]U Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



Alcyone cincta, Jard. Contr. Orn., plate only (1850). 



Ceya; cyanopectus, Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1884, p. 832 

 [part], pi. ix. fig. 2. 



Ceyx cyanipectus, Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 185 

 (1892) [part]. 



An adult male and female were obtained by Mr. Whitehead. 



Alcyone philippinensis (Gould). 



Ceyx phiUppinensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 404; Sharpe, 

 Monogr. Alced. p. 113, pi. 37 (1869). 



Ceyx cyanopectus, Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1884, p. 332 

 [part] , pi. ix. fig. 1 . 



Ceyx cyanipectus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 185 

 (1892) [part] ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 520. 



An adult male and an immature female were sent in this 

 collection ; an adult female was also sent in the last col- 

 lection and, as it now appears, wrongly referred to Ceyx 

 cyanipectus. 



Ceyx melanura, Kaup ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 180 (1892). 

 An adult female. 



EuRYSTOMUS ORIENTALI9 (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 pp. 409, 519. 



Iyngipicus validirostris, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 

 p. 64 (1849). 



In my previous article (Ibis, 1894-, p. 520) I mentioned a 

 small species of Woodpecker from North Luzon under the 

 name of Iyngipicus maculatus (Scop.). I followed Mr. Har- 

 gitt's Catalogue (^xviii. p. 332) ; but he now tells me that the 

 Luzon bird is not /. maculatus, but should probably stand 

 as /. validii'ostris, Blyth. He has very kindly furnished me 

 with the following notes : — 



" ' Le petit Pic d'Antigue ' of Sonuerat {Picus maculatus, 

 Scop.) was described from a specimen obtained in the island 

 of Panay, Philippines, and there can be no doubt that it is 

 distinct from the Luzon species of Iyngipicus, which is most 

 probably /. validirostris of Blyth, although that author was 



