638 PODARGID^. 



2. Batrachostomus harterti. (Plate XIV.) 

 Batracho^tomus hartorti, Sharpe, Ibis, 18'Ji2, p. 323. 



Adult male. Similar to B. auritus, but mucli smaller and of a 

 darker brown ; top of the head and back of a deep chestnut- 

 brown ; a ■whitish-buff collar on the hind neck as in B. auritus; 

 Avhite tips of the greater wing-coverts less elongated than in 

 B. auritus ; scapulars with large round subterminal spots of black 

 and narrow white tips ; inner primaries with pale tips ; breast 

 much darker rufous-brown than in B. auritus ; feathers of the 

 abdomen pale vinaceous along the shaft and with irregular trans- 

 verse markings of the same colour ; lower abdomen more uniform 

 pale vinaceous. Total length nearly 14 inches, wing 8*6, tail 6. 



Ifab. Mt. Dulit, North-west Borneo. 



n. c? ad. sk. Mt. Dulit. C. Hose, Esq. [C.]. (Type of species.) 



3. Batrachostonms septiinus. 



Batrachostomus Septimus, Tiveedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 642, 1878, p. 944 ; 

 id. Voy. ' Challenger,'' p. 13, pi. ii. (Mindanao ; 1880). 



Adult male. E,ufous-brown, a little darker above ; the scapulars 

 with the outer webs creamy white, narrowly bordered with dark 

 brown ; a white nuchal collar is very conspicuous, and much 

 white is to be seen on the breast and abdomen, with fine black bars 

 across the latter ; the greater wing-coverts have large terminal 

 white spots, chiefly on the outer webs, bordered internally by a 

 blackish line : vent and under tail-coverts isabelline : " iris orange- 

 yellow ; bill light horn-brown ; feet pale ochreous-yellow " (Everett). 

 Total length about 10 inches, wing 6-2 to 6-5, taU 4-5, tarsus 0-G8, 

 width of gape 1*55, culmen 1 to 1-2. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in its general colour, but 

 different in its markings ; the scapulars have no white, the spots 

 on the wing-coverts are not so large. Wing (rl inches, tail 4-5. 



This species is easily distinguished from its nearest allies, B. jav- 

 eiisis and B. moniliger, by its larger size and comparatively much 

 shorter taU, and by the sexes being similar in their general 

 coloration. 



Bab. S.W. Mindanao, Philippines. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Zamboanga, Mindanao. ' Challenger ' Exped. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. c. (S ; d. 2 ad. Zamboanga, April [A. H. Tweeddale Coll. 

 sk. Everett). 



4. Batrachostomus poliolophus 



us poliolophus, Hartert, Notes Leyd 

 MS.) 



Adult female. Top of the head, back and rump bright cinnamon 



Batrachostomus poliolophus, Hartert, Notes Leyd. Mus. 1892, p. 63 

 {ex Temin., MS.) 



