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Mrs. Johnstone's parrakeet is of special interest, because it seems to connect the 

 so-called jrcnera rsitfcuteles and Ptilosrlcra, while TricIwijlossuK is in ray opinion 

 not sejiarable from Psiftcuteles. Therefore I call Jolinstone's j)arrakeet simply 

 Trichoglossus, though I have little doubt that some ornithologist afflicted with 

 "furor genericns " will one day create a new generic term fcir it. 



Cacatua haematui'opygia (P. L. S. Miill.). 



Not a mountain bird, being found at Davao, Daliaon, and other places of the 

 plains. This species is widely distributed, being known from twenty-five islands 

 and islets of the Philippine Archipelago. Local forms have not been distinguished, 

 and it seems to me that there are no differences between birds from the varions 

 islands. 



Doherty obtained it on Basilan, and described the iris as scarlet, feet dirty 

 purplish, bill whitish. 



Prioniturus waterstradti Rothsch. 



We have the three specimens collected by Mr. Waterstradt on Mt. Apo, it is 

 said at an elevation of 3000 ft., while Mr. Goodfellow sent several examjiles from 

 a height of 8000 ft. 



There can be no doubt that this is the form of the mountains, where it seems 

 to take the place of P. (Uscurus. Three thousand feet, however, is not far from the 

 lowlands, and we should await further investigations before deciding if P. waterstradti 

 everywhere replaces discurus, or whether the two occur together and may be of 

 different stock. 



Prioniturus discurus Vieill. 



William Doherty obtained four specimens on Basilan, Mr, Goodfellow shot a 

 number at Davao, Piso, and Martina, in South Mindanao, and we have also received 

 one from Ayala. Doherty described the iris as dull chestnut, the bill dull whitish, 

 feet dull slaty blue. 



1 have before me the type of " Prioniturus discurus (Vieill.) var. nov. sulu'-zisis " 

 (sic), described in Journ. f. Orn. 1890, p. 140. I am sorry to say tliat I must agree 

 with Mr. Worcester {Hand-list B. Philippine Is., p. 49, footnote) that tlie Snlu form 

 caunf)t be separated. 



Tanygnathus lucionensis (L.). 



PiiUacua luciotietisis Linnaeus, .S'(/.>i(. Nat. Ed. xii. 1. p. 140 (17GC — ex Brisson). 



Doherty obtained a series of skins on Basilan, and Mr. Goodfellow others on 

 Mindanao, at Daliaon, Davao, and Piso. Mr. Waterstradt sent it from iSanta (h-nz 

 in S. Mindanao. 



We have in the Tring Museum a considerable series from most of the islands 

 of the Philippine Archipelago. Mr. Ogilvie-Grant {Ibis 1896, p. 561) gave some 

 verv interesting notes on Tant/ynathus lucionensis, distinguishing between certain 

 groups, but fortunately without naming them. I have before me thirty-six 

 specimens from Luzon, Mindoro, Mariuduque, Negros, Panay, Cebu, Basilan, 

 Mindanao, Bongao, iSibutn, Samar, Leyte, Sulu Islands, Palawan, and the small 

 group of islets called Mantanani, near Borneo. I cannot see any constancy in the 

 differences mentioned by Mr. Grant for specimens from various islands. It is true 



