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quite distinct in form from the next three mentioned, having 

 much more powerful bills ; they are also much rarer. 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; feet dark coral-pink. 



284. Phabotreron LEUCOTis (Temm.). (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 pp. 410, 621 ; 1895, pp. 264, 467 ; 1896, p. 476.) 



Common in the forests of Luzon from the sea-level up to 

 7000 feet. We took several eggs at Cape Engano in the 

 month of May 1895. This Pigeon was also met with in 

 Mindoro at 5000 feet. 



285. Phabotreron brevirostris Tweedd. (Grant, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 563 ; 1897, p. 249.) 



Fairly common in Samar and Leite, frequenting deserted 

 clearings more than tree-forest. 



Iris dark brown; bill black, dull lake-red at base; feet 

 coral-red. 



286. Phabotreron nigrorum Sharpe. (Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 563.) 



Met with not uncommonly on the lower slopes of Canloon, 

 Negros. 



Iris and bill black; feet dull coral-pink. 



287. Ptilopus occipitalis (G. R. Gray). (Grant, Ibis, 

 1894, p. 521 ; 1895, p. 116; 1896, p. 564; 1897, p. 249.) 



By no means rare in old forest. Occurs in the mountains 

 of Luzon as high as 3000 feet ; it was also met with by us in 

 Samar and Negros, but is not yet recorded from Mindoro. 



Iris greenish brown ; occipital skin dull green ; bill yellow ; 

 nostrils vermilion ; feet coral-red. 



288. Ptilopus leclancheri (Bp.). (Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 264; 1896, p. 124; 1897, p. 249.) 



This Pigeon has been met with in all the larger Philippine 

 Islands, with the exception of Mindanao. 



Iris dull orange-yellow ; bill bright king's yellow, with two 

 dull red patches at the base of the lower mandible ; feet 

 muddy coral-pink. 



289. Ptilopus marchei Oust. (Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 468.) 

 This beautiful Pigeon, like Pitta kochi, was a bird that 



