 
  colour 
  above 
  browu, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  

   purplish 
  gloss, 
  all 
  the 
  feathers 
  margined 
  with 
  pale 
  rufous 
  on 
  

   the 
  hind 
  neck 
  and 
  mantle, 
  and 
  with 
  whitish 
  on 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  

   the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  including 
  the 
  wing-coverts 
  ; 
  

   bastard-wing 
  and 
  primary-coverts 
  and 
  outer 
  primaries 
  black, 
  

   tipped 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  rest 
  of 
  primaries 
  blackish 
  brown 
  on 
  inner 
  

   web,, 
  all 
  tipped 
  with 
  white 
  and 
  banded 
  across 
  with 
  black, 
  

   these 
  black 
  bands 
  more 
  conspicuous 
  on 
  the 
  secondaries, 
  which 
  

   have 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  much 
  broken 
  up 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  

   tail-feathers 
  black, 
  tipped 
  with 
  white, 
  crossed 
  by 
  two 
  bands 
  

   of 
  equal 
  width, 
  a 
  subtermiual 
  one 
  of 
  black 
  preceded 
  by 
  a 
  

   brown 
  band, 
  much 
  broken 
  up 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  crown 
  of 
  head 
  

   and 
  crest-feathers 
  black, 
  tipped 
  with 
  pale 
  sandy 
  colour, 
  the 
  

   forehead 
  and 
  eyebrow 
  decidedly 
  whiter 
  ; 
  ear-coverts 
  ashy 
  

   grey, 
  black 
  posteriorly 
  ; 
  cheeks 
  and 
  throat 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   dusky 
  streaks 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  ; 
  lower 
  throat, 
  fore 
  neck, 
  and 
  

   chest 
  dark 
  tawny 
  rufous 
  ; 
  remainder 
  of 
  under 
  surface 
  from 
  

   the 
  breast 
  downwards 
  thickly 
  barred 
  with 
  white 
  arranged 
  

   in 
  twin 
  spots 
  or 
  bars, 
  the 
  corresponding 
  bands 
  being 
  pale 
  

   rufous 
  — 
  these 
  bands 
  inclining 
  to 
  dusky 
  brown 
  on 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   flank-feathers, 
  the 
  dusky 
  bars 
  being 
  very 
  much 
  narrower 
  

   on 
  the 
  thighs 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  ; 
  under 
  Aving-coverts 
  

   and 
  quill-lining 
  white, 
  with 
  an 
  irregular 
  patch 
  of 
  rufescentand 
  

   dusky 
  bars 
  on 
  the 
  former 
  ; 
  the 
  axillaries 
  pale 
  rufous, 
  with 
  

   large 
  twin 
  spots 
  of 
  white 
  ; 
  quills 
  ashy 
  below, 
  whitish 
  at 
  base, 
  

   the 
  black 
  bands 
  showing 
  very 
  distinctly. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Kuching, 
  Sarawak. 
  

  

  Amongst 
  other 
  interesting 
  birds 
  from 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  

   of 
  Kuching 
  sent 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bartlett 
  are 
  specimens 
  of 
  Lyncomis 
  

   temmincki, 
  Prionochilus 
  everetti, 
  and 
  Cuculus 
  micropterus. 
  

  

  IV. 
  A 
  Note 
  on 
  the 
  Baza 
  of 
  Borneo. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edward 
  Bartlett 
  has 
  also 
  submitted 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  ex- 
  

   amination 
  three 
  skins 
  of 
  a 
  Baza 
  from 
  Borneo, 
  which 
  arc 
  

   the 
  first 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  had 
  in 
  my 
  hands 
  

   from 
  that 
  island. 
  These 
  specimens 
  were 
  all 
  procured 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  