1872.] IN THE ISLAND OF NTIGROS. 121 



Montbeillarcl {/. c.) has described apparently two totally distinct species of bald Grakles from ibis, 1872, 

 the Philippines under his title of Le Goulin. One, brought from the Philippines by Sonnerat, P- ^'^'^• 

 is identical with Brisson's Mcrula calm ; the other, which is the species figured in the ' Planches 

 Enluminees,' no. 200, has never since been recognized. Tliis last is stated by Montbeillard to be 

 smaller, to have the under plumage yellowish browfl, and the feet, legs, and the anterior portion 

 of the bill, yelloio. The figure also (PI. Enl. 200) certainly represents a bird widely differing 

 from Graaila calm auct. Montbeillard [l. c.) further remarks that the bald-headed bird brouglit 

 from the Philippines by Sonnerat, although much resembling the bird figured, yet differs in its 

 size and its plumage. The smaller bird (PI. Enl. 200), he surmises, may be the young. Kittlitz 

 {I. c.) states that the sexes are alike in plumage, but the female is smaller. No title has been 

 founded on PI. Enl. 200. Nor has Cuvier anywhere published the name griseus usually attri- 

 buted to him. Mr. G. R. Gray {I. c.) has superseded the appellation calvus, Gm., by that of 

 tricolor, Miiller, and quotes PI. Enl. 200. There seems, however, to be no authority for discard- 

 ing the time-honoured name of cahms, even if it had only originated with Gmelin and not with 

 Linnaeus. Miiller's Corvus tricolor was founded on PI. Enl. 521, = Corvus {Gymnoccphah(s) 

 calvus, Gm., not Gracula calva, Gm. Miiller has not bestowed any name on the bird figured in 

 PI. Enl. 200, nor on Merula calva, Brisson. 



Phapitreeox leucotis (Temm.) : PI. Col. 189. 



" ? , iris brown ; bill black ; feet coral ; stomach, small chilies. Island of Negros." 



Ianthcenas gbiseogularis, sp. nov. (Plate VI. in orig.) 



Upper surface of head from bill to nape grey, brilliantly tinted with light purple. Chin, 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat pale grey, faintly tinged on sides of head with vinous. Nape and 

 neck green, but changing in some lights to ashy tinted with bright purple. Breast beautiful, 

 uniform, bright purple, changing in some lights to greenish ashy, as in shot silk. Abdomen, 

 flanks, thigh-coverts, ventral region, and under tail-coverts dark ashy, many of the feathers being 

 edged with the purple colour of the breast. Back and uropygium ashy brown, shot with the 

 bright purple of the breast and changing to greenish ashy. Scapulars and wing-coverts brown, rbis, 1872, 

 with distinct purple margins. Quills, rectrices, and upper tail-coverts ashy-brown, paler on 

 under surface. In the example sent only twelve rectrices are to be detected. The colouring of 

 the plumage is so iridescent that it is difficult to describe accurately. 



Wing 8-50 ; tail 6-75 ; bill from forehead O'Sl, from gape 1-13 ; hallux 0-62 ; tarsus 1-12. 

 Feet red ; bill red at base and yellow at the tip. Shot on the Island of Guimaras. 



BUTORIDES JAVANICA (Horsf) : Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 190. "Java." 



Island of Negros. Example sent is smaller in all its dimensions than individuals from 

 Ceylon and North-west India. Wing 6-50, bill from forehead 2-.38. 



Glaeeol A ORiEXTALis, Leach, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 132, pi. xiii. figs. 1 and 2. "Java" 

 (May 2, 1820). 



" ? , iris brown ; bill and legs black ; stomach, small worms. March." 

 In full adult summer plumage. 



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