236 BIRDS OF THE 
nean series there is some difference in the shade of the 
rufous-brown on the lower surface, some specimens being 
darker, other paler brown, but this difference appears to 
be quite individual, having nothing to déal with either 
sex, season or locality. Especially the darker specimens 
agree extremely well with the types from Sumatra. — Iris 
brick-red, in some specimens pale yellow, bill black, angle 
of mouth yellow in a young specimen, feet pale green, 
soles yellow. — Lives in brushwood and the undergrowth 
of high forest. 
Hab. This species is known from Sumatra and Borneo, 
on which latter island it has hitherto been found in the 
North (Kina Balu) and in the mountainous parts of Sarawak, 
185. Staphidia Everetiz. 
Staphidia everettié Sharpe, Ibis 1887, p. 447; id. id. 1889, p. 281; 
Everett, L. B. Born. p, 107. 
Ten specimens collected in the forests of Mount Kenepai, 
at an avarage altitude of 500—600 m., while none were 
obtained in the plain at the foot of the mountain. All the 
specimens, probably freshly moulted, differ somewhat from 
the original description and also from one of Mr. White- 
head’s specimens from Kina Balu which is at my disposal, 
in having the upper tail-coverts olive-gray like the back, 
instead of brown, while the central tail-feathers are broader 
and very dark brown or nearly black instead of earthy 
brown as shown by our Kina Balu specimen. — Iris brown, 
bill horny gray, feet flesh-color. 
Hab. Restricted to Borneo, where it was discovered by 
Mr. Whitehead on the Kina Balu and afterwards found 
by other explorers on the mountains of Sarawak. 
186. Herpornis brunnescens. 
Herpornis brunnescens Sharpe, Ibis 1876, p. 41; id. id. 1879, p. 257; id. 
Cat. B. Br. Mus, VII, p. 637; Everett, L. B. Born. p. 107; Sharpe, 
Ibis 1889, p. 281; id. id. 1890, pp. 278, 290, 291; id. id. 1898, p. 
550; id. id. 1894, p. 542, 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. X XI. 
