350 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF LABUAN. [Apr. 1, 



Family Perdicid^e. 



109. ExCALFACTORIA CHINENSIS (L.). 



Excalfactoria chinensis, Salvad. t. c. p. 311. 



Sent by Governor Ussher and Mr. Low. The former writes : — 

 " Tolerably plentiful in open spaces in short thick grass : is met 

 with up to May or beginning of June in little bevies ; after that I 

 observed them in pairs. They are of rapid flight, and are hard to 

 flush a second time." 



Mr. Low sends a number of eggs of this species. They vary from 

 dark olive-brown with few black dots, to pale olive-brown where 

 the black dots are more numerous. Tbe eggs were taken by Mr. 

 Low in January 1873. Native name "Burong puyu puyu." Axis 

 TO in., diam. 0*75 in. 



Order GRALL^!. 

 Family Charadriid^e. 



110. Charadrius fulvus (Gm.). 



Charadrius fulvus, Salvad. t. c. p. 312. 

 Charadrius virginicus, Motl. & Dillvv. t. c. p. 57. 

 Native name "Pimping" (Treacher). Governor Ussher's speci- 

 mens were obtained in October 1876. 



111. ^Egialitis peronii (Temm.). 



JEgialitis peronii, Salvad. t.c. p. 315. 



Charadrius alexandrinus, Motl. & Dillw. t. c. p. 57. 



Governor Ussher writes : — " Not uncommon, but rather solitary. 

 Generally seen alone on the beach, but sometimes in couples." Mr. 

 Treacher sends several specimen with the usual name, " Pimping," 

 which seems to be applied to all the small Waders. 



The eggs of this little Plover were contained in Mr. Low's collec- 

 tion. They were two in number; axis 1-25-T3 in., diam. 0*85 in. 

 The colour is creamy buff, thickly scribbled over and blotched with 

 blackish brown or black, more especially at the larger end ; there 

 are also numerous scribblings of pale purplish grey underlying the 

 black markings. 



112. jEgialitis geoffroyi (Wagl.). 



JEgialitis geoffroyi, Harting, Ibis, 1870, p. 378, pi. xi. ; Salvad. 

 t.c. p. 318. 



Forwarded by Governor Ussher, with the note that it is occasionally 

 seen on sand-spits and rocks in small flocks. First noticed in July. 



113. JEgialitis dubia (Scop.). 

 JEgialitis dubia, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 316. 



Mr. Treacher procured a specimen of the Little Ringed Plover, 

 which has been already recorded from Borneo ; and Mr. Alfred Everett 

 obtained it at Sibu ; but it has not been met with in Labuan before. 



