collected in Southern Palawan. 319 



OrIOLUS PALAWAN en sis. 



Broderipus palawanensis, Tweedd. /. c, p. 616; Wardlaw 

 Ramsay, t. c. p. 657. 



Three specimens, which bear out the characters of the 

 species as defined by Lord Tweeddale. In two of them the 

 wing measures 5'9 inches, in the third 5'6. 



Artamides sumatrensis (S. Miill.). 



Artamides sumatrensis (S. Miill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. 

 p. 12. 



Graucalus sumatrensis, Sharpe, i. c. p. 323 ; Tweedd. t. c. 

 p. 614. 



Examples of both sexes are in the collection. 



Pericrocotus igneus, Blyth. 



Pericrocotus igneus, Blyth ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 324 ; Wardlaw 

 Ramsay, t. c. p. 656. 



Found only by Prof. Steere, and not by Mr. Everett. 



Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafresn, 



Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafresn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 83 ; 

 Wardlaw Ramsay, t. c. p. 656. 



Recorded by Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay in his Systematic 

 Catalogue as from Palawan, but I do not know on what 

 authority, as neither Prof. Steere nor Mr. Everett met 

 with it. 



SiPHIA LEMPRIERI, Sp. U. 



Adult male. General colour above dull blue, with half- 

 concealed tufts of white on the sides of the rump; lesser 

 wing-coverts brighter cobalt, forming a shoulder-patch; 

 median and greater series blackish, externally like the back ; 

 bastard wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, with narrow 

 margins of dull blue, broader on the secondaries ; tail-fea- 

 thers blackish, greenish blue externally ; head like the back, 

 the base of the forehead brighter cobalt, extending backwards 

 over the eye and forming an eyebrow ; lores black ; sides of 

 face and ear-coverts and cheeks black, glossed with dull blue ; 

 a moustachial line of blue feathers tipped with white ; a black 

 chin-spot ; throat and fore neck orange-buff, extending down 



