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
_=Copsychus stricklandi stricklandi=_ Motley and Dillwyn: White-rumped
Shama.--_Specimens_, 14. Cocoa Research Station: [Male] testis 8 x 5
mm., August 28, 1962, MCT 2826; [Male] testis 11 x 6 mm., September 5,
1962, MCT 2873; [Female], November 28, 1962, MCT 3359; [Female],
November 29, 1962, MCT 3389. 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Male], October 12,
1962, MCT 3012; [Female], October 12, 1962, MCT 3013; [Female] brood
patch, oviduct enlarged, October 17, 1962, MCT 3069; [Female], October
19, 1962, MCT 3078; [Female], October 26, 1962, MCT 3154. 5.5 mi. SW
Tenom: [Male], December 23, 1962, MCT 3514. Ulu Balung Cocoa Estate:
[Male], July 15, 1963, ADG 200. Oil Palm Research Station: [Female],
August 27, 1963, ADG 263; [Female], August 28, 1963, ADG 268; [Female],
October 4, 1963, ADG 291.
This species was common in the cocoa and surrounding secondary
forest at Quoin Hill, but I saw it only once in the moss forest on
the mountains near Tenom.
No specimen taken showed characters of or tendencies toward _C.
malabaricus suavis_. Perhaps the zone of intergradation on the east
coast is farther south than Darvel Bay, where it was placed by
Smythies (1960:390).
S. D. Ripley (_in_ Peters _et al._, 1964:72) considered _C.
stricklandi_ to be specifically distinct from _C. malabaricus_, and
his opinion is accepted here.
_=Enicurus leschenaulti borneensis=_ Sharpe: White-crowned Forktail.
_Specimens_, 4: 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Female] imm., October 21, 1962, MCT
3112; [Female] largest ovum 2 mm., October 27, 1962, MCT 3167; [Male],
November 1, 1962, MCT 3195. Gum-Gum: [Female], September 24, 1963, ADG
282.
I saw this species only once in life, along a small, wet-weather
stream. The specimens, however, were all netted in primary forest,
some distance away from any stream.
Judging from measurements, these specimens are _E. l. borneensis_,
although one would expect to find only _E. l. frontalis_ at
elevations of 600 feet. The specimen taken by Garcia at Gum-Gum was
not identified to subspecies.
_=Enicurus ruficapillus=_ Temminck: Chestnut-naped
Forktail.--_Specimens_, 3: 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Male], October 21, 1962,
MCT 3113; [Male], November 4, 1962, MCT 3207; [Male], November 8, 1962,
MCT 3231.
This bird was common along the upper Apas River at Quoin Hill. All
specimens were taken in nets stretched across streams.
_=Zoothera interpres interpres=_ (Temminck): Chestnut-headed Ground
Thrush.--_Specimens_, 9: 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Female], October 28, 1962,
MCT 3171; [Female], October 24, 1962, MCT 3138. Kalabakan: [Female],
November 17, 1962, MCT 3300. Cocoa Research Station: [Female] imm., June
10, 1963, ADG 120; [Male], June 12, 1963, ADG 130; [Female] imm., June
15, 1963, ADG 141. Oil Palm Research Station: [Male], August 15, 1963,
ADG 233; [Male], August 9, 1963, ADG 217; [Male], August 27, 1963, ADG
261.
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