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80. Lyncornis maurotis, Vig. ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 519. 

 A pair of the Philippine Eared Nightjar has again been 



collected by Mr. Whitehead, obtained on the same date, but 

 no further specimens of L. mindanensis , Tweedd., are in- 

 cluded. Mr. Whitehead seems to be of opinion that the 

 latter bird is really distinct from L. macrotis, though it will 

 be remembered that both these supposed species were found 

 to occur in the Benguet district. 



81. Batrachostomus microrhynchus, Grant, Bull.B.O.C. 

 xxviii. p. xli (1895) . 



Mr. Whitehead has sent two specimens of a small Frog- 

 mouth belonging to this genus in the present collection, 

 which I have been unable to identify with anything already 

 described. The most nearly allied forms are undoubtedly 

 B. Septimus, Tweeddale, from Zamboanga, and B. menagei, 

 Bourns and Worcester, from North Pauay ; but the size of 

 the bill alone is sufficient to distinguish these birds at once 

 from our new bird from Luzon, which has the culraen re- 

 markably small. 



Culmen. 



B. menageijS 1'05 not given 546 4-14 001 



Adult male is in very dark plumage ; the crown being 

 brownish black marked and mottled with buff, the nuchal 

 band of the same colour, and the mantle and back are very 

 similar to the crown, but with more buff finely intermixed. 

 The scapulars are mostly clear buff, with mottled black 

 barrings on the inner webs and a black subterminal spot. 

 Wing-coverts black mottled with rufous, most of the median 

 and greater with a whitish spot at the extremity of the outer 

 web ; sides of head, chin, and throat finely mottled and barred 

 with black and buff, darker on the hinder cheek. Bands 

 above and below the chest whitish edged with black. Chest 



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