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of the quills is entirely white. In the second, the whitfe is 

 confined to subbasal spots. The third specimen is moulting, 

 but shows white bases to the outer primaries. 



52. Alcedo ispida Linn. 



A. bengalensis Gm. ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. 

 i. p. 317 (1876). Negros [Steere). 



53. Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.) ; Steere, List of Birds 

 & Mamm. Philipp. p. 12 (1890). Negros. 



54. EuDYNAMis MiNDANENSis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. i. p. 320 (1876). Negros [Steere). 



Centropus javanensis Dumont ; Eagle Clarke, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 476. 



There are four specimens of the Javan Coucal in the 

 series. One is quite a young bird, tail only 5*2 inches, and 

 pronouncedly barred with rufous. The second is in full 

 seasonal plumage. The others are in transition dress, with 

 bars or partial bars on the tail, and although one of them is 

 approaching full breeding-dress the tail is conspicuously 

 barred. 



55. Centropus viridis (Scop.) ; Walden, Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. ix. p. 163 (1875). Negros [Meyer). 



Two specimens of the Green Coucal, one a very large 

 example, the wing measuring 7"3 inches. 



56. Cacatua HyEMATUROPYGiA (P. L. S. Miiller) ; Walden, 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 133 (1875). Negros [Meyer). 



57. Tanygnathus lucionensis (Linn.). 



Tanygnathus mvlleri, ap. Wald. & Lay., Ibis, 1872, p. 95. 

 Negros [Layard). 



58. Prioniturus discurus (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. (2) Zool. i. p. 312 (1876). Negros [Steere). 



59. Microhierax erythrogenys (Vig.). 



An adult. This Falconet is new to the avifauna of 

 Negros. 



60. Nycticorax manillensis Vigors ; Tvveedd. P. Z, S. 

 1878, p. 288. Negros [Everett). 



