Birds of Balcibac and Palawan. 27 



(Blytli), uliich ranges from Sikkim to Teuasserim, and 

 wliichj while the plumages of both sexes show a fairly close 

 general resemblance, has a culaien (measured as above) of 

 0*80 inch in the male, and 072 to 0"74 in females from the 

 latter locality. 



The series of S. lemprieri obtained by Mr. "Whitehead and 

 myself demonstrates that the very young birds have a spotted 

 plumage, that the male then passes into the plumage of the 

 adult female, and that from the latter it moults directly into 

 the blue plumage of the adult, the blue feathers appearing 

 first on the forehead and upon the upper wing-coverts. I 

 have no record of the coloration of the soft parts in Balabac 

 specimens, but on the label of the female collected at Puerto 

 Prineesa they are noted : '' Iris chocolate ; bill black ; legs 

 lead-grey.'^ 

 *26. ^THOPYGA SHELLEYi, Sliarpe. 



27. CiNNYRis AURORA (Twcedd.). 



28. Anthreptes malaccensis (Scop.). 



29. Myzanthe pygm^a (Kittlitz). 



30. Prionochilus johannjE, Sharpe. 



31. MuNiA JAGORI, Cab. 



Only immature specimens were obtained, so that this 

 identification is open to question. 



32. Uroloncha everetti (Tweedd.). 



33. Calornis panayensis (Scop.). 

 34?. Eulabes palawanensis, Sharpe. 



35. CoRvus PusiLLUs, Tweedd. 



Birds of this species are solitary in their habits, and I only 

 once observed as many as three together. They frequent the 

 trees by the sea-shore, and even the mangroves, as well as 

 the jungle inland, but they never enter the native villages, in 

 this particular and in their non-gregarious habits presenting 

 a notable contrast to the Phihppine Crow. The note is 

 rather feeble for the size of the bird. It may be syllabled 

 " Ukk," uttered quietly in a guttural tone, generally only 



