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ing islands. In a note at the end of the volume he refers to 

 a skeleton of a bird of this genus with more certainty as being 

 P. humilis ; and the correctness of this view is now borne out 

 by the skin sent by Mr. Everett. 



7. Macropteryx comatus (Temra.) ; Walden^ Tr. Z. S. 

 ix. p. 158- 



Dendrochelidon comata, Salvad. I. c. p. 123. 

 a, b. ''No. 101. c^, ? . Sibu, Sept. 1873. Iris chocolate." 

 The pair sent agree with Sumatran examplesj and have, 

 like the latter, the wing shorter than Philippine birds, as 

 duly noted by Lord Walden (/. c.) . I cannot, however, per- 

 ceive any material difference in plumage. 



8. Macropteryx longipennis. 



Dendrochelidon longipennis (Rafin.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 122. 

 a. "No. 100. ? . Jambusan, Sept. 1874. Iris cho- 

 colate." 



9. Merops bicolor (Bodd.) ; Salvad. /. c. p. 90. 

 «. "No. 36. ?. Bruit Sands, August 1873." 



h. "?. Bruit, April 20, 1874. Iris dragon's-blood; bill 

 black ; feet blackish." 



The female has the chestnut of the upper surface washed 

 with green, as is so often seen in other Bee-eaters, espe- 

 cially in M. superciliosus of Africa. For this mixture of plu- 

 mage I have never yet seen any satisfactory explanation. 



10. Pelargopsis leucocephala (Gra.) ; Sharpe, Monogr. 

 Alced. pi. 31 ; Salvad. /. c. p. 95. 



a. " No. 102. Sibu, June 1874. Iris chocolate ; bill and 

 feet coral-red." 



Of the ordinary Bornean type, as distinguished by me in 

 my 'Monograph.' 



11. Halcyon pileata (Bodd.); Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. 

 pi. 62. 



Entomobia pileata, Salvad. /. c. p. 102. 

 "No. 94. cJ, ? . Sibu, Nov. 15, 1873. Iris chocolate; 

 legs and bill scarlet." 



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