8 Mr. R. B. Sharpens Contributions to the 
Surniculus lugubris (Horsf.); Salvad. t. c. p. 68. 
a. Jambusan. Iris brown. 
Rhopodytes erythrognathus (Hartl.); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 
1873, p. 601 
Rhamphococcyx erythrognathus, Salvad. t. c. p. 74. 
a. $. Tubau, Bintulu. Iris bright cobalt-blue; orbital 
space deep crimson; legs dark leaden grey ; bill whitish green, 
the base of the lower mandible dull dark crimson. 
b. $ . Tagora, May 1875. Iris bright orange; orbital 
space pure deep crimson; legs and feet dark leaden grey, 
with a cast of olive-green; bill pale green, but round the 
nostril and all but the extreme third of the lower mandible 
dull crimson. 
[When this bird is sitting quietly in a tree its note is a 
low “ kuk-kukbut when it is on the wing these syllables 
are repeated several times rapidly in a loud tone. The flight 
is swift and gliding; and if the bird is in open spaces, it 
always flies very low. These Cuckoos are very partial to the 
fields of “ lalang ” grass, where they obtain abundance of 
orthopterous and other insects, with which their gizzards are 
invariably crammed.—A. E.] 
It will be seen that the colour of the iris in the male does 
not agree with that given by the Marquis Eoria [l. c .). 
Centrococcyx eurycercus (Hay); Salvad. t. c. p. 78. 
a. Bintulu, October 24, 1875. Iris crimson; bill, legs, 
and feet black, claws black. 
Indicator archipelagicus, Temm.; Salvad. t. c. p. 61. 
a. $ . Bintulu. Iris indian-red; legs leaden green; bill 
dark horn-brown. 
[The only time that I have seen this bird, which appears to 
be very rare; it was shot during the N.E. monsoon.-—A. E.] 
Megal,ema chrysopsis, Goffin. 
Chotorhea chrysopsis, Salvad. t. c. p. 32. 
a. £ . Tagora, May 1875. Iris warm brown ; bill black; 
legs and feet dark lead-colour, tinged greenish. 
[The rarest of the Barbets in Sarawak. I have procured 
