1877.] THE ISLAND OF LUZON. 515 



4. Spiloenis holospilus (1G). 



[Monte Alhan. a, <3 : iris golden-yellow ; bill dark grey ; orbital skin and lores bright 

 yellow-green ; cere ditto ; claws black ; legs yellow. 



San Mateo, b, $ : iris golden-yellow ; bill dark plumbeous ; orbital skin and lores bright 

 greenish-yellow ; cere ditto, but greener ; legs light chrome-yellow ; claws black.] 



5. Haliastur intermedius (17). 



[San Mateo. j juv. : iris warm brown ; bill greenish-lead, cere darker ; feet greenish 

 yellow, almost white.] 



6. BUTASTUR INDICUS (20). 



[San Mateo, a, 6 : iris golden yellow; bill chrome-yellow at the base, rest black; cere 

 chrome ; legs dull chrome-yellow ; claAvs black, b, d : iris bright yellow ; cere chrome-yellow ; 

 bill black ; legs dull chrome ; claws black.] 



7. Thripon.ax javensis (28). 



[Monte Alban. d : bill black ; feet and claws lead-grey.] 



8. ClIRTSOCOLAPTES H^MATRIBON (30). 



[San Mateo, a, d : iris Indian red ; bill greenish black ; feet pale dull greenish ; claws very 

 dark grey. 



Monte Alban. b, d : iris deep crimson ; bill greenish black ; feet greenish grey.] 



9. YUNGIPICUS MACULATUS (33). 



[Monte Alban. a, 6 : iris bro^\Ti ; bill black ; legs greenish, b, 2 ■ iris light brown ; bill 

 lead-grey ; legs greenish lead-grey.] 



Sonnerat's type was obtained in Panay ; but these Luzon individuals agree well with his 

 description. He mentions that his example " n'a point de rouge," but that perhaps he had only 

 seen a female. The male sent by Mr. Everett possesses a crimson tuft springing from behind 

 the eye. The species is nearly allied to Y.fuscoalbhhis, Salvad., ex Java, Sumatra, and Malacca, P.Z.S.1877, 

 but is larger, has a more powerful bill, has the white markings on the tertiaries transversely P" *^^*^- 

 linear rather than rounded, and has the white gular feathers terminated by brown spots. 



10. Merops philippinus (35). 



[San Mateo. «, <s : iris blood-red ; biU black ; feet purple-brown, b, d : iris crimson ; bill 

 black ; feet light greenish, c, ? : iris blood-red ; bill black ; legs purple-brown ; claws black. 

 d, 2 '■ iris blood-red ; bill black ; feet sooty brown ; claws black. 



Monte Alban. e, ? : iris crimson ; bill black ; nails ditto ; legs greenish.] 



A series of seven examples, aU obtained in the month of February. 



11. Merops bicolor (36). 



[Monte Alban. d : biU black ; legs purplish-brown.] 



