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; [Male] testis 2 x 1 mm., 21.2 gm., August 3, 1962, MCT 2719; [Female], June 10, 1963, ADG 119. 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Male], October 19, 1962, MCT 3090; [Female], November 10, 1962, MCT 3240. Oil Palm Research Station: [Female], August 24, 1963, ADG 258. At Quoin Hill this species was common in primary forest. One of the males (MCT 2719) was rust-colored. It and similar rufous males may be immature (see Owen, 1963:235). _=Pachycephala whiteheadi homeyeri=_ (Blasius): Whitehead's Thick-head.--_Specimens_, 2: Siamil Island: [Female], September 19, 1962, MCT 2931; [Male], September 19, 1962, MCT 2932. The thick-heads were by far the most common passerine bird in the relict forest on Siamil Island, being quite tame and easily approached. They generally spent most of their time sitting on branches of forest vines and bushes in the understory and were never observed in the upper story. McGregor (1910:604) describes the species as: "Common on Tawi Tawi, less so in Sulu. A deep woods bird; tame and easily shot. Feeds on insects, and usually keeps some distance above the ground." The two specimens recorded above provide the first record of this species from Borneo, the previously known range being confined to the Philippine Islands. My material closely resembled the subspecies found on Tawi-Tawi and here is assigned to _P. w. homeyeri_. _=Motacilla caspica melanope=_ Pallas: Gray Wagtail.--_Specimen_, 1: Cocoa Research Station: [Female], October 4, 1962, MCT 2991. I saw this migrant first at the research station on August 25, 1962, along a dirt road, and it was subsequently seen many times along logging roads in secondary forest. _=Artamus leucorhynchus leucorhynchus=_ Linnaeus: White-breasted Swallow Shrike.--_Specimens_, 2: Tuaran: sex?, December 6, 1963, SCFC F13; [Female], December 7, 1963, SCFC F15. _=Lanius cristatus lucionensis=_ Linnaeus: Brown Shrike.--_Specimen_, 1: Tuaran: [Male], January 12, 1963, MCT 3593. One bird was observed near our sulap 12 miles north of Kalabakan on October 22 and 26, 1962. The specimen was netted in a paddy field and others were seen at Tuaran. _=Lanius tigrinus=_ Drapiez: Thick-billed Shrike.--_Specimens_, 2: Tiger Estate: [Male], November 25, 1962, MCT 3316. Cocoa Research Station: [Female], November 29, 1962, MCT 3383. The specimen taken on November 29
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