116 On the Birds of the Philippine Islands. 



TanygxNathus everetti, Tweedd. ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. XX. p. 432 (1891). 



It is curious that tliis fine Parrot should be found in the 

 extreme north of Luzon ; hitherto it has been met with 

 only in the more southern islands of the group, Panay, 

 Saraar, and North Mindanao. One might have expected the 

 Luzon representative, should such be found, to prove 

 distinct from the southern species, but the bird sent by 

 Mr. Whitehead — an adult male — is perfectly similar to the 

 specimens of T. everetti in the British Museum collection. 



Ptilopus occipitalis, G, R. Gray ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 521. 



Carpophaga nuchalis. 



Carpophaga nuchalis, Cabanis, J. f. O. 1882, p. 126 

 [Luzon] ; Kutter, J. f. O. 1882, p. 177 [Baatan Dist., 

 Luzon] ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 190 (1893). 



Several examples of this extremely handsome and perfectly 

 distinct Fruit-Pigeon were obtained during the present 

 expedition. When Count Salvadori wrote the catalogue of 

 the Pigeons quoted above, the British Museum did not 

 possess a single example of this bird, and he was somewhat 

 doubtful as to its being really separable from C. paidina, a 

 native of Celebes and the Sula Islands. But on comparing 

 Mr. Whitehead's specimens from N.E. Luzon with examples 

 of C. paulina, the great diflFerence between the two is at once 

 apparent, the patch on the nape of the former being much 

 smaller, and of a deep maroon colour instead of chestnut. 

 In fact, C. nuchalis is, perhaps, really more closely allied to 

 typical examples of C. chalybura from Luzon (see Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 521), the only difference being that the latter has the 

 whole of the nape-patch dark greyish lilac, while both differ 

 from C. paulina in having the pale grey mantle more 

 sharply defined from the metallic green of the back. 



Salvadori, following Cabanis's original description, states 

 that C. nuchalis is a little smaller than C. paulina, but in the 

 specimens before us just the reverse obtains. 



C nuchalis (^ wing 9'3-9'4 inches ; $ wing 9*2. 



C. paulina (^ wing 8" 6-8" 8 inches. 



