1879.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. 349 



which in life is faintly represented by the skinned specimens) has 

 only been seen by me on the island of Enoe, about two miles and a 

 half from Victoria, although a friend of mine appears to have seen 

 it on the island of Daat, and it is said to occur in Labuan itself. It 

 is generally in company with another Pigeon, and at times I have 

 seen a dozen or twenty together, at others scarce one. The island 

 of Enoe itself cannot exceed three acres in extent ; but I have seen 

 several kinds of Pigeons on its lofty trees. The feathers of this 

 Pigeon, when freshly shot, have at their root a deep buff or golden 

 tinge, which fades, like the pink shade on the breast of some Terns, 

 after death. It feeds on fruits and berries." (H. T. U.) 



Mr. Low's collection contained the egg of this Pigeon : it is large, 

 pure white, axis 1*9 in., diam. 1*4 in. The native name is given by 

 him as "Burong rawa." Mr. Treacher gives it as "Peagam rawa." 



107. Spilopelia tigrina (Temm.). 

 Spilopelia tigrina, Salvad. t. c. p. 296. 



Governor Ussher observes : — " This pretty bird, now plentiful in 

 Labuan, was introduced to the Bornean coast a few years since by 

 Mr. Low. It has thriven prodigiously, as it is rarely molested, 

 except by the youngsters from the men-of-war who call here occa- 

 sionally. It is always to be found about paths and by the road-side." 



The eggs sent by Mr. Low are pure white; axis 105— 1-] 5 in., 

 diam. - 8-0'8o. They were taken in January 1873; and he »ives 

 the native name as " Burong terkukur." 



Family Megapodiidjs. 



108. Megapoditjs cumingi, Dillw. 



Megapodius cum'mgi, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 32 ; Salvad. t. C. 

 p. 302. 



Megapodius lowii, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 111. 



Native name " Menambrun " (Treacher). Mr. Ussher sends the 

 following note : — " Not uncommon. I have seen its nests on Kura- 

 man, but they are to be seen also on Labuan and Daat. The mounds 

 appear to be about four or five feet in height and about twelve 

 feet in circumference, composed of earth and rubbish. The iris in 

 the living bird is brown ; the skin about the eye and cheeks pink 

 or roseate." 



The late Marquis of Tweeddale, in his paper on Mr. Everett's 

 Cebu collections (P. Z. S. 1877, p. 7CG), has referred to my naming 

 the Labuan Megapode after Mr. Low, and has pointed out an evident 

 error which I made in describing it as new. I was misled by the 

 opening sentence of Mr. Dillwyn's treatise (p. 32): — "Some speci- 

 mens of these birds are in the British Museum, to which they were 

 presented by Mr. Cuming, having been collected by that gentleman 

 in the Philippine Islands ; in Labuan they are not uncommon," &c. ; 

 as well as by his naming the species after Mr. Cuming. He writes, 

 however, to Lord Tweeddale that the bird he really described came 

 from Labuan, so there is an end of the question. The measure- 

 ments also bear out the correctness of his statement. 



