588 PEKISTERID^E. 



brown- chestnut, the lateral ones grey, with a broad subapical black 

 band : " iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull carmine " {Everett). 

 Total length about 11 inches, wing 6-3, tail 4, bill 0-75, tarsus 

 15. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Young. Duller ; the red patch on the crop-region partly ochreous, 

 and the greater upper wing-coverts tipped with ochreous buff. 



Hab. Mindanao, Easilan, and Sulu Island (?). 



a. (S ad. sk. Placer, July (A. H. Tweeddale Coll. 



Everett). 



• f. 6 2 a( i- et <5 Zamboanga, March, Tweeddale Coll. 



imm. sk. April (A.H.Everett), 



g. Ad. sk. Gould Coll. (Probable 



type of Ph. bartletti, Sclat.) 



h, i. Juv. et pull. st. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



3. Phlogcenas platenae. 



Phlegoenas criniger, Hartert (nee Puch. # Jacq.), J. f. 0. 1891, 



pp. .300, 302 (Mindoro). 

 Phlegoenas platenae, Bias, in litt.; Hartert, J.f. O. 1891, p. 302 



(descr. nulla). 



Adult male (type). Upper part of head and nape dark metallic 

 green, with amethyst reflections ; forehead somewhat greyish ; back, 

 scapulars, and inner upper wing-coverts chestnut, with the edges 

 of the feathers metallic amethyst ; rump the same, but duller ; longer 

 upper tail-coverts and tail grey ; throat, cheeks, chest, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts white ; on the middle of the crop-region an 

 orange patch, being the stiff tips of the feathers of that colour ; 

 sides of the breast bronze-green, with amethyst reflections ; sides 

 buff ; under tail-coverts with a slight buff tinge ; the anterior upper 

 wing-coverts broadly tipped with light grey ; also the median wing- 

 coverts have triangular grey spots at the tip ; quills brown, with 

 the inner webs partly cinnamon ; under wing-coverts and axillars 

 cinnamon ; lateral tail-feathers of a lighter grey than the central 

 ones, and with a broad subapical black band : " bill grey-blue, with 

 the base blue-black ; iris violet-red ; feet cherry-red " (Platen). 

 Total length about 11-5 inches, wing 5-9, tail 4, bill 0*75, tarsus 

 1*3. {Mus. Braunschweig.) 



Female. Similar to the male, but slightly smaller. (Mus. 

 Braunschweig.) 



Hab. Mindoro, Philippines. 



I have to thank Dr. W. Blasius for having lent me for description 

 the types of this species ; also Canon Tristram has sent me one of 

 the typical specimens. 



4. Phlogcenas rufigula. 



Peristere a gorge rousse, Hombr. Sf Jacq. Voy. Pole Sucl, Atlas, pi. 27. 



f. 1 (inaccurate) (1845). 

 Calcenas (a gorge rousse), G. R. Gr. Gen. B., App. p. 21 C1849). 



