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of the collections I have examined, nor did it occur in Mr. Treacher's 

 boxes. 



90. Anthus gustavi, Swinhoe. 



Mr. Treacher gives the name as "Bras bras katan." 



Family Fringillid^e. 



91. Padda oryzivora (L.). 

 Padda oryzivora, Salvad. t. c. p. 2G3. 



Governor Ussher observes: — "This bird was introduced to the 

 island by Mr. Low ; it has thriven, and is now in prodigious num- 

 bers." 



92. MUNIA ATRICAPILLA (V.). 



Munia atricapilla, Salvad. t. c. p. 2G5. 



Amadina siiiensis, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 25, pi. vi. 



Several specimens sent by all three collectors. This species was 

 introduced by Mr. Low, who forwards a number of eggs, which are 

 dull white like those of the following species, from which they are 

 not to be distinguished. 



93. Munia fuscans (Cass.). 

 Munia fuscans, Salvad. t. c. p. 208. 



Along with the eggs of this little Finch, Mr. Low sends a pair of 

 the birds, which he calls the " Black Sparrow." He says : — " This 

 bird, formerly the only one of the Sparrows in Labuan, is now ra- 

 pidly disappearing before the Black-headed Brown Sparrow (Munia 

 atricapilla) and the Java Sparrow, both introduced birds." The 

 eggs are dull, lustreless, white; axis - 6, diam. 0"45. 



Family Hirundinid.e. 



94. HlRUNDO GUTTURAL1S, Scop. 



Hirundo (jutturalis, Salvad. t. c. p. 125. 



Native name " Layang layang kuckie." This species is re- 

 presented by a single adult specimen in Mr. Treacher's collec- 

 tion ; and the native name is given on his authority. From the 

 fact of its having the same vernacular title as the common Swallow 

 of Labuan, II. javanica, it is evident that the natives do not recog- 

 nize the difference between the two species ; yet the latter is doubt- 

 less the resident Swallow, while the present species will prove in all 

 probability to be only a passing migrant. This is the same bird 

 which I called Hirundo rustica, L., in my paper on Dr. Steere's Phi- 

 lippine collection (Tr. Linn. Soc. new series, i. p. 328). It is, as 

 Count Salvadori remarks, very doubtfully distinct from the Common 

 Swallow of Europe, but is apparently smaller, and I have never seen 

 an adult male with the rufous breast of //. rustica. This is the first 

 time that I have seen the species in any collection from N.W. Borneo ; 

 but Dr. Beccari procured it in Sarawak. 



