1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 345 



95. Hirundo javanica, Sparmm. 



Hirundo javanica, Salvad. t. c. p. 126. 



H.pacifica, Motl. & Dillw. t.c. p. 10. 



Governor Ussher sends the following note : — " Is seen everywhere; 

 affects the sea-shore, and even the open sea at times ; builds about 

 houses, but also in old trees ; frequently perches on old stumps on 

 the sea-beach ; and is fond of swampy localities towards evening, 

 when it flies very low." According to Mr. Treacher, the native 

 name is " Layang layang kuckie." 



Mr. Low sends a quantity of eggs taken in May 18/3 in Labuan. 

 He says that it also breeds in fissures of rocks. The eggs are white, 

 covered with small reddish-brown and purple spots, chiefly near the 

 thicker end ; one of the eggs is very thickly clouded near the obtuse 

 end with reddish and purple; axis 0'7-0-75, diam. 0-5-0-55. 

 Some of the eggs are much less thickly spotted than others, the 

 spots being quite tiny in many of them ; in most the reddish shade 

 predominates ; but in a few the dots are nearly all pale purple, with 

 some tiny specks of red. 



Family Artamid^e. 



96. Artamus letjcorhynus (L.). 

 Artamus leucorhynus, Salvad. t. c. p. 140. 



A. leucogaster (Valenc), Sharpe in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 1 79. 



Governor Ussher writes :— " Very common : frequently to be ob- 

 served in considerable numbers towards evening, especially after rain, 

 hawking after the insects rising from the damp earth, in company 

 with Rollers and Swifts." Native name "Alap alap " {Treacher). 

 Four eggs of this species are sent by Mr. Low, along with the skin of 

 the old .bird. They are creamy-white in colour, with spots of pale 

 brown congregated towards the large end of the egg ; there are a 

 few spots and blotches of light purplish grey underlying the brown, 

 and generally collected at the thicker end ; the amount of spotting 

 varies on each egg; axis 0"95, diam. - 7. 



x. Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus (Gm.), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, 

 p. 107. 



y. Eurylcemus ochromelas, Raffl., Sharpe, t. c. p. 107. 



Both the above-named species must be expunged from the Labuan 



Family Sturnid^e. 



97. Calornis chalybeus (Horsf.). 



Calornis chalybeus, Salvad. t. c. p. 271. 



Calornis panayensis, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 24. 



Native name "Langkir" {Treacher). Governor Ussher's note is 

 as follows : — " Perhaps the commonest bird in Labuan at this season 

 (August, September, and October); and previous to May they roost 

 in countless thousands in the trees near Government House. They 



