120 BULLETIN OF THE LIVERPOOL MUSEUMS. 
A narrow black stripe under eye. Sides of face, ear-coverts, fore-neck, and breast 
rich ruddy brown, the breast with slight metallic gloss. Chin and throat lighter. 
Abdomen and thighs fulvous brown. Flanks darker, with slight metallic wash. 
Under tail-coverts clear ashy grey. Shafts of tail feathers with basal half black, 
apical half white. Under surface of tail nearly black, the terminal grey band 
distinct and wider than on upper surface, measuring “6 inch on outer pair of 
feathers. Under wing-coverts and axillaries like the flanks. Under surface of 
quills uniform dark brown. Bill black. Legs and feet dirty purplish. Nails 
black. Iris in one specimen bright yellow, in another orange red. Length, 
10°25; culmen, 80; wing, 5:29; tail,3°90; tarsus, ‘70 inch.” (Bourns & Worcester). 
Habitat. Sulu Archipelago (Tawi Tawi). 
brunneiceps, Bourns & Worces. Occ. Pap. Minnes. Acad. i. p. 9 (1894); Grant, Ibis, 
1894, p. 563; Bourns & Worces. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. pp. 551, 594, 595, 606 
(1898). 
** Above dark brown with greenish reflections. Amethystine spot on hind-neck less 
blue than P. amethystina. Top of head brown, the forehead slightly lighter and 
nape slightly darker than crown. Narrow dark brown streak under eye, sides of 
face and ear-coverts brown, paler than crown. Chin and throat greyish fulvous. 
Breast pearly ash. Abdomen, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ochraceous 
brown. Under surface of tail brownish black, with broad grey terminal band. 
Under wing-coverts and axillaries fulvous brown. Primaries with sharply 
defined light edges on upper web. Below slightly more ashy. Tail feathers 
brown, with distinct terminal bands of grey. Central pair with slight metallic 
gloss. Shafts of quills black above and below, except the terminal half inch, 
which is white. Bill black. Feet dark pink. Nails brown. Ivis orange red. 
Length, 10°33; culmen, ‘94; wing, 5°21; tail, 3°50; tarsus, ‘72 inch.” (Bourns 
& Worcester). Habitat. Basilan. 
maculipectus, Bourns d& Worces. Occ. Pap. Minnes. Acad. i. p. 10 (1894); Grant, Ibis, 
1896, p. 563; Bourns & Worces. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. pp. 551, 577, 579, 606, 
(1898); Whitehead, Ibis, 1899, p. 485. 
** Adult male :—Upper surface exactly as in P. amethystina, except that the primaries 
are slightly darker. Dark brown stripe under eye, extending from gape through 
ear-coverts to hind-neck. Below this a white stripe, and a second shorter dark 
stripe below the latter. Cheeks fulvous brown. Chin and throat more ruddy 
brown. Breast clear ashy grey, each feather having an edging distinctly lighter 
than its centre, producing a beautiful mottled appearance. Feathers on centre 
of fore-breast washed with brewn, and forming a distinct patch. Feathers of 
abdomen lack the dark centres, and their edges are washed with light brown. 
Thighs and under tail-coverts cinnamon brown, much lighter than in P. amethyst- 
ina. Under surface of tail feathers dark brown, nearly black, with faint metallic 
gloss and a broad grey terminal band. Shafts of feathers black, changing to 
white at tips. Under surface of wing and axillaries uniform fulvous brown. 
Bill black. Feet dark pink. Nails dark brown, nearly black. Culmen, 1-02; 
wing, 5°69; tail, 4°55; tarsus, ‘77 inch.” (Bourns d& Worcester). Habitat. 
Negros, on the mountains of the interior. 
frontalis, Bourns & Worces. Occ. Pap. Minnes. Acad. i. p. 10 (1894) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 
p- 563; Bourns & Worces. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. pp. 551, 569, 606 (1898). 
“*General colour of upper surface as in P. brunneiceps, but forehead and crown 
lighter, nape washed with ashy grey, and lacking metallic gloss. Tail glossed 
with dull bronze instead of amethystine, and terminal band less strongly marked 
than in P. brunneiceps. Under surface much as in P. brunneiceps, but every- 
where darker. Under tail-coverts ashy grey, slightly tipped with fulvous. Tail 
much as in P. brunneiceps, the outer web of outer pair of feathers being, however, 
light brown. Basal half of shafts dirty whitish. Apical fourth white, rest 
brown. Iris pale orange. Bill black. Legs and feet purple. Nails light brown. 
Sexes alike. Length, 10°37; culmen, 2°00; wing, 5°57; tail, 3°95; tarsus, ‘81 
inch.” (Bourns & Worcester). Habitat. Cebu. 
nigrorum, Sharpe. One. Philippine Islands. 
occipitalis, Salvad. 
PTILINOPODINA.. 
PTILINOPUS, Swains. 
We have here adopted the spelling originally used by Swainson. 
[a Leucotreron, Bp.\. 
occipitalis, G.2.Gr. Two. 1 jr. Philippine Islands (Luzon, Manilla). 
