12 Mr. R. B. Sharpe's Contributions to the 
Malacopteron magnum, Eyton; Salvad. t. c. p. 226. 
a. $. Bintulu. Iris crimson ; bill dark brownish; legs 
pale whitish leaden grey. 
b, c. d $ . Tagora. Iris indian-red ; bill black, the lower 
mandible whitish lead-colour ; legs and feet pale pinkish 
leaden grey. 
Brachypteryx malaccensis, Hartl.; Salvad. t. c. p. 222. 
a, b. d $ . Bintulu. Iris crimson; legs pinkish white. 
[These birds haunt the undergrowth of the old jungle, and 
never inhabit the high trees.— A. E.] 
Trichixos pyrrhopygus, Less.; Salvad. t. c. p. 224. 
a. d ad. Bintulu. Legs and feet pale. 
b. 2 juv. Bintulu. Iris dark brown; gape yellow; legs 
pinky white; bill dark brown. 
Malacocincla rueiventris, Salvad. t. c. p. 229. 
a. $. Tagora, May 1875. Iris yellow-brown; bill smoky 
black, the under mandible leaden grey; legs pale horn-brown. 
Setaria apfinis (Blyth) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 231. 
a. d . Jambusan. 
b. d • Bintulu, pairing. Iris dark raw-sienna; legs 
bluish lead-colour; bill the same, culmen darker. 
Setaria pectoralis, Salvad. t. c. p. 233, tav. iv. fig. 1. 
a,b. $ $ . Bintulu. Iris light brown; bill black; legs 
pale purplish. 
Setaria albigularis, Blyth; Salvad. t.c. p. 233. 
a. d • Bintulu, pairing. Iris crimson; bill black; legs 
dark leaden grey. 
Copsychus problematicus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 36. 
a. $. Sibu. 
The hen bird now sent fully confirms the distinctness of 
C. problematicus as a species, the blackish under wing-coverts 
and general darker coloration being very conspicuous. 
[May be seen in all gardens and clearings in Sarawak, 
where it is always welcome, as it is one of the few Bornean 
birds that can boast some approach to a song. Observed on 
Matang and Sirambu at a height of over 1200 feet. The 
