22 Mr. R. B. Sharpe's Contributions to the 
[Specimens procured at Busan, Sibu, and Bintulu. The 
gizzard always contains insects, usually beetles and Or- 
thoptera.—A. E.] 
Calyptomena viridis, Raffl.; Salvad. l.c. p. 106. 
a. $. Bintulu. 
b . $ . Jilalong branch of Bintulu river. Iris dark brown; 
feet pale green. 
[Busan, Simaujan, Marup, Sibu, Bintulu, &c., also on the 
Matang mountains at 1000 feet. Birds shot in January were 
pairing, and had the stomachs full of the pulp and seeds of 
the common wild fig ( Avar ). Not an uncommon bird, but 
difficult to procure, as it affects tall trees, and its colour helps 
to conceal it at a short distance. The interior of the gape is 
yellow.—A. E.] 
Euryl^mus javanicus (Horsf.); Sharpe, Ibis, p. 48. 
[Observed at Jambusan, Marup, Sibu, and Bintulu. The 
iris is yellow, and the legs pinkish white ; but in a female ob¬ 
tained in October at Sibu the iris was bluish green, and the 
legs lead-grey. The gizzard of this specimen contained beetles 
only.—-A. E.] 
Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus (Gm.) ; Salvad. t. c . 
p. 109. 
a. ? . Bintulu. Iris brilliant grained green ; bill pale 
cobalt, lower mandible deep chrome; legs dark purplish 
blue. 
[Abundant throughout Sarawak in the vicinity of the 
rivers, and especially in the upper Batang Lupar. Feeds on 
insects, seeds, &c. This is the “ Rain-bird 33 of the Malays. 
A female shot in April was found to be laying. The nest—a 
rough pendent structure loosely put together with grass—is 
generally built over water; the eggs are white, speckled with 
faint red. A nest with with two young birds was brought 
in at Marup in April 1871. The birds differed, but, I think, 
were both females. They were entirely fledged, except on 
the throat, and agreed in having the head, back, wings, and 
tail sooty black, and the long white feathers over the shoulder 
