1875.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM LABUAN. 101 
mately to be only a stage of the last-named bird. They all possess 
in a greater or less degree the blue terminal spots to the median 
wing-coverts, and are generally of a more brilliant shade than the 
ordinary C. rujidorsa; all have, also, red tails and coral-red beaks. 
One of them has the wing-coverts rufous ; but the other two exhibit 
a tolerable admixture of black. The black line running along the 
hinder scapulars, so apparent in the typical specimen, exists only in 
one of the examples; and there it is also so shaded with blue as 
closely to approach C. dillwynni. None of the specimens of C. 
sharpii has the frontal spot, which is plainly marked in all three 
of C. dillwynni. 
Having examined the types both of Strickland’s C. rufidorsa and 
Salvadori’s C. innominata, I can affirm that they are absolutely one 
and the same species ; and the latter title must therefore give way. 
6. Ceyx DILLWYNNI, Sharpe, P. Z.S. 1868, p. 591; id. Monogr. 
Alced. pl. 43; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 99. 
I was delighted to see three more specimens of this previously 
unique Kingfisher. The type was originally described by me from 
a Labuan specimen procured by the late Mr. Motley, and apparently 
was quite adult, judging from the specimens now sent, which have 
short and brownish beaks. In the main they agree with the de- 
scription and figure of the type in my ‘ Monograph;’ and all have 
blackish tails, more or less rufous at the base of the feathers. 
7. ALCEDO MENINTING, Horsf.; Salvad. Uce. Born. p. 93. 
Alcedo asiatica, Sw.; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pl. 5. 
The receipt of three specimens in Mr. Low’s collection strengthens 
my opinion expressed in the ‘Monograph,’ that the Bornean examples 
of this Kingfisher are not different from those inhabiting other parts 
of the Indo-Malayan subregion. The only really variable form of 
A. meninting that I am aware of is the bird now called by Lord 
_ Walden Alcedo beavani. Lord Walden has now seen several speci- 
mens, and he may therefore be right in considering Alcedo beavant 
a distinct species; but I should like to compare a series of both 
before admitting that it is any thing more than a large race of 
A, meninting. A very young bird sent by Mr. Low is very similar 
to the adult birds, and is even more brilliant cobalt on the back, but 
differs in the short beak, which is black with an ivory-white tip. 
8. Hatcyon piteata (Bodd.); Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pl. 62. 
Entomobia pileata, Salvad. 1. c. p. 102. 
One example known from Sarawak, but not previously met with 
in Labuan. 
Family Merorip2. 
9. Mreroprs picotor, Bodd.; Salvad. J. c. p. 90. 
Mr. Low has sent quite a series of this Bee-eater, the adults not 
presenting any remarkable variation beyond a certain difference in 
