530 ON THE OENITIIOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. [1877. 



represented in Mr. Everett's collection. The grand total of species inhabiting the Philippine 

 area (as restricted by me, /. c.) Mr. Everett has increased by 8, and it now amounts to 276. 

 Several of the species discovered by Mr. Everett in Zebu possess a peculiar interest. Such 

 are: — Oriolus assimilis, a representative form of the remarkable 0. steerei of Negros and 

 Basilan*; Xantholcema rosea, hitherto, beyond Java and Sumatra, only known from Negros; 

 Dicrurtis inimhilis, ^Mopyga magnifica, Anthothr€])tes chlowgastra, Dcndroi)ldla oenocMamys, all 

 four hitherto only known from Negros, but which reappear in Zebu. Four Passerine species, 

 of which the only previously known habitat was Luzon — Volvocivora (?) coerulescens, Parus 

 elegans, Oxycerca everetti, and Megaluriis riijiceps — have their range extended to Zebu. 



1. CacATUA HiEMATUKOPTGIA (l)f. 



[Cebu, male, March, " pairing." Iris dull carmine, bill light lead-grey, feet and nails dark 

 lead-grey. h. Female, March, "breeding." Orbital skin white, rest as in male.] 



Another example of a female is marked "breeding in April." The dimensions of the male 

 somewhat exceed those of the female. 



2. Peionitueus discueus (2). 



The crown of the head in six examples of both sexes, belonging to a series of seven obtained 

 in April, is bright verditer-blue. In the seventh the blue crown is less distinct. The elongated 

 spatulate shafts of the middle rectrices vary in length in each specimen. The plumage of the 

 two sexes is alike. 



3. Tantgnathus luzonensis (3). 

 [Cebu, female, April, " pairing." Iris, outer ring yellowish white, inner ring yellow-brown ; 



maxilla scarlet, tip yellow ; mandible orange, tip yellow ; feet dirty greenish, nails dark grey.] 



Not to be distinguished from Luzon, Negros, and Guimaras examples. The " pairing " 

 male has the forehead verditer-green, the crown and nape verditer-green, each feather tipped 

 with turquoise-blue. The cheeks are green ; and there is no blue on the back or uropygium. 

 Females (sex ascertained by Mr. Everett) are somewhat smaller, but in plumage and colouring do 

 not differ from males. 



4. LOEICULUS CHETSONOTUS (8). 

 .ij.a.Loi I, 



p. 757. [Cebu, male, April. Iris brown, bill orange-red, legs orange, nails brown.] 



5. MiCROniEEAS EETTHEOGEKTS (10). 



A single example (female) is in the collection, shot in April, and in full black and white 

 plumage. The wing measures 4-87. 



6. Spiloenis holospilus (16). 

 [Cebu, male, March. Iris deep golden yellow, orbital skin yellow, cere the same, but 



tinged with green; bill leaden grey, culmen and tip black; legs and feet dirty light yellow, the 



* Tlie Basilan form will probably prove to be a third representative species. 



t The numbers following the titles are the same as those of my Memoir, Trans. Zool. Soc. is. pp. 125-252 [antea, 

 pp. 293-413]. 



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