38. AMAUROKXJS. 153 



b". Smaller : browner aVjove, especially on lower 

 back and rump ; light ashy grey below ; 

 reddish colour on vent and under tail-coverts 



strongly pronounced moluccana, p. 153. 



//'. Throat white; no vinous colour on the vent and 



under tail-coverts akool, p. 155. 



b. Throat and breast white : lower flanks and vent 



chestnut; forehead white (adults), or like the ^phcemcura,v.m\. 

 crown (young) \inmlaris, ^. 16i'. 



1. Amauroruis olivacea. 



Gallinnla olivacea, Meyen, Nova Acta C. L.-C. Acad. Nat. Cur. xvi. 

 Stippt. i. p. 10t>, pi. XX. (1834: Manila); Graij, List Grallce Brit. 

 M'l.s. p. 1:23 (18-44: Manila); id. Gen. B. iii". p. 59S) (1845); id. 

 Iland-l. B. iii. p. 66, no. 10505 (1871). 



Amauroruis olivacea, Eeichenb. Natiirl. Si/sf. Vog. p. xxi (1852); 

 Bp. C. li. xliii. p. 000 (1856) ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 231, 

 p). xxxiii. fig. 2 (1875) ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 702 (Monte 

 Albaii), p. 768 (Cebu) ; id. F. Z. S. 1878, p. 345 (S. Leyte, 

 July); Steere, List B. ^- Mamm. E.iped. Fhilipp. Tp. 26 (1890; 

 Luzon, Siquijor) ; Blasius, J.f. O. 1890, p. 145 (Mindanao). 



Adidt male. Dark slaty grey, the thighs entirely slaty grey, 

 without the pale vinous isabelline inner face seen in the other 

 species, and with tlie under tail-coverts dark rufous or rufous brown: 

 '• bill light green ; feet yellowish brown ; iris bright blood-red " 

 (A. II. Everett). Total length 11"S inches, culmen 1*4, wing 0-5, 

 tail 2'45, tarsus 2*3o, middle toe and claw 2'5. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male : " bill grass-green ; 

 feet dull brownish yellow ; iris bright blood-red or crimson " (A. H. 

 Everett). Total length 10-5 inches, culmen 1"45, wing 6, tail 1-9, 

 tarsus 2-3.J, middle toe and claw 2'0. 



Hah. Philijipiue Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Philippine Islands. Tweeddale Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. .Manila, June 14 (H. Cuming). Gould Coll. 

 c,d. cJ $ ad. sk. Monti; Alban, Luzon, Feb. Tweeddale Coll. 



(A. II. Everett). 

 e,f. 6 2 ach sk. Cebu, March. Tweeddale Coll. 



'/. (S ad. sk. Boac, Marinduf^ue, ^Lay. E. L. Moseley, 



E.sq. [d. 

 h, I. d 2 fid. sk. Amparo, S. Leyte, July (.1. II. Tweeddale Coll. 



Everett). 

 k. cJad.sk. Catbalogan, Samar, April 14. E. L. Moselev, 



Esq. [C.]. ' 

 I. 2 "'1. sk. Ayala, Mindanao, Oct. 24. E. L. Moseley, 



Esq. [C.]. 



2. Amauromis moluccana. 



Gallinnla olivacea, Scit. (>iec Meyeu), Mus. Pai/s-Iias, Ralli, p. 43 

 (1865: Ternate.llalmahera) ; Grai/, Iland-l. B. iii. p. 66, no. 10i"0.5 

 (1871); Bosenb. Heist, nam- Geeloinkb. p. 9 (1875); id. Malaif 

 Arch. p. 407 (1879). 



