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
_=Chloropsis sonnerati zosterops=_ Vigors: Greater Green
Leafbird.--_Specimens_, 2: Cocoa Research Station: [Male] testis 3 x 2
mm., 45.8 gm., MCT 2707; [Male], 46.0 gm., August 8, 1962, MCT 2740.
It was seen many times in the cocoa.
_=Irena puella criniger=_ Sharpe: Fairy Bluebird.--_Specimens_, 10:
Cocoa Research Station: [Male] testis 3 x 1 mm., 63.6 gm., July 4, 1962,
heavy molt, MCT 2588; [Female], 70.3 gm., July 28, 1962, MCT 2680;
[Female], 69.8 gm., August 2, 1962, MCT 2711; [Male] testis 13 x 10
mm., 65.0 gm., August 2, 1962, MCT 2714; sex?, August 2, 1962, MCT 2715;
sex?, 64.5 gm., August 2, 1962, MCT 2716; [Female], June 15, 1963, ADG
143; [Female], July 11, 1963, ADG 189; [Female], June 27, 1963, ADG 163.
Tiger Estate: [Male], June 23, 1963, ADG 157.
This was a common species around the Research Station in the cocoa
and much-disturbed primary forest.
_=Erithacus cyane=_ (Pallas): Siberian Blue Robin.--_Specimen_, 1: 12
mi. N Kalabakan: [Male], November 4, 1962, MCT 3208 (netted in primary
forest).
_=Copsychus pyrrhopygus=_ (Lesson): Orange-tailed Shama.--_Specimens_,
9: Cocoa Research Station: [Male] testis 3 x 2 mm., July 11, 1962, MCT
2617; [Male], September 7, 1962, MCT 2885; [Female], October 3, 1962,
MCT 2985; [Male], December 1, 1962, MCT 3401; [Male], November 30, 1962,
MCT 3444. 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Male] testis 5 x 3 mm., October 14, 1962
MCT 3044; [Female], November 13, 1962, MCT 3272. Oil Palm Research
Station: [Male], June 20, 1963, ADG 154; [Female], August 11, 1963, ADG
222.
This bird of the primary forest was only rarely seen in secondary
forest. The specimen taken on July 11, 1962, was in heavy molt with
only two outermost tail feathers in evidence; there was also molt
of the wing and body feathers.
_=Copsychus saularis pluto=_ Bonaparte: Magpie-Robin.--_Specimens_, 3:
Pintasan Agriculture Station: [Male], October 18, 1963, ADG 323. Tuaran:
[Female], December 14, 1963, SCFC 219. Telipok: [Female], March 9, 1963,
TM 68.
This species was recorded at Tawau in cultivated areas but no
specimens were collected there. Those collected by Garcia, Chung,
and Conway tended to be morphologically intermediate between _C. s.
adamsi_ and _C. s. pluto_.
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