Birds observed in the Island of Negros. 105 



bright purple of the breast and changing to greenish ashy. Sca- 

 pulars and wing-coverts brown, with distinct purple margins. 

 Quills, rectrices, and upper tail-coverts ashy-brown, paler on 

 under surface. In the example sent only twelve rectrices are to be 

 detected. The colouring of the plumage is so iridescent that it 

 is difficult to describe accurately. 



Wing 8-50; tail 6-75; bill from forehead 0-81, from gape ri3; 

 hallux 0-62 ; tarsus 1*12. Feet red ; bill red at base and yellow 

 at the tip. Shot on the Island of Guimaras. 



tt JoTro '> 



BuTORiDEs JAVANiCA (Horsf.) : Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 190. 



ava.' 



Island of Negros. Example sent is smaller in all its di- 

 mensions than individuals from Ceylon and North West India. 

 Wing 6-50, bill from forehead 2-38. 



Glareola oRiENTALis, Leach, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 132, 

 pi. xiii. figs. 1 and 2. "Java" (May 2, 1820). 



" ? , iris brown; bill and legs black; stomach, small worms. 

 March.'' 



In full adult summer plumage. 



Squatarola helvetica (Linn.) : S. N. i. p. 250, no. 12. 

 " ?, iris brown; bill black, legs green; stomach, shrimps 

 and sea-worms. March.'' 



Charadrtus fulvus, Gm. S. N. i. 687. no. 18. 



" ? , iris brown ; bill black, feet green ; stomach, shrimps and 

 sea-worms. March." 



In winter plumage, showing no trace of a change to the 

 breeding-dress. 



The following notes relate to the eggs in Mr. Layard's col- 

 lection. 



Rhipidura nigritorquis. Vigors ? 



The nest and eggs of a Ely-catcher are sent, which is described 

 as being " brown above, with a white throat and breast with a 

 darker collar between. A white bar extends across the end of a 

 broad tail, which it flirts about, constantly opening and shutting 

 it. Two weeks ago [writing February 20th] whilst swimming 



