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Ornithology of Borneo. 
pairing-season is about March or April; and the nest is said 
to be placed in holes in trees; one brought to me at Santu- 
bong was scantily made up of roots and a little moss, and 
contained three eggs of a greenish tint, plentifully blotched 
with rich brown,—A. E.] 
Cittocincla suavis, Sclater; Salvad. t. c. p. 252. 
a. Bintulu. Iris dark brown; legs pale greyish 
brown. 
b. 2 . Sibu, Feb. 28, 1875. Iris chocolate. 
[Generally, but not abundantly, distributed in Sarawak, 
where it inhabits the old jungle. I have observed it on Si- 
rambu at a height of 1000 feet.—A. E.] 
Monticola pandoo. 
a. 2 • Bintulu, Nov. 14,1875. Iris dark brown; legs dark 
brown; bill black. 
[This bird was shot during a gale of wind at the mouth of 
the Bintulu river.—A. E.] 
The first occurrence of the species in Borneo; but it was 
decidedly a bird to be expected. 
Hypsipetes malaccensis, Blyth; Salvad. t. c. p. 202. 
a. $ . Bintulu, Nov. 14, 1875. Iris warm yellow-brown. 
b. 2 • Bintulu. Iris ochreous brown. 
c. 2 • Bintulu. Iris orange-brown; legs dark wood- 
brown ; bill very dark brown, paler on the lower mandible. 
Fruit in the stomach. 
Trichophoropsis typus, Bp.; Salvad. t. c. p. 203. 
a. tf. Bintulu. Iris warm brown; bill bluish, tipped black; 
feet purplish lead-colour. 
b. $ . Bintulu. Iris orange-brown ; feet brownish lead- 
colour. 
[Observed at Sabu, Sibu, and Bintulu, at which latter place 
it is not uncommon in the old jungle. In a female shot Nov. 
21, 1874, the ovarium and oviduct were found to be normal; 
caeca coli two, saccular, of moderate length, running backward, 
and adherent; gizzard full of orthopterous insects; tongue 
plain, very slightly slit at the apex. In the male the testes 
