366 ON THE BIRDS INHABITING [1875. 



? Corvtts Irevipennis, Schlegel, Bijdr. Dierk. pt. 8, p. 9, pi. 1. fig. S, " Philippines " (1859) ; 

 Mus. Pays-Bas, Coraces, p. 22. 



Hob. Luzon, April ; Negros, March ; Cujo, December {Meyer). 



Dr. Meyer obtained two examples { <5 , S ) of this genus in Negros, one ( 2 ) in Luzon, and 

 one (?) in the island of Cujo. All the four are in perfect and identical plumage. Head, nape, 

 Tr. Z. S. is. and under plumage black ; primaries black, washed with green ; remainder of the wings, the 

 ^' " "" back, and the rectrices purple-black. In all, the basal portion of the body-feathers is white, the 

 gradation of the quills is the same, and the form of the bill scarcely diflfers. I do not doubt that 

 the Luzon and Cujo individuals belong to Bonaparte's species; and the Negros examples only 

 differ in their dimensions, which are greater. These Philippine Crows, while nearly allied to 

 C. enca of Java and Celebes, are distinguishable by the under plumage being shaded with green, 

 and not with purple, and by their larger size. 



Professor Schlegel [l. c.) founded on a specimen procured by Cuming in the Philippines his 

 C. brevij^ennis. He did not treat C. j)hiU])j)imis as a distinct species either in his well-known 

 Monograph or in his list of the Corvince in the Leyden Museum, but left it to be inferred that 

 C. phili_p2>imts was the same as C. validns (Bijdr. t. d. Dierk. p. 13, C. enca). From C. validus, 

 ap. nos, ex Malacca, Bonaparte's species difiers in being smaller, and in its green coloration. 

 Whether a second species, C. hrevipennis, occurs in the Philippines, must remain for future 

 collectors to ascertain. Mr. G. E. Gray (/. c.) has united the two titles. 



Stuenik^. 

 AcRiDOTHEEES, VieiUot. 



126. ACRIDOTHEEES CEISTATELLUS. 



Tlie Chinese Starling or Blackbird, Edwards, Nat. Hist. i. p. 19, pi. 19, " China " (1743). 



Sturmis ainibtis cinereis, etc., Klein, Hist. Av. p. 64, no. 3 (1750), ex Edwards. 



Merula sinensis crisfata, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 253, no. 21 (1760), ex Edwards. 



Gractda cristatella, Linn. S. N. i. p. 1G5, no. 5, "China" (1766), ex Edwards. 



Le Merle hitppe de la Chine, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p. 367, ex Brisson ; D'Aubenton, 

 PI. Enl. 507. 



Merula philippensis, Brisson, apud Bp. Consp. i. p. 420, no. 6, nee Brisson ; Coll. Delattre, 

 p. 9. 



Acridotherr -fuliginosus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 362, av. juv., "Macao" (1844). 



