Birds from North Borneo: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966Thompson, Max C.
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Birds from North Borneo: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966
Thompson, Max C.
Birds -- Malaysia -- Sabah
_=Spilornis cheela=_ Latham: Crested Serpent Eagle.--I saw this eagle
but once, circling overhead at the Cocoa Research Station on September
26, 1962.
_=Microhierax latifrons=_ Sharpe: White-fronted Falconet.--_Specimens_,
2: Cocoa Research Station: [Male] testis 2 x 1 mm., 41.2 gm., July 6,
1962, MCT 2600. Tiger Estate: [Female] oviduct regressing, old brood
patch, December 1, 1962, MCT 3418.
This species was first seen at the Cocoa Research Station. The
specimen taken there bobbed its head in the manner of various other
falcons. On two occasions individuals were observed sitting in a
low tree in the front yard of a home in Kalabakan.
These records extend the known range of this species south from
Darvel Bay (Smythies, 1960:161) to Cowie Harbor.
_=Falco peregrinus japonensis=_ Gmelin: Peregrine Falcon.--_Specimen_,
1: Kampong Kuamut: [Male], October 20, 1963, ADG 327.
_=Coturnix chinensis=_ (Linnaeus): Painted Quail.--_Specimen_, 1: Cocoa
Research Station: [Male] testis 8 x 5 mm., September 6, 1962, MCT 2881.
This specimen is intermediate between _C. c. lineata_ and _C. c.
caerulescens_, tending slightly toward the latter in having more
rufous coloring on the tertials. R. E. Kuntz took a male at Ranau
(USNM 472504) that was also intermediate in its characters but was
referable to _C. c. lineata_. These two specimens, when compared
with series of specimens from the Philippines and Sumatra, fitted
into a clinal progression of increasingly rufous tertials toward
Sumatra. Peters (1934:96) united _C. c. caerulescens_ with _C. c.
palmeri_, but Amadon (in _litt._) retains _C. c. caerulescens_
(Smythies, 1957:588). No clear-cut distributional pattern is yet
discernible in North Borneo and the arrangement of Amadon (MS)
should probably be reviewed again when more specimens become
available.
These birds were observed several times at the Cocoa Research
Station but were difficult to collect. They were abundant in the
grasslands on the Brantian Estate.
_=Rollulus roulroul=_ (Scopoli): Crested Green Wood Partridge.--It was
observed once along the Apas River at the Cocoa Research Station, in
primary forest.
_=Haematortyx sanguiniceps=_ Sharpe: Crimson-headed Wood
Partridge.--Frederick Dunn saw one fly across the padang at the Cocoa
Research Station rest house on September 9.
_=Lophura ignita=_ (Shaw and Nodder): Crested Fireback
Pheasant.--_Specimens_, 3: Cocoa Research Station: [Female], molting,
July 20, 1962, MCT 2624. 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Female], November 4, 1962,
MCT 3206; [Male], November 7, 1962, MCT 3216.
This pheasant was taken in native snares from primary forest.
_=Lophura bulweri=_ (Sharpe): Bulwer's Pheasant.--_Specimens_, 3: 5.5
mi. SW Tenom: [Female], December 25, 1962, MCT 3534; [Male], December
27, 1962, MCT 3539; [Female], December 27, 1962, MCT 3540.
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