166 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



87. Xanthol^ema h^matocephala (P. L. S. Miiller) ; 

 Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 262. 



Lepanto examples of the Crimson-gorgeted Barbet are 

 perfectly similar to the pair already sent by Mr. Whitehead 

 from the Albay district, and likewise belong to the rather 

 larger northern form. 



88. Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 520 ; 1895, p. 262. 



An immature female example o£ the Rufous-bellied Plain- 

 tive Cuckoo was shot in November, 



89. Centropus viridis (Scop.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 410 ; 

 1895, p. 262. 



The Green Philippine Coucal is also represented in the 

 present collection. 



90. Lepidogrammus cuMiNGi (Fraser); Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 520; 1895, p. 262. 



Fine adult examples of the Curl-crested Cuckoo were again 

 obtained. 



91. Prioniturus luconensis, Steere ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 410; 1895, p. 115. 



We have several examples of Steere's Luzon Racquet- 

 tailed Parrot, but this beautiful yellow-green species is quite 

 eclipsed by Mr. Whitehead's following discovery : — 



92. Prioniturus montanus (ex MS. J. Whitehead) ; 

 Grant, Bull. B. O. C. iv. p. xli (1895). 



The discovery of a third species of Racquet-tailed Parrot 

 in Luzon is extremely interesting. Up to the present time 

 we knew only the yellow-green P. luconensis, Steere, and the 

 green P. discurus (Vieill.), distinguished by having the crown 

 of the head bright blue. The present species is larger than 

 either of the above birds and belongs to the handsome group 

 characterized by having a scarlet patch on the hinder part 

 of the crown, and including the species P. ^j/a^wrw* and 

 P. fluvicans from Celebes, the Togiau Is., &c., and P. verti- 

 calis recently described by Dr. Sharpe from Sibutu. To this 

 last species our bird is most nearly allied, but both the male 



