2 Mr. R. B. Sharpe's Contributions to the 
Bintulu, it is well to make a few necessary corrections in re¬ 
gard to the localities mentioned in the previous paper. Mr. 
Everett had very kindly forwarded me a little map of N.E. 
Borneo, with some of his collecting-stations entered in ink. 
It seems, however, that the other printed details of the map 
were faulty, and not intended for publication (the map is a 
small missionary chart); and the following notes give a more 
correct idea of the localities where Mr. Everett has been col¬ 
lecting for the past seven years:—First of all the name 
“ Kucking" should read everywhere in the former paper as 
Kuching, this being the name for the chief town in the 
Sarawak Raj. Then again, with regard to the paragraph 
(p. 30) commencing “ Sibu Island &c.," Mr. Everett re¬ 
marks :—“ Sibu Island and the Matu river are situated, the 
first at the apex of the Rejang delta, and the second on the 
shore-line of the same delta, the former being distant some 
80 miles from the Bruit entrance." With regard to the 
other localities it may be mentioned that Tagora, Puak Hill, 
Sirambu, Busan, Jambusan, Belidah, Gunong trahn, Ma- 
tang, and Bidi are all within 20 miles to the west and south¬ 
west of Kuching. Simunjan is some 20 miles from the mouth 
of the Sadong. Marup lies at the base of the Balang and 
Tiang Laju mountains, and is distant some 80 miles by the 
river's course from the mouth of the Batang Lupar ; and, 
lastly, Santubong, Kalakah, Rejang, and Bintulu are on the 
coast, the latter locality being situated on the Bruni frontier, 
about halfway between Kuching and Labuan. 
As regards the determination of the species, I must again 
record the great assistance which I have received from Count 
Salvador's work*. 
Circus spilonotus, Kaup; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 30. 
a. c? ad. Bintulu. Iris pure brilliant yellow; feet and 
legs chrome-yellow, claws black; bill black, pale lead at the 
base j cere greenish yellow. 
b y c. 6 juv. Bintulu, Nov. 11, 1875. Iris warm choco- 
* “ Catalogo sistematico degli uccelli di Borneo di Tommaso Salvadori 
con note ed osservazioni di G. Doria ed O. Beccari intorno alle specie da essi 
racoolte nel Ragiato di Sarawak,” Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, v. p. 1 (1874). 
