460 Mr. W. R. Ogilvic Grant on the 



plumes. This example was received since the publication of 

 Mr. Hartert's work ; but with regard to specimens h and i, 

 shot by Mr. Moseley at Porto Princesa, Palawan^ h is an adult 

 male of C. ivhiteheadi, while i is a female adult of C. lowi. 



In the type of C. loivi, obtained by Ussher in Labuan 

 (wing 5*3 inches), the tail \s, practically square, the middle and 

 outer pair of feathers being subequal, and the tarsi distinctly 

 feathered. 



Mr. Hartert has also included with his C. loivi several 

 examples of typical C, fuciphaga, the characteristics of this 

 species being its smaller size, strongly forked tail, and 

 feathered tarsi. These examples are specimens d, e, and /of 

 his Catalogue. 



At my request Mr. Hartert has kindly examined all the 

 material in the National Collection, and agrees with me as 

 to the correctness of the above conclusions ; he has also sent 

 me a copy of his paper, " List of a Second Collection of Birds 

 from the Natuna Islands," published in the * Novitates 

 Zoologies,' ii. pp. 446 to 478 (August 1895). On p. 472 he 

 makes some remarks about C. fuciphaga and C. lowi, but 

 does not throw much light on the subject, for he says, " I 

 believe I made a mistake in enumerating some of the Palawan 

 birds in the British Museum as C. loivl. They were quite 

 young, with wings not fully grown, and seem rather to be 

 C. fucijjhaga." I cannot agree with this statement, for 

 the specimens from Palawan are both adult, and, as will be 

 seen above, referable to C. ivhiteheadi and C. lowi, not to 

 C. fuciphaga ; clearly some of the Bornean birds referred 

 to C. lowi belong to C. fuciphaga, but none of the specimens 

 from Palawan. 



C. ivhiteheadi may thus be briefly characterized : — 



Adult male and female. Like C. loivi in coloration, but 

 rather larger, with the tail distinctly forked and the tarsi 

 entirely devoid of plumes. 



Total leng-th. 

 in. 

 Types of I Adult male . . o'G 

 the species. I Adult female 5-5 



