478 On Birds from the Island of Negros. 



the wing white, and a few black-and-white feathers on the 

 adjacent marginal coverts, forming a small chequered patch 

 which is so insignificant as to be concealed by the overlapping 

 scapulars when the wing is closed. The proportion of black 

 is consequently mucli greater on the wing of this bird than 

 in any example of C. melanoleucus I have seen. This speci- 

 men differs also from the published descriptions of the male 

 of C. melanoleucus I have been able to consult, in having the 

 feathers of the upper tail-coverts centred with ashy grey and 

 margined with white, and in wanting the dusky cross-bars 

 present on these coverts in that species. 



Though mature, the specimen under consideration is 

 probably not an aged one. This is indicated by the very slight 

 greyish-white edgings to some of the feathers of the nape and 

 chest, and on the tips of some of the left tertials, the exposed 

 right tertials being entirely black. The measurements are : 

 wing 13-3 inches, tail 8-25, tarsus 2*8, and culmen I'O. 



The presence of C. melanoleucus in Negros was suspected 

 by Lord Walden and Mr. E. L. Layard on the evidence they 

 furnished to the 'Ibis^ in 1872 (p. 98). Elsewhere in the 

 Philippine Archipelago this species has been recorded for 

 Luzon by the late Mr. Gurney, and also by Major Wardlaw 

 Eamsay (' Ibis,^ 1886, p. 154) ; and by Dr. Guillemard for 

 Sulu (P. Z, S. 1885, p. 254). 



Prof. Steere found C. philippinensis, which appears to be 

 doubtfully distinct from C. melanoleucus, in the islands of 

 Mindanao, Guimaras, and Luzon. Messrs. Bourns and 

 Worcester obtained a single female in Negros, and they 

 remark concerning it that it " most nearly agrees with 

 Dr. Steere''s description," and they treat of it under the 

 heading of C. philippine7isis (op. cit. pp. 32 & 44) . 



This specimen was shot from a small tree by Mr. Keay in 

 the spring of 1895. He also informs me that two pairs of 

 these birds were to be seen almost daily quartering the ground 

 on his estate. 



Macropygia tenuirostris, G. R. Gray. 



A young bird; wing Q-7 inches. 



The only previous record for this species in Negros with 



