cimens as follows: [Male], Sandakan, June 6, 1937, MCZ 197123;
[Male], Morutai Besar, June 27, 1937, MCZ 197124; [Male], Kalabakan
River, July 16, 1937, MCZ 197125. The Harvard collection of birds
from North Borneo appears to have been overlooked, although it was
mentioned in passing by Smythies (1960:526). The specimens in my
collection were taken in the same general area where H. G. Deignan
took the Harvard specimens.
_=Loriculus galgulus=_ (Linnaeus): Malay Lorikeet.--_Specimen_, 1: Cocoa
Research Station: [Female], May 1, 1963, ADG 103.
This lorikeet was rare at all of our collecting localities.
_=Cuculus fugax fugax=_ Horsfield: Malayan Hawk-Cuckoo.--_Specimens_, 3:
Cocoa Research Station: [Male], 86.0 gm., August 28, 1963, MCT 2825;
[Male], 79.0 gm., September 11, 1962, MCT 2899; [Female], September 28,
1962, MCT 2977.
This species was first observed on August 28 in primary forest and
was seen regularly from then until September 28 in secondary
forest, primary forest, and in cocoa shade trees.
_=Cacomantis sonnerati=_ (Latham): Banded Bay Cuckoo.--Birds that may
have been of this species were observed on several occasions. E. J. H.
Berwick (pers. comm.) claimed he had heard _C. sonnerati_ at the Cocoa
Research Station. I have heard many times a call sometimes ascribed to
this species but I have not actually seen the bird making the sound. If
the call note I heard is actually of this species it is not rare in the
Quoin Hill area.
_=Cacomantis merulinus threnodes=_ Cabanis and Heine: Plaintive
Cuckoo.--_Specimens_, 5: Cocoa Research Station: [Male], 25.0 gm.,
September 8, 1962, MCT 2891; [Female] imm., 27.0 gm., September 8, 1962,
MCT 2892; [Male] testis 4 x 3 mm., November 29, 1962, MCT 3382. Tenom:
[Male], January 1, 1963, MCT 3563. Ulu Balung: [Female], July 15, 1963,
ADG 199.
This cuckoo was common in all habitats examined at all of our
collecting stations, except the moss forest near Tenom.
_=Cacomantis variolosus sepulchralis=_ (S. Muller): Fantailed
Cuckoo.--_Specimens_, 2: Cocoa Research Station: [Male], 30.8 gm.,
August 28, 1962, MCT 2824. Ulu Balung: [Male], July 10, 1963, ADG 183.
The specimens were collected in primary forest. There are only five
earlier records for all of Borneo (Smythies, 1960:253-254).
Probably this species nests in Borneo; it is unlikely that
specimens taken in August and July are migra
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