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The genus is close to Kelaartia of Ceylon, but has no auricular tufts, a more rounded tail, and a very 
peculiar short bill. 
[Iris, bill, and feet black. It was only met with at a great altitude on Kina Balu, and is apparently 
very local. I found it between 7000 and 8000 feet, and it was mostly seen near the latter elevation. It 
frequented the scrub in parties of two and three.] 
106. Irena crinigera, Sharpe. 
[Found on Kina Balu up to 1000 feet.] 
Family Henicurida:. 
107. Henicurus borneensis, sp. n., Sharpe. 
. Similis II. sinensi ; plaga frontali alba, rotundata ; rectricibus apicaliter maculatis, sicut in 
H. leschenaulti notatis; supracaudalibus et subcaudalibus cervino lavatis. Long. tot. 9’5 poll. 
Angl., culm. 0*9, ahe 4*0, caudaa -4*95, tars. 1*2. 
? mari similis. Long. tot. 8*8 poll. Angl., culm. 0*9, alee 4*0, caudse 4*5, tars. 1*1. 
[Frequents the rocky beds of the mountain-torrents, seeming to prefer the deep gorges, where little 
or no sunlight enters. This species is rather difficult to obtain, being very shy, and flying out of shot, or 
more often out of sight, into the forests which border the streams. The note is a pleasant whistle, which is 
always uttered when the bird is alarmed, before taking flight. I have seen three or four flying after each 
other up these dark gorges, and the tail seems more like a streamer, waving up and down with every 
motion of the bird. It is fairly plentiful on some of the many streams which come down from Kina Balu, 
from 1000 to 3000 or 4000 feet; but on others, which were apparently too broad and open, I did not 
notice the bird. 
Eye and bill black ; legs and claws white.] 
108. Hydrocichla frontalis, Blyth. 
[This species is apparently a lowland representative of the last, agreeing in habits ; but those I shot 
frequented a deep muddy ditch in the tideway of a river not far from the coast, and were very wary, 
requiring a great deal of work to bring them to bag. 
Eye and bill black ; legs and claws white.] 
Family Timeliid.e. 
109. Burnesia superciliaris (Salvad.). 
[Iris light hazel ; bill black ; feet light yellow in adult male. In the young the bill and feet are 
light yellow and the iris light brown. 
Met with in the lalang plains and other open places. This little bird makes a very audible snipping 
noise with its wings when making its short flights from one bush to another. The nest is a round 
structure, placed well off the ground amongst the stems of coarse grass or ferns ; it is composed of 
grasses, lined with the same material, and entered from a hole in the side. Eggs three, of bright terra¬ 
cotta red, slightly deeper at the larger end ; laid about the middle of May. Axis 0*6 inch, diam. 0'45.] 
110. Orthotomus ruficeps (Less.). 
[One of the omen-birds (or angl ) of the Teutongs. Only procured on my first ascent of the mountain 
at a height of 1000 feet.] 
111. Orthotomus cineraceus, Blyth. 
[These two species of Tailor-birds are similar in their habits, affecting the same localities, and often 
found in company. They frequent the more open places near the edges of the forest, where they hunt 
the low growth for their insect food. I met with both species up to 1000 feet on Kina Balu. 
Native name “ Chuk bodo.”] 
