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my first ascent I only got one specimen, while on my second expedition I could only obtain a pair. 1 
did not see it above 3000 feet.] 
52. Alseonax latirostris (Raff!.). 
[Found at 3000 feet on Kina Balu. I also met with it in Malacca in December and again in Labuan 
in the same month. It is probably only a visitor in the N.W. monsoon.] 
53. PoLIOMYIAS LUTEOLA (Pall.). 
[Evidently only a visitant in Northern Borneo. I first saw it on Kina Balu on the 20th of March, 
on my first expedition, and on my second ascent I met with the species almost on the same day of the 
month. On both occasions it was seen at about 3000 feet altitude, and was not observed higher up the 
mountain.] 
54. Muscicapula hyperythra (Blyth). 
Apparently identical with Himalayan specimens. New to Borneo. 
[Bill black ; iris black ; legs dirty white. This small Flycatcher is fairly plentiful between 4000 
and 8000 feet on Kina Balu, though I did not meet with it on my first expedition. The nest is a neat 
little moss-lined cup ; it is generally placed, with considerable talent for concealment, right in the loose 
moss which grows along the trees in profusion. In structure the nest itself is so exactty similar to the mass 
of moss in which it is placed as almost to escape observation, the entrance being merely a small hole in the 
side of the overhanging moss. On the 22nd of March I found a nest with two white eggs, the latter so 
hard-set as to be incapable of preservation. I met with the species in Java at about 5000 feet.] 
55. Muscicapula maculata (nec Tick.). 
New to Borneo. 
[Bill, feet, and iris black. One of my hunters discovered a pair engaged in building a nest, and on 
the 25tli of March he again visited the nesting-place. The nest was placed in a creeper in the big 
forest, at about 40 feet from tbe ground ; it was quite a small pile of moss, deep, and lined with fine 
white roots, a very pretty bit of work, and contained one small fawn-coloured egg. The bird would 
probably have laid two eggs, after the manner of most species in these latitudes. This species ranges 
from 4000 to 9000 feet. 
I cannot agree with Dr. Sharpe in calling this species M. westermanni, so I have altered the name 
in the ‘Ibis ’ paper to M. maculata. The females of this species are much greyer in the Malay Penin¬ 
sula. Manipur specimens seem intermediate, being greyer than those from Sikkim, but not so dark as 
those from Borneo. A Javanese bird in my collection is much browner than those from Kina Balu, 
more like Sikkim specimens. In my opinion it would be impossible to determine the geographical limit 
of M. westermanni, the males of both species being identical.] 
56. Xanthopygia narcissina (Temm.). 
New to Borneo. A young male has the orange throat of the adult, but is brown on the back and 
wings, the latter just showing the white wing-patch. The head and feet are black, and the yellow 
eyebrow is well developed. 
[I first met with this bird on the Lawas River, but the skin was too much damaged for preservation. 
The two which I got on Kina Balu were also extremely fat and difficult to preserve. They were 
procured at about 1000 feet on the mountain, and were evidently bent on migrating northwards.] 
57. Xanthopygia cyanomelasna (Temm.'). 
A young male, procured in March, has nearly completed his moult, but still retains a few feathers 
of the old brown plumage. The blue is less bright than in the adults, and has a greenish tinge. A 
female shot in January is much browner than the bird of the same sex killed in March, the latter being 
decidedly greyish. 
[On my first expedition I only procured a single immature male at about 1000 feet on Kina Balu, 
but on my second journey this bird was fairly plentiful throughout February and March, at about the 
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