1877.] ON THE BIEDS OF THE PHILIPPINES. 473 



Corvus philijipiiius belongs to a small group of Crows differing but little from one another 

 in tint, but separable by their dimensions, more especially that of the bills. C. violaceus is the 

 smallest, then C. enca, C. phiUj^pinm, C. validus, and C. validissimus. 



35. CaLORNIS PANATENSIS. P.Z.S.1877, 



Muscicapa jianaz/ensis, Scop. Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 9C. no. 110 (1786); Walden, t. c. ^' 

 p. 205. no. 128 [anted, p. 369]. 



[No. 384, c? .] 



No. 385, c? . > Camiguin. Eyes orange. Stomach had seeds.] 

 No. 386, d .J 



These examples do not differ from Luzon, Negros, and Zebu individuals. The locality 

 is new. 



36. MUNIA JAGORI. 



Bermoplmjs jagori. Cab. J. fiir O. 1872, p. 316. no. 6 ; Walden, t. c. p. 207. no. 132 [anted, 

 p. 371]. 



[No. 339, 6 



■»T cMr. I Zamboanga.l 

 No. 340, ? .j ^ ^ 



The two Mindanao examples do not appear to be in perfect dress. The rectrices of the 



female are tinged with ochre. New to Mindanao. 



37. OSMOTRERON AXILLARIS. 



Treron axillaris, G. R. Gray ; Bp. Compt. Rend. xx.x:ix. p. 875 (1854) ; Walden, t. c. p. 211. 

 no. 136 [anted, p. 374]. 



[No. 346, ?. Ilo-ilo. Eyes white; feet greenish. Stomach had fruit.] 

 New to Panay. 



38. PlIABOTRERON BREVIROSTRIS, n. Sp. 



[No. 426, 6. Pasananca. Eyes white; feet coral-red ; bill black.] 



6 . Forehead pale ruddy fulvous ; vertex pale grey, passing over into amethystine on the 

 occiput and nape ; from the gape, passing below the eye, a black line, bordered underneath by 

 a white line starting from below the eye and reaching to the nape ; back of the neck emerald- 

 green, becoming yellow-green lower down ; some of the lowermost feathers being amethystine, 

 then bluish green, terminated by yellow-green ; others yellow-green, then amethystine, terminated 

 with blue-green ; back mixed amethystine and dull yellow-green ; uropygium and upper tail- 

 coverts dull yellow-green with scarcely any iridescence ; wing-coverts the same, but tinned with 

 amethystine ; quills brown, edged with pale rufous or fulvous ; tertiaries like wing-coverts, 

 but without any iridescence ; chin and throat pale ruddy fulvous like the forehead ; remainder 

 of under plumage ruddy fulvous, with an amethystine tinge on the breast and sides of neck ; 

 under tail-coverts pale French grey ; under wing-coverts like abdomen, but deeper in shade • 

 middle pair of rectrices pure amethystine, with a dark grey terminal band tinged with 

 amethystine ; remaining rectrices with a much broader terminal and pure grey band, the 



