

























































32 _ Mr. R. B. Sharpe’s Contributions to the 
headed brown dress to the female plumage ; and this stage 1s 
therefore probably assumed by a moult. 
2. Astur TrivircATus (Temm.) ; Salvad. /.c. p. 17. 
a. No.12. 92. Sibu, June 12,1874. Iris bright orange ; 
legs yellow. 
b. g. Sibu, Aug. 1874. Iiis chrome; legs and feet ochre- 
ous; bill black, the base greenish yellow; lores greenish yel- 
low. ‘Draco volans in gizzard.” 
The male is in younger plumage than the female, though 
“neither are very old, and a corresponding difference in the 
soft parts is to be noted. 
3. SprLoRNis PALLIDUS, Walden; Sharpe, Cat. B.1. p. 290, 
Dl otk 
Spilornis bacha (Daud.); Salvad. 1. c. p. 7. 
a. No.19. ¢g. Sibu, Nov. 1874. Iris chrome-yellow ; 
legs dirty ochre; bill dark leaden; ‘“ antorbital patch to cere 
brownish yellow-orange.” 
4, Haiastur INTERMEDIUS, Gurn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. 1. 
p. 314. 
Haliastur indus (Bodd.) ; Salvad. J. c. p. 12. 
a. “No. 158. @. Sibu Island, April 28, 1874. Inis 
dark chocolate; feet pale greenish yellow; bill black.” 
The specimen sent is in immature plumage. 
5. MicroHierax FRINGILLARIUS (Drap.); Sharpe, Cat. B. 
1. p. 868. 
Mierax cerulescens, Salvad. 1. c. p. 3. | 
a,b,c. No.196. @. Sibu,July 1874. “Tris chocolate.” — 
The three specimens sent by Mr. Everett are apparently 
all rather young, as they have the forehead, cheeks, and eye- 
brow stained with orange. 
6. Poxioartus numixis (Mull. & Schl.) ; Salvad. J. c. p. 6. 
a. “No. 157. g. Sibu, Aug. 14,1874. Iris bright yel-. 
low ; feet and tarsi pale blue.” 
This is a very interesting occurrence, as Count Salvadori 
first included the species in his work on the probability of its 
occurring in Borneo, as it had been found in the neighbour- 
