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Callaeops, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. no. xxiii. p. xviii, and 

 no. xxiv. p. xxii (1895). 



A new genus of Muscicapida most nearly allied to Arses, 

 which it resembles in having a disk-like wattle formed by the 

 prolongation of the eyelid, which entirely surrounds the 

 rather large eye. As in Terpsiphone, there is a large, full 

 occipital crest, and the tarsi and toes are short and slender; 

 but the tail is like that of Rhipidura, wedge-shaped, and 

 composed of 12 feathers, the outer pair being f of the length 

 of the middle pair. The first Hight-feather is iialf the length 

 of the second, which is about equal to the tenth ; the fourth 

 being slightly the longest. 



The only known species of this peculiar genus is 



Callaeops periophthalmica. Grants Bull. B. O. C. no. 

 xxiii. p. xviii (1895). 



Adult male. General colour deep black with a slight 

 purplish gloss, especially on the back and breast ; the middle 

 of lower breast and belly white, the under tail-coverts being 

 edged with the same colour. Wattle surrounding the eye, 

 bill, and feet said to be pale blue. Total length 8*5 inches, 

 wing 3'5, tail 4'5, tarsus 0'6. The only specimen sent home 

 by Mr. AVhitehead was not of his own collecting, but pur- 

 chased in Manila and, as I understand, said to have been 

 obtained in that vicinity. The colour of the soft parts and 

 sex are, I fancy, only given on the authority of the collector 

 from whom the bird was obtained. 



Siphia philippinensis (Sharpe) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, pp. 

 408, 507. 



Two specimens were obtained in Albay district on the 26th 

 of August and the 2nd of September, both in full moult. 



PoLioLOPHus uROSTiCTUs (Salvad=) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. vi. p. 63 (1881). 



A male of the Wattled Brown Bulbul was obtained at 

 Catanduanes. 



Pycxonotus goiavier (Scop.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 408. 

 A male from Albay district. 



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