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Mr. R. B. Sharpens Contributions to the 
b. $ . Bintulu. Legs and orbital region chrome-yellow, 
claws black ; other parts as* in preceding. Crustacea in the 
gizzard. 
Both the above-mentioned birds are young. 
Spizaetus alboniger, Blyth; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 271; 
Salvad. t. c. p. 14. 
a. $ juv. Bintulu, Oct. 23, 1875. Iris golden yellow; 
bill and cere black; feet pale dirty greenish yellow, the soles 
dull ochreous orange. 
Syrnium leptogrammicum (Temm.); Sharpe. Cat. ii. p.264. 
Ciccaba leptogrammica, Salvad. t. c. p. 20. 
a. $ . Bintulu. Iris dark warm brown; bill bluish grey. 
b } c,d } e . ?. Bintulu. Iris warm chocolate-brown; bill 
white, tinged with blue at the base; feet bluish lead-colour. 
[Tolerably abundant in the old forests in the vicinity of 
Bintulu.—A. E.] 
This series shows that the species varies considerably, espe¬ 
cially in the chest-patch, which is deep chestnut-rufous in 
some, pale tawny in others, while some examples have the 
breast much whiter than others. 
Ninox scutulata, Raffl.; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 156. 
a. Jambusan, March 1875. Iris golden; feet dull 
ochre-yellow; cere greenish. 
[Distributed throughout Sarawak. The Malay name of 
“ Pongok ” represents the clear loud cry of this bird. In a 
<$ shot at Simunjan, October 1870, the legs were chrome- 
yellow; iris brilliant orange-yellow; bill greenish white ; cere 
of bill green ; testes long, dark yellow; kidneys dark mottled 
purple ; stomach distended with beetles, chiefly Buprestidse; 
intestines very long, and with intestinal worms present, about 
1| inch in length. Another individual, shot at Sibu, had a 
small gecko lizard in its stomach.—A. E.] 
Caprimulgus salvadorii, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 99, 
pi. xxii. fig. 1. 
a , b , c, d. S . Bintulu. Iris dark brown ; bill and legs 
dark purplish brown. 
