524 ON THE OENITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. [1877. 



59. Arachnechthra jugularis (123). 



[Monte Alban. d : iris light brown ; bill, legs, and nails jet-black.] 



60. CoRVus PHiLippijvrus (125). 



[San Mateo, a, d : iris dark brown ; bill and legs black, b, $ : iris pale wood-brown ; 

 bill, legs, and claws black.] 



Three of the four examples sent by Mr. Everett have the wing an inch and a quarter to a 

 half shorter than that of the fourth individual. This last is in full glossy purple-black plumage, 

 while the three with short wings are in a state of transition from brownish unglossed black to 

 purple-black. They belong to C. brevijoennis, Schlegel. 



61. AcRIDOTHERES CRISTATELLUS (126). 



[Monte Alban. a, 6 : iris yellow ; bill pale yellowish ; legs dark brownish ochre-yellow ; 

 nails black. 

 P.Z.S.1877, San Mateo, b, d : iris golden yellow ; bill yellow-white ; legs chrome; claws hom-brown. 



P' ■ c, 2 ■ iris Indian yellow ; bill light greenish-yellow ; legs dull orange ; claws brown.] 



62. Sarcops calvus (129). 



[Monte Alban. a, d : iris bright brown ; bill and legs black ; bare skin white tinged with 

 pink. 



San Mateo, b, d : iris rich chocolate-brown ; bill, legs, and claws black, c, $ : iris rich 

 warm brown ; bill black ; feet and claws sooty brown ; bare skin white tinged dull crimson.] 



63. MuNiA jagori (132). 



[San Mateo. ? : iris red-brown ; biU pale bluish-grey ; legs darker grey.] 



64. Oxtcerca jagori (134). 



[San Mateo, d : ■?, iris Indian red ; bill dull blue ; legs blue-grey.] 



65. Oxtcerca everetti. (Plate LXXIII. fig. 2, in orig.) 



Oxycerca everetti, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 96 (1877)*. 



<j and ? . Chin and throat dark brown ; breast, flanks, and thigh-coverts warm nutmeg- 

 brown. Abdomen and vent pure white, some of the lower breast-feathers being marked with 

 brown, and some of the flank-feathers being white on their inner webs, brown on their outer, and 

 with white shafts. Under tail-coverts very dark brown or black. Above, wings and coverts 

 brown, each feather, except the frontal and upper tail-coverts, having a conspicuous pure white 

 central line along the shaft, very prominent on the wing-coverts ; some of the upper tail coverts 

 tipped with ochre. Rectrices brown, the middle pair broadly margined, the laterals less so, with 

 yellow and greyish yellow. Inner edges of the quills pale rufous seen from underneath. 



Wing 1-87 inch, tail 1-75, tarsus 0-56, culmen 0-38. 



[Monte Alban. a, d : iris Indian red ; bill black ; mandible lead-grey ; legs dark grey. 

 h, S : iris Indian red ; bill black ; mandible and legs grey.] 



* lAnted, p. 510.— Ed.J 



