528 ON THE OENITHOLOGT OF THE PHILIPPINES. [1877. 



P.Z.S.1877, show through. In the example which has the pectoral band least developed the nape is most 

 p- 703. j-ufous, and this is the case in a Celebean individual without a trace of a pectoral band, the nape 

 beino- pure bright rufous, and in others from Queensland. The dimensions of birds from all 

 three localities hardly vary. 



SO. RnTAcoPHiLtrs gl.\reola (182). 

 Shot in February and March. 



81. Tringoides hypoleucus (183). 



[Monte Alban. «, d : iris brown ; bill dark van dyke brown ; legs greenish grey ; nails 

 black, h, c? : iris brown ; bill and nails black ; legs greenish lead-grey.] 

 Shot in February and March. 



82. Gallinago scoLOPAcmA (187). 



[Monte Alban. a, d , February : iris brown ; legs greenish grey ; nails black.] 



83. Rhtnch^ea capensis (189). 

 [Monte Alban. d , February.] 



84. Aedetta cinnamomea (192). 



[San Mateo, a, d (adult) : iris bright yellow ; legs and feet bright olive-green ; bill yellow 

 shaded with olive-brown on the culmen ; February, b, d (not mature) : iris bright yellow ; bill 

 greenish yellow, culmen to apex darkened with greenish brown ; legs yellow-green ; soles of feet 

 yellow ; claws light brown, c, 2 (immature) : iris golden yellow ; legs and feet bright olive- 

 green ; bill greenish-yellow at base ; culmen dark olive-brown ; February.] 



85. Heeodias gaezetta (195). 



[Monte Alban. 2 , March : iris bright yellow ; bill black, base yellow ; legs black ; feet 

 greenish-yellow dotted with black ; claws dark brown.] 



Two examples are sent by Mr. Everett shot in March, and both marked ? . One is in full 

 breeding-plumage Avith two long occipital plumes, a fully developed pectoral tuft, and a long 

 dorsal train. In the other these appendages are absent, the bill being black in both. In dimen- 

 sions they agree ; and they belong strictly to the race named Ardea nigripes by Temminck. 



Wing 10-25 inches, tarsus 3-50, culmen 3-0. 



86. BUTOEIDES javanica (197). 



[Monte Alban. $ : iris golden; bill black; lower half, cere, and orbital skin light yellow; 

 legs green ; soles orange ; nails brown. March.] 

 Immature. 



