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Family Bucerotidje. 



29. Anthracoceros convexus (Temm.). 



Buceros convexus, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 53. 



Hydrocissa convexa, Salvad. t. c. p. 80. 



Native name "Licap" (Treacher). "Shot in jungle near Govern- 

 ment House. This bird is common, but very shy. It is found in 

 Daat, Labuan, and Kuraman, and probably in Pappan" (Ussher). 

 Mr. Low sends three eggs of this Hornbill ; and he says that two is 

 the number of the eggs laid, and that the female is shut up by 

 the male in a tree ; colour white, the texture rather coarse ; axis 

 1*95—2*1 inches, diam. 1*25-1 '4. 



Family Upupid^e. 



30. Upupa epops, L. 



Upnpa epops, Sharpe & Dresser, B. Eur. part vii. (1871). 



Shot on Labuan by Mr. Treacher. His single specimen I have 

 compared with Chinese and Central-Asiau specimens ; it can'only be 

 a rare visitant to Borneo, as it has never before been met with by 

 any collector. 



Family Meropid-e. 



31. MERors sumatranus (Raffl.). 



M. badius (G-m.), Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 14. 



M. bicolor, Salvad. t. c. p. 90. 



Governor Ussher writes: — " Common ; seems to disappear about 

 June or July, as none were noticed in August ; very plentiful in 

 April." Mr. Low sends the eggs ; and according to his notes the 

 birds nest in holes in sandy earth, laying five eggs ; the latter are 

 white and glossy, somewhat rounded : axis 0*95, diam. 0'85. The 

 native name given by Mr. Low is " Burong tampakurow," but by 

 Mr. Treacher it is rendered " Berkuru." 



Family Alcedinid.*:. 



32. Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. 

 Alcedo bengalensis, Salvad. t. c. p. 92. 



Adult and young birds in Governor Ussher's collection. 



33. Alcedo meninting, Horsf. 



Alcedo meninting, Salvad. t. c. p. 93. 



Rather common, according to Governor Ussher. Mr. Treacher 

 also sends specimens, and gives the native name as " Mantes van " or 

 " biru." Along with the female bird Mr. Low sends four eggs, which 

 are glossy white and rather rounded ; axis - 8 in., diam. O'Go. 



34. Pelargopsis leucockphala (Gm.). 

 Pelargopsis leucocephala, Salvad. t. c. p. 95. 



Of this large Kingfisher, already recorded by Motley as a Labuan 



