1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 337 



54. Xanthopygia cyanomel^na (Temm.). 



Xanthopygia cyanomelcpna, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 251. 



Cyanoptila cyanomelana (Temm.), Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 380. 



0. cyanomelanura, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 164. 



A series of this species was contained in Mr. Low's last collection; 

 and Governor Ussher sent several specimens in different stages of plu- 

 mage. This Flycatcher forms an addition to the Bornean avifauna. 



55. Hypothymis occipitalis (Vig.). 

 IJypothymis occipitalis, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 275. 

 H. azurea (Bodd.), Salvad. t. c. p. 133. 



Mr. Treacher sends three specimens. Native name " Burong 

 umbun." This is also the name given by Mr. Low, who sends the 

 eggs. The latter are creamy white, rather thickly clouded with 

 bright rufous and with a few underlying spots of purple at the larger 

 end. In one specimen, out of a nest of three, the spots are arranged 

 in a ring round the thicker end. Governor Ussher says that the 

 species is found in Labuan and Daat, but is not very common. 



56. Rhipidura javanica (Sparrm.). 

 Rkipidura javanica, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 332. 

 Leucocerca javanica, Salvad. t.c. p. 135. 



A series sent by Governor Ussher and Mr. Low ; Mr. Treacher 

 also contributes adults of both sexes and a young, with the native 

 name " Langi langi." 



The eggs sent by Mr. Low are creamy buff in colour, with a ring 

 of confluent spots about the larger circumference of the egg ; the 

 ground-colour of this zone is browner and darker than the rest of 

 the egg, the spots being very distinct and of three colours, ochre, 

 brown, and bluish-grey. In some of the eggs the spots are very 

 distinct ; but in the others they are less clearly marked. The ground- 

 colour of the egg also varies, being in some specimens white, when 

 the zone of spots is also paler. The nests (of which Mr. Low has 

 sent two or three specimens) are small but deep cup-shaped structures, 

 attached to the upperside of a small branch, on which they stand 

 upright : they are composed of slender bents of grass, the outside 

 thickly interwoven with cobwebs, so as to give an effect of conceal- 

 ment to the little structure. One nest is marked by Mr. Low as 

 having been taken on the 23rd of March 1873. 



57. Siphia banyumas (Horsf.). 



Siphia banyumas, Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 450. 



Cyornis banyumas (Horsf.), Salvad. t. c. p. 130. 



According to Governor Ussher, this species is only occasionally seen 

 in Labuan. The native name given by Mr Treacher is " Pauggit 

 buyan." 



q. Philentoma pyrrhoptera (Temm.), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, 

 p. 107. 



Must be expunged from the Labuan list 

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