1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 327 



observes, " Commonly to be seen twisting and climbing up tree- 

 stems." Native name, according to Mr. Treacher " Burong anie." 

 Mr. Low procured four eggs of this species. They are pure white, 

 and vary a little in shape, two of them being a little more rounded 

 than the two others : axis 0'65-075 inch, diam. O55-0 - 58. 



c. Callolophus puniceus, (Horsf.). Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 103. 



d. Callolophus malaccensis (Lath.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 103. 



e. Graucopicoides rafflesi (Vig.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 103. 



f. Meigh/ptes tristis, (Horsf.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 103. 



g. Meiglyptes tukki (Less.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 103. 



h. Micropternus badiosus (Temm.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 103. 

 i. Sasia abnormis (Temm.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 103. 



All the above to be expunged from the Labuan list. 

 Family Cuculid^e. 



21. CUCULUS HIMALAYANUS, Vig. 



Cuculus himalayanus, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 323. 



Governor Ussher shot a specimen of this Cuckoo, which forms an 

 interesting addition to the avifauna of Borneo, on the Kina Banua 

 river at the latter end of March. The specimen has been examined 

 by Mr. Seebohm, who has recently studied the genus; and he pro- 

 nounces it to be undoubtedly of this species. 



22. HlEROCOCCYX STRENUUS (Gould). 



Cuculus strenuus, Gould, B. Asia, pt. viii. (1856). 



Mr. Treacher sends a specimen of an adult Cuckoo, which I have 

 compared with the type in the British Museum, and which I believe 

 to belong to the large Hawk Cuckoo described by Mr. Gould as H. 

 strenuus, from the Philippine Islands. The question as to whether 

 this species should be considered to be a distinct one, or whether it 

 should be only reckoned a race of H. sparverioides, must be left to 

 future observers who may have a larger series than I have had at 

 their disposal. 



The wing in Mr. Treacher's bird is 9'5 inches, measured in a 

 straight line from carpal band to tip of longest primary ; and the 

 native name is given as " Wang kulit." 



23. Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsf.). 

 Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus, Salvad. t. c. p. 62. 



Mr. Low's last collection contained two specimens, shot in Labuan 

 on the 24th of June, 1875. He informed me that the species 

 was very rare in the island, and was unknown to the natives. It is 

 probably only an occasional visitant, as neither Governor Ussher or 

 Mr. Treacher have procured specimens. 



