352 Mr. W. Erxgle Clarke on Birth 



for several months, as ho lias done for the past twenty 

 years. Durin<^ this sojourn, in spite of many distractinj; 

 influences, Mr. Keay obtained a eonsiderablc number of 

 birds, and upon them, throufi,h the kindness of Mr. John 

 Maclauchhiu, the Director of the Albert Institute and Public 

 Museum, Dundee, I have been permitted to report, after 

 examinatiou. 



Tlie collet'tion contains three undescribed birds, namely, 

 a fine new Piocon of the genus Phlogmnas, a Batrachostomus 

 which may possibly be new, and a Caprimuhjus, which has 

 proved to be the hitherto unknown female of a somewhat 

 rare Philippine species, C. griseatus. In addition, two of the 

 species represented are new to the Philippine fauna, and 

 several are new to the ornis of Negros. 



The discovery of a new Phlogcenas is an event of some 

 interest, the more so since the distribution of the members 

 of the genus over the archipelago is peculiar, and presents 

 one of those singularly engaging problems in which the 

 Philippine ornis is so marvellously rich. There are now 

 known five species of this genus confined to the Philippines, 

 the majority of which are peculiar to single islands. 



Concerning certain species, including a few of those which 

 have been mentioned in former contributions, Mr. Reay has 

 furnished me with some short but useful field-notes, and 

 with the native names current in Negros. Regarding these 

 latter, it should be stated that they are in some cases 

 imitative of the call-notes of the various birds. 



The species contained in this collection which have not 

 been previously met with by Mr. Keay are numbered in 

 continuation of the former series, and where references are 

 quoted under them, these furnish the first records for the 

 occurrence of the species in Negros. 



74. Pycnonotus goiavier (Scopoli). 



Ixns goiavier Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 285. Negros 

 {Everett) . 



Two specimens of the Yellow-vented Bulbul, a species 

 somewhat widely distributed over the archipelago, are new 

 to Mr. Krav's collection. 



