100 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM LABUAN. [Feb. 16, 
towards the tips of the feathers, which are subterminally barred with 
fulvous or whitish, the innermost very broadly and plainly barred 
with sandy buff ; scapulars black in the centre, with broad marginal 
bands of sandy buff; primary coverts and quills blackish, the 
secondaries vermiculated with sandy buff, the innermost greyish ; 
first four primaries with a large white spot, extending on to both 
webs in the second, third, and fourth ; centre tail-feathers greyish 
brown, vermiculated with sandy buff and crossed with eight bars of 
darker brown, the rest of the feathers dull brown, crossed with about 
eight vermiculated bands of fulvous, none of them very distinct, the 
two external feathers almost uniform except for a few notches of 
sandy buff on the outer web, the terminal third being pure white ; 
sides of face rufescent, mottled with dark brown bars, the cheeks 
whitish, barred with brown and forming an indistinct moustachial 
stripe ; throat rufous, mottled with brown bars, on the lower part a 
distinct gular patch of white ; chest ashy brown, barred with buffy 
white, all the feathers more or less mottled with fulvous vermicula- 
tions ; remainder of under surface fulvous, barred with dusky brown ; 
under wing-coverts dark brown, barred across with sandy buff, the 
lower series uniform blackish like the inner lining of the wing. Total 
length 9 inches, culmen 0°45, wing 7°0, tail 4°9, tarsus 0°6. 
I cannot identify this Goatsucker with any Malayan species, most 
of which are in the museum. The species given by Count Salvadori 
are Caprimulgus affinis, C. arundinaceus, C. macrurus, C. borneensis, 
and C. concretus ; and with none of these does it agree at all. 
With regard to C. borneensis, described by Mr. Wallace for the 
first time in Count Salvadori’s book, there can scarcely be a doubt 
that it is the true C. concretus of Bonaparte. Mr. Wallace had 
very probably overlooked the correction of the Ashantee habitat of 
this bird given in the ‘ Conspectus’ (p. 60), and doubtless did not 
compare his Bornean bird with the description of an African species. 
The great peculiarities of C. borneensis are the broad transverse white 
markings on the under surface and the unspotted quills, both of 
which are mentioned in Bonaparte’s description. The large white 
tail-spots and the four spots on the quills are very prominent cha- 
racters in C. salvadorii. I may add that the types of C. borneensis 
from Banjermassing are in the museum and before me as I write. 
The figure of C. concretus (Plate XXII. fig. 2) is from one of these 
typical specimens. 
Family ALCEDINIDZ. 
5, Ceyx sHArpt, Salvad. Atti R. Ac. Tor. iv. p. 463; Sharpe, 
Monogr. Alced. pl. 42; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 98. 
Count Salvadori points out that the figure of this species in my 
‘Monograph’ is “‘ very inaccurate ;”” but beyond the difficulty which 
any one will find in representing the exact brilliancy of a lilac tint by 
the hands of colourists, I cannot allow the inaccuracy of the plate. 
The fault lies more with the species, for three specimens of C. sharpii 
occur in the present collection along with C. dillwynni, and I feel 
tolerably certain that Count Salvadori’s species will turn out ulti- 
