1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABXJAN. 317 



19. Macropygia tenuirostris, Gray. 



Macropygia tenuirostris, Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 218; Sharpe, 

 Tr. Linn. Soc. new ser. i. p. 347. 



Two specimens. 



[Luzon {Meyer) ; Basilan (Steere) ; Sooloo (Burbidge).~\ 



Lord Tweeddale differs from Professor Schlegel's opinion that the 

 same Philippine species is found in Java and Lombock, where it is 

 M. emiliana of Bonaparte ; but having compared several specimens 

 lately, I believe that the Professor's view is the right one, and that 

 the bird is found over the Philippines, and occurs even in Borneo. 

 Lord Tweeddale separates the Negros bird as M. euryeerca. 



20. Gallus stramineicollis, sp. n. 



General colour above black, shot with green and purple ; wing- 

 coverts like the back, the innermost and the scapulars with a slight 

 subterminal shine of coppery brown ; primary-coverts and primaries 

 black, the secondaries externally green ; feathers of the lower back 

 and rump straw-yellow, with darker longitudinal centres of black or 

 green ; upper tail-coverts and tail glossy oil-green ; crown of head 

 and nape black ; hind neck and neck-hackles, as well as sides of 

 neck, straw-yellow, deeper on the hind neck, with green longitudinal 

 centres to the feathers ; remainder of under surface of body black 

 with a green gloss ; comb short and rounded ; sides of face and 

 entire throat bare. Total length 34*5 inches, culmen 1*1, wing 9'0, 

 tail 17*5, tarsus 3*4. 



Mr. Burbidge procured a single example of this Jungle-fowl, 

 which appears to be a very distinct species. He tells me that it was 

 brought to the ship by one of the Sooloo natives alive, and he cannot 

 vouch for its having been a wild bird. I have, however, shown the 

 bird to Mr. Gould and other ornithologists; and they agree with 

 me that it is probably a distinct species of Jungle-fowl. Governor 

 Ussher also has seen the bird ; and he tells me that he has never seen 

 any domesticated Fowls in Borneo or the Eastern Islands which 

 approached this species in the least. 



2. A List of the Birds of Labuan Island and its Depen- 

 dencies. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c, 

 Senior Assistant, Department of Zoology, British 

 Museum. 



[Eeceivecl March 28, 1879.] 



(Plate XXX.) 



The materials for a list of Labuan birds have been considerable. 

 First of all there is the little work ' on the natural history of the 



1 Contributions to the Natural History of Labuan and the adjacent Coasts of 

 Eorneo. By James Motley of Labuan, and L. L. Dillwyn. Part 1. 8vo, 1855. 



