1875.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM LABUAN,. 99 
6. On a Collection of Birds from Labuan. By R. Bowpier 
Suarre, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c., of the Zoological Depart- 
ment, British Museum. 
[Received February 2, 1875. ] 
(Plate XXII.) 
Mr. Hugh Low, well-known for his researches into various 
branches of Natural History in Borneo, has lately sent over to 
England a collection of birds, which I have had the pleasure of 
examining. The locality whence this collection came, Labuan, has 
been brought prominently under the notice of ornithologists by the 
little work of Messrs. Motley and Dillwyn, wherein many fine species 
are figured*, The present consignment of Mr. Low, however, 
contains many species before unknown to inhabit the island ; and it 
adds more than one species to the Bornean avifauna, on which 
Count Salvadori has recently written such an excellent work t+. The 
latter has been of the greatest assistance to me in the determination 
of the species mentioned in the present paper. 
Family Srrigipz. 
1, Nrnox BoRNEENSIS, Bp.; Salvad. /. c. p. 18. 
Three specimens sent by Mr. Low are apparently referable to this 
species, having the same number of tail-bands (four) as a Sarawak 
skin ; but all three of the Labuan birds are of a very dark colour, 
almost blackish chocolate, and have no perceptible white on the face 
and throat ; in this respect they contrast strongly with the above- 
mentioned Sarawak bird, which was collected by Mr. Wallace. 
: Family CaPpRIMULGID. 
2. BATRACHOSTOMUS AURITUS. 
An adult specimen, agreeing in the main with Malaccan examples. 
This large Goatsucker is not included by Count Salvadori. 
3. BaTRAcHOSTOMUS JAVENSIS (Horsf.); Salvad. 7. ce. p. 112. 
One example, rather darker and greyer than those examined from 
other localities, but apparently not specifically distinct. 
4. CAPRIMULGUS SALVADORII, sp. n. (Plate XXII. fig. 1.) 
Blackish: head greyer, very finely vermiculated whitish, with many 
of the feathers in centre of crown black, others centred with black-; 
hind neck with a few rufous bars, disappearing on interscapulary 
region ; wings blackish brown, with a few fulvous vermiculations 
* Contributions to the Natural History of Labuan and the adjacent coasts of 
Borneo. 8yo, London, 1855. 
t ‘Catalogo sistematico degli Uccelli di Borneo con note ed osservazione di 
G. Doria ed O. Beccari intorno alle specie da essi raccolte nel Rajeato di Sara- 
wak,” Ann. Mus. Civico Genoa, vol. iv. 7 
