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species was; the bullet carried away the back part of the 
head, and naturally laid the bird motionless. The Shag, on 
hearing the shot, instead of leaving, as he should have done, 
merely raised himself in the water and flapped his wings ; 
instantly I let him have the contents of the left barrel, the 
bullet cutting the back-bone about four inches from the tail, 
and throwing the bird backwards completely out of the water. 
Sending one of the servants to hail a fishing-boat that was 
fortunately near, within ten minutes from first seeing these 
two birds they were both lying on my table. During the day 
the birds, which were of course spoilt for preserving by the 
bullets, were seen by the Consul and one or two other English 
friends; but I am afraid such a lucky right-and-left with a 
rifle occurs but once in a lifetime. 
109. PoDICEPS NIGRICOLLIS. 
I noticed a few on the lakes on the east coast in March, but 
none in April. 
110. Larus canus. 
Fairly numerous. 
111. Larus leucoph^eus. 
Not uncommon. 
112. Larus ridibundus. 
Numerous. 
113. Phalacrocorax cristatus. 
Several seen on the west coast during the winter. 
V. —Contributions to the Ornithology of Borneo. —Part I. 
By R. Bowdler Sharpe. 
(Plate II.) 
I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Arthur Everett for the 
collection of birds which I have the pleasure of describing in 
the present paper. Mr. Everett is well known as the dis¬ 
cover of the beautiful Pitta arcuata , described a few years 
ago by Mr. Gould (Ann. N. H. (4) vii. p. 340), and figured 
