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
_=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, was netted in a small clearing
in primary forest.
_=Aplonis panayensis strigatus=_ (Horsfield): Glossy
Starling.--_Specimens_, 2: Tiger Estate: [Female], October 11, 1962, MCT
3001; [Female], November 25, 1962, MCT 3322. Tuaran: [Female], March 21,
1963, ADG 35; sex?, December 1, 1963, EJHB 616.
This species was in the lowlands around Semporna, Siamil Island,
Brantian Estate, and Tawau.
_=Gracula religiosa religiosa=_ Linnaeus: Talking Myna.--_Specimens_, 3:
Tiger Estate: [Female], October 11, 1962, MCT 3020. Cocoa Research
Station: [Male], May 28, 1963, ADG 114. Gum-Gum: [Female], September 9,
1963, ADG 277.
This was a common bird at Quoin Hill but was not seen elsewhere by
me. It frequented the dead trees in the cocoa.
_=Anthreptes simplex=_ (S. Mueller): Plain-colored Sunbird.--_Specimens_,
6: Cocoa Research Station: [Female] imm., 8.0 gm., August 11, 1962, MCT
2768; [Male] imm., 10.0 gm., August 11, 1962, MCT 2769; [Male], 7.0 gm.,
September 6, 1962, MCT 2878; [Male], September 25, 1962, MCT 2959;
[Female], November 27, 1962, MCT 3332; [Male], November 27, 1962, MCT
3343.
This common bird at Quoin Hill frequented flowers of the Tree
Cassava. Trees of that species were shade trees in the cocoa.
_=Anthreptes malacensis=_ ssp. (Scopoli): Brown-throated
Sunbird.--_Specimens_, 2: Tenom: [Male], January 3, 1963, MCT 3573;
[Male] testis 5 x 4 mm., January 4, 1963, MCT 3576.
One of the specimens (MCT 3576) was molting into adult male
plumage; the size of its testes suggests that this bird was also
coming into breeding condition, all of which seemingly lends
support to Chasen's (1939:401) suspicion that the species has an
eclipse plumage. Lacking specimens in breeding plumage, I was
unable to determine the subspecific affinities of the population at
Tenom.
This species was observed also on Siamil Island.
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