08 TEERONID.E. 



green ; from the gape, passing below the eye, a black Hue, bordered 

 underneath by a white line, starting from below the eye and reach- 

 ing beyond the ear-coverts ; anterior part of the cheeks, chin and 

 throat deep ruddy fulvous ; breast and abdomen pale ruddy fulvous 

 or ochraceous ; under tail-coverts pale French-grey; quills brown, 

 with a narrow light edge on the outer web ; tail above brown with 

 an amethystine tinge, and with a broad grey band at the tip : " iri-5 

 purple-grey, grey, or brown ; bill black ; feet bright carmine, or 

 dull crimson " {Everett). Total length 9'5 inches, wing 5*25, tail 

 3-5, bill 0-63, tarsus 0-75. 

 Hah. Luzon and Mindoro. 



a. Ad.sk. South of Manilla(C?Mm'w//). Zoological Society's Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Philippine Islands. Cuming Coll. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Philippine Islands. E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 

 e, f. S 2 a( b s k Luzon, Jan. (A.B. Met/cr). Tweeddale Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. Manilla (Maitland He- Tweeddale Coll. 



riot). 

 h I. 6 2 ad. sk. San Mateo, Feb. (.4. II. Tweeddale Coll. 



Everett), 

 m. 5 ad. sk. San Mateo, Feb. {A. H. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Everett), 

 n. $ ad. sk. Monte Alban, Feb. (A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H. Everett) 



3. Phabotreron occipitalis. 



Phabotreron brevirostris, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 73 (Basilan : 

 nee 1877, p. 549) ; id. Orn. Works, p. 650 (Basilan) ; Steere, List 

 Philipp. Birds, p. 24 (part., Basilan). 



Adult male. Similar to P. leucotis, but the rufous throat more 

 vinous, and the occiput of a coppery amethystine very conspicuous; the 

 back and wings of a more greenish hue : " iris light warm brown ; 

 bill black ; feet carmine " (Everett). Total length about 9 inches, 

 wing 5, tail 3*6, bill 0-59, tarsus OS. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Hah. Basilan. 



a, h. S 2 ad. sk. Basilan {A. II. Everett). Tweeddale Coll. (Typ-s 



of species). 



4. Phabotreron nigrorum. 



Phapitreron leucotis, Wald. fy Layard (nee Temm.), Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 104 (Negros) ; Tweedd. Orn. Works, p. 121 (1881). 



Phabotreron nigrorum, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc, Zool. i. pp. 346, 353 

 (1876) (Negros) ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 7(54 (Guimaras, Cebu) ; 

 id. Orn. Works, p. 538 (1881); Wardl. Earns., Tweedd. On,. 

 Works, p. 659 (1881) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 41 (1889) ; Steere, 

 List Philipp. Birds, p. 24 (1890) (Guimaras, Panay, Negros, Cebu). 



Similar to P. leucotis, but throat pale buff, and light subocular 

 streak changing into rufous on the ear-coverts : " iris brown ; bill 



