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conveyed a wrong impression with regard to the differences of the 

 sexes. The above descriptions were taken at tlie time from Dr. 

 Stcere's types, and it will be seen that he had clearly defined the 

 bird with the blue moustache to be the female. The correctness of 

 this determination has been confirmed by Mr. Alfred Everett (</. 

 Tweeddale, /. c), whose specimens I have examined by the kindness 

 of Lieut. AVardlaw Kamsay. 



yteero's Green Bnlbul is only known at present from the island 

 of Palawan, in the rhilippine archipelago. 



a. 9 ad. sk. Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Dr. J. B. Steere [0.]. 



July 1874. 



15, Chloropsis flavipennis. 



Phyllornis flavipennis, Tiveedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 761, pi. Ixxvii. fig. 1. 



Adult female. General colour above bright green, the wing- 

 coverts like the back ; primary-coverts green, the outer ones with 

 a faint edging of yellow ; quills blackish brown, externally green, 

 the primaries margined with yellow towards their tij»s, the inner 

 secondaries entirely green, like the back ; tail-feathers green, dusky 

 on the inner webs, which are narrowly edged with yellow ; lores 

 yellowish, as well as the eyelid ; sides of face light green, tinged 

 with yellow on the cheeks ; under surface of body light green, 

 slightly paler on the centre of the breast and abdomen ; throat 

 yellowish ; thighs pale yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 pale yellowish green ; quills dusky below, light yellow along the 

 inner webs ; "bill leaden; legs greenish leaden ; iris hazel " (^//recZ 

 Everett). Total length 7*8 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 3*45, tail 2*8, 

 tarsus 0*7. (Mus. B,. G. Wardlaw liamsay.) 



Adult male (^type of species). Similar in plumage to the female. 

 Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 0"95, wing 3*65, tail 3, tarsus 

 0-75. {Mus. K. G. Wardlaiv Ramsay.) 



The island of Zebu or Cebu in the Philippine archipelago is as 

 yet the only recorded habitat for the Yellow-winged Green Bulbul. 



a. Ad. sk. Cebu {A. Everett). Lieut. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay. 



16. Chloropsis venusta. 



Phyllornis venusta, Bj). Co/isp. i. p. .500 (e.c Temm. MS. in Mus. 

 Luffd.) ; Grai/, Iland-l. B. i. p. 277, no. 4077. 



Adxdt male (Sumatra : type of species). General colour above 

 bright grass-green, a little duller on the crown ; wing-coverts like 

 the back, a little brighter green on the edges, the least series 

 greenish cobalt, forming a shoulder-spot ; the edge of the wing also 

 tinged with the same greenish cobalt ; primary-coverts and quills 

 dusky brown, externally grass-green, brighter on the margin of the 

 primaries, which are ashy towards the tips of the outer webs, the 

 outermost primary bluish ; upper tail- coverts brighter green than 



