348 MR. R. B. 6HARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. [Apr. 1, 



101. Treron vernans (L.). 



Treron vernans, Motl. & Dilhv. t. c. p. 30 ; Salvad. /. c. p. 286. 

 "Plentiful everywhere; feeds on fruits and berries" {Ussher). 

 Native name " Punie kurackow " {Treacher). 



102. Treron olax (Temm.). 

 Treron olax, Salvad. t. c. p. 289. 



Governor Ussher writes; — "Not so common as T. vernans, but 

 occasionally to be met with. It is of similar habits, but more reti- 

 ring than the above-mentioned bird." Native name "Punie suit" 

 {Treacher), 



103. Caloenas nicobarica. 



Caloenas nicobarica, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 18/5, p. 110. 



Governor Ussher observes, in a letter dated August 5th, 1877, 

 "Buak has succeeded in establishing two additional birds for La- 

 buan. One is the grey-and-wbite Eagle (//. leucagaster) ; and the 

 other is the beautiful green-hackled Pigeon {Caloenas nicobarica), two 

 fine specimens of which he got on Pappan Island, a mile from the 

 harbour. Low had two in confinement, but could tell nothing of 

 them. Rajah Brooke had one alive in Sarawak. Two I saw from 

 Saigon ; and I sent you one from Brunei ; and now it is established in 

 the Labuan list. I was sure that I had seen it in Enoe and Burong 

 Islands ; now it is a certainty." Since the Governor's return to 

 England, Mr. Treacher has procured this bird on the island of La- 

 buan itself, where I had heard of its occurrence also from Mr. 

 Burbidge. The native name, according to Mr. Treacher, is "Jan 

 junli." 



104. Ptilopus jambu (Gm.). 



Ptilopusjambu, Salvad. t. c. p. 289 ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 554. 



Governor Ussher sends a specimen of a male. "This lovely 

 Pigeon was shot in August of this year, 1870, near the Kina Banua 

 river, towards the southern end of the island ; have not observed it 

 before, nor noticed it in Mr. Low's collections. I know nothing of 

 its habits, and did not observe it before August." 



105. Carpophaga /enea (L.). 

 Carpophaga amea, Salvad. t. c. p. 290. 



" Common in Labuan and its islands, but shy and difficult of ap- 

 proach. At certain seasons it feeds voraciously on the fruit of the 

 many varieties of the Ficus indicus in these parts, and swallows (he 

 fruit whole : the latter is about as large as a sloe-berry ; and I have 

 found their crops full of them." {Ussher.) Mr. Low sends a single 

 egg, which is pure white; axis 17 in., diam. 1-25 in. 



106. Carpophaga bicolor (Scop.). 

 Carpophaga bicolor, Salvad. t. c. p. 292. 

 Carpophaga luctuosa, Motl. & Dillw. t.c. p. 31. 



Governor Ussher observes :— " This lovely bird (the beauty of 



