18. CKNTROPUS. 365 



29. Centropus melanops. 



Ceiitropus melanops, Less. Traite, p. 1-57 (1831) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. 



p. 4o5 (184(3j ; id. Ilaml-l B. ii. p. 214, uo. 8980 (1870). 

 Centropus nigrifrons, Feah, U. S. Expl. JE.cped. 1st ed. p. 137, pi. 38. 



%. 1 (1848) : Hartl. Arch. f. Nat. xviii. p. 137, pi. 38 (1852) ; 



Cass. U. S. Expl. E.cped. 18-55, p. 249, Atlas, pi. 22 (1855) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 214, no. 8979 (1870). 

 Nesoceutor uigrifrons, Cab. &; Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 119, note 



(1862). 

 Nesocentor melanops. Cab. i^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 119, note 



(1862). 

 Pyrrhocentor melanops, Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. pp. 164, 330 ; Tweed- 

 dale, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 823 : SharjK, Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. i. 



p. :!22 (1877) ; Tiveeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 108, 946, 1879, p. 69 ; 



Wardlaic Ramsay, App. Tweedcl. Orti. Works, p. 656 (1881) ; 



Kiltter, J.f. O. 188.3, p. .303. 



Adult. Head, ueck, and fore part of chest buff; forehead, a 

 broad eyebrow, checks, and lores black ; wings and a narrow band 

 across the upper back bright chestnut ; ends of the quills dark 

 brown ; remainder of the back, tail, and the uuder surface of body 

 black glossed with bluish green ; uuder wing-coverts dusky black 

 mottled with rufous buff : " bill black ; iris crimson ; legs grey " 

 (Feale). Total length 17'o inches, culmen 1-6, wing 6-5, tail 10, 

 tarsus 1'7. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



a. (^ ad. sk. Mouth of Butuan River, Mav Tweeddale CoU. 



{A. H. Everett). 



b, c. tS 2 3.d. sk. Surigao, May (A. H. Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



d. S ad. sk. Basilan,May {A. H. Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



e. 5 ad. sk. Nipah Island, July {A. H. Tweeddale Coll. 



Everett). 

 f,g. S ad. ; k, i. Zamboanga, Mindanao, March Tweeddale Coll. 



$ ad. sk. {A. H. Everett). 



30. Centropus celebensis. 



Centropus celebensis, Qiioy if Gaim. Voy. Astrol., Zool. i. p. 230, 



pi. 20(1830); Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 455 (1840); Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 108 ; id. Consp. Vol. Zyyod. p. 5 (1854) ; Brnqg. Abhandl. nat. 



Ver. Brem. v. p. GO (1876). 

 Centropus bicolor, Less. Traite, p. 137 (1831); Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. 



1843, p. 946, 1845, p. 20 ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 455 (1846) ; Pitcher. 



Rev. et 3fag. Zool. 1852, p. 472 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 359 ; id. 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 214, no. 8072 (1870). 

 PN-rrhocentor bicolor. Cab. ^- Heine, Mm. Hein. iv. p. 117 (1862); 



Grai/, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 359 ; Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, i. p. 392 



(1880). 

 Pyrrhocentor celebensis, Waklen, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 55 (1872) ; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ^-ii. p. 650 (1875); Lenz,J.f. O. 



1877, p. 372 ; Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 70 ; GuiUeinard, P. Z. S. 1885, 



p. 551. 



