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5. Lalage melanoleuca. 



Pseudolalage melanoleuca, Bl., Wald. T. Z. S. ix. p. 178 

 (p. 343), pi. xxix. f. 2. 



The plumage of the female has not yet been described ; it 

 is as follows : — As in the male_, but the glossy greenish black 

 of the head, mantle, and scapulars replaced by ashy grey, 

 and the white of the lower surface thickly barred with grey. 

 Dimensions rather less. 



Aj)pears to be not uncommon near Manilla. 



Two female specimens were collected by Mr. A. H. Everett 

 at Laguna de Bai, near Manilla ; but Lord Tweeddale omitted 

 to mention them in his paper on Luzon birds, P. Z. S. 1877. 



6. Pericrocotus cinerejjs. 



Pericrocotus cinereus, La Fresn., Wald. T. Z. S. ix. p. 179 

 (p. 345). 

 Three specimens. 



7. Zeocephus rufus. 



Zeocephus rufus, G. R. Gr., Wald. T. Z. S. ix. p. 183 (p. 348) . 



Three specimens. A specimen presented to me by Herr 

 Kutter, of Neustadt, which was collected by Herr Koch in 

 S. Mindanao {vide J. f. O. 1883, p. 309), agrees with the 

 above specimens. 



8. Pitta erythrogastra. 



Fitta erythrogastra, Temm., Wald. T. Z. S. ix. p. 187 

 (p. 352). 



One specimen, which agrees with birds collected by Mr. A. 

 H. Everett at Zamboanga in S.W. Mindanao, vide P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 948 (p. 639). 



9. Melaniparus semilarvatus. 



Melaniparus semilarvatus, Salvad. Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. 

 viii. p. 375 (1865) ; id. J. f. O. 1868, p. 68 ; id. Ibis, 1879, 

 p. 300, pi. ix. 



Parus semilarvatus (Salvad.), Gadow, Cat. B. viii. p. 38. 



The rediscovery o£ this bird, which has been for so long 

 shrouded in mystery, is most interesting. One of the two 

 specimens in the British Museum is labelled Philippine 



