APPENDIX. 
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Order PASSERIFORMES. 
Family Corvid.e. 
28. Corone tenuirostris (Moore). 
$ ad. Benkoka, Sept. 17, 1885. 
? ad. Kina Balu, April 2, 1887. 
[Rather a scarce species, and never met with in flocks, hut generally seen in pairs. I have noticed 
it on Kina Balu about the Dusun villages up to 1000 feet.] 
29. Dendrocitta cinerascens (Sharpe). 
a. £ ad. Kina Balu, April 3, 1888. 
b. $ ad. Kina Balu, March 17, 1888. 
c. (J ad. Kina Balu, March 20, 1888. 
[This bird is fairly common on Kina Balu from about 1000 feet up to quite 9000 feet. It frequents 
the thick jungle-growth which springs up after the rice-crops, and in four or five years reaches a height 
of from 12 to 20 feet. It is also met with at 9000 feet among the big trees in the thick forest, but it is 
not so common. It has a loud bell-like note, also a cackling cry like that of our Common Magpie. 
Sometimes four or five may be seen together. It builds in the low jungle, constructing a shallow nest of 
fine twigs. I found one on the 13th of March, 1888, on a low tree in the scrub. It contained two eggs, 
very Magpie-like in appearance. Length l - 2 in., diam. 0‘9 in. The ground-colour is greenish white, 
dotted all over with brown markings, which increase in size towards the larger end, where there is a 
blotch of brown, forming a nearly complete ring. Iris light hazel; bill and feet black. Dusun name 
“Mantihak.”] 
30. ClSSA MINOR, Cab. 
[Feet and bill vermilion ; iris lake. Cissa minor is fairly common in the same kind of scrub-country 
as is frequented by the Dendrocitta, but, unlike that species, it does not ascend Kina Balu, being confined 
to a level between 1000 and 3000 feet ; it is, indeed, very rare at the latter elevation, though decidedly 
common lower down. In the early morning and towards evening the Cissas become very garrulous, one 
bird whistling to another. The notes are many, the most peculiar being a three-syllabled whistle, from 
which it gets its Dusun name of “ Ton-ka-kis.” I often shot specimens in the evening by watching the 
birds as they called to each other from a long distance. As one bird finished whistling it would fly oft’ 
and its place would be occupied by another bird, which would again commence calling to its more distant 
companions. The natives often brought me nestlings in March, but all attempts to rear them failed, as 
they perished at night-time, apparently from the cold. The nests were found in the thick undergrowth, 
and contained two young birds, in one instance three. The two long centre tail-feathers are often much 
worn, making it difficult to obtain good specimens.]. 
31. Cissa jefferyi, sp. n., Sharpe. 
Adult male. General colour above bright emerald-green ; scapulars like the back, with greenish- 
white edges, as well as the upper tail-coverts ; lesser wing-coverts green externally, reddish on inner 
web ; remainder of coverts deep claret-red or maroon ; the bastard-wing and primary-coverts reddish 
brown ; quills claret-red, the primaries reddish brown, the inner secondaries greenish white, except on 
the outer w r eb, which is for the most part claret-red; tail-feathers green, with a slight bluish tinge, tipped 
with greenish white, all but the centre feathers with a black subterminal bar ; crown of head bright 
emerald-green ; a narrow line at base of nostrils ; lores, eyebrow, feathers round eye, sides of face, and 
ear-coverts black, forming a broad band, which encircles the nape ; cheeks and under surface of body 
light emerald-green ; under wing-coverts and axillaries ashy brown, washed with green ; quills below 
coppery brown. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1'25, wing 5'3, tail 4'1, tarsus 1'7. 
Adult female. Similar to the male, but a trifle more bluish. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1*1, 
wing 5*2, tail 4'8, tarsus 1'6. 
