collected in the Philippine Islands. 393 



forest. Like other members of the genus, this Barbet is 

 fond of sitting alone on the dead branch of some high tree, 

 fi'om whence it keeps up a continual " booh-booh ^' note for 

 hours at a time. This species was also obtained in Mindoro, 

 Samar, and Leite. 



Iris dark brown; eyelids and feet coral-red; bill black. 



253. Xanthol^ma intermedia Shelley. 

 Xantholeenia rosea (Dumout) . (Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 558.) 

 This species is supposed to be hardly separable from 



X. rosea of Java ; it is fairly common in Negros. 



254. SuRNicuLUs VELUTiNUS Sharpc. (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 410; 1896, p. 559; 1897, p. 247.) 



This small black Cuckoo is met with singly in most of the 

 larger Philippine Islands ; it frequents large forests. Sur- 

 niculus is a genus believed by some to mimic the Crow-Shrikes, 

 and, on account of its close resemblance to Dicrurus, is 

 supposed to deposit its egg in the nest of that genus. In 

 Negros and those islands inhabited by D. mirabilis this theory 

 of mimicry cannot hold. 



Eye dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



255. HiERococcYx sPARVERioiDEs (Vig.). (Grant, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 559.) 



One specimen obtained on Canloou volcano, Negros. 



256. CucuLUs MicROPTERUs Gould, (Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 560.) 



One specimen, same as the above. 



257. Cacomantis MERULiNUs (Scop.). (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 520; 1896, pp. 474, 560.) 



This small Cuckoo is common throughout the Philippines. 

 It is found often at considerable altitudes in Luzon, and was 

 common at nearly 7000 feet in Negros. 



258. Chalcococcyxxanthorhynchus (Horsf.). (Shelley, 

 B. M. C. xix. p. 289; Grant, Ibis, 1897, p. 210.) 



One specimen was shot in the forests of Samar, which was 

 unfortunately burnt along with the rest of the collection. 



