1877.] THE ISLAJJ^D OP MINDANAO (N.E.). 559 



The examples marked 6 and ? do not materially differ ; but in the male the amethystine 

 colouring of the back and rectrices is more pronounced. The rufo-fulvous forehead, the 

 albescent chin and throat, the amethystine-coloured cap and rectrices, and the short bill 

 distmguish this representative form from P. leucotis. 



64. Cakpophaga ^nea (141), 

 [Suiigao, 6 , May. h. Butuan, c? , May.] 



65. TUETUE DUSSUMIEEI (147). P.Z.S.1877, 



p. 833. 

 [Butuan, § , May. Iris reddish ; bill grey-black ; feet dull carmine, b. Surigao, 6 , May ; 



Placer, 6 , July.] 



The dimensions of the female are a trifle less than those of the male. In colour and 



marking there appears to be but little difference, the nuchal collar being perhaps more developed 



in the male. 



66. Phlocmenas ceinigeea, 



Pampusanna criniger, Pucheran, Voy. Pole Sud, iii. p. 118 (1853), Atlas, t. 27. f. 2 ; Sclater, 

 P.Z. S. 1865, p. 238. 



Phlogcenas bartletti, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 377, t. xxxiv. 



[Placer, <s , July. Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull carmine.] 



The type is stated by Pucheran to have been found in the Sooloo Islands (Soog). Mr. 

 Sclater, on seeing it at Paris, recognized its identity with his P. bartletti, founded on four living 

 individuals sent to Liverpool, and stated to have been brought from an uninhabited island near 

 the Philippines. A full account of these birds, together with delineations of the sternum, is 

 given by Mr. Sclater (I. c). The Sooloo habitat requires confirmation. The bird is a represen- 

 tative form of P. cruenta, but perfectly distinct. The dark claret-coloured patch on the breast 

 replaces the blood-red pectoral plumes of the older known species ; and the feathers of which it 

 is composed are even of a harsher and stiffer texture. 



67. Chalcophaps indicus (150). 

 [Surigao, d , June.] 



68. Chaeadeius fulvus (159). 



[Butuan, $ , May.] 



A number of black feathers on the under surface. 



69. Squataeola helvetica (160). 



[Placer, $ , July. Iris chocolate ; legs light grey.] 

 In winter plumage, although shot in July. 



70. ^gialitis dubia (162). 



[Placer, ? , July. Orbital ring orange.] 



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