596 ON THE OENITHOLOGT OF THE PHILIPPINES. [1878. 



5. Spilorxis noLospiLus (16). 

 [S. Leyte, 6 2 , September.] 



6. Haliastue intekmedius (17). 

 [S. Leyte, 6 ? , September.] 



7. Theiponax pectoealis, n. sp. 



[S. Leyte, 6 2 , September.] 



Like T. javensis, but differs in having the feathers of the chin, throat, sides of head and 

 neck white, broadly centred with a median black stripe, and in the fulvous-white colouring of 

 the abdomen covering the breast, each pectoral plume being centred with black. 



8. Meeops philippinus (35). 

 [S. Leyte, c? ? , September,] 



9. Merops bicoloe (36). 



[S. Leyte, s ? , September.] 



Two examples in mature plumage, two immature ; the chestnut head and back in the latter 

 mixed with green, and the middle pair of rectrices not fully developed. 



P.Z.S.1878, 10. EUETSTOMUS ORIENTALIS (37). 



p. Ml. 



[Amparo, d 2 , August.] 



11. Alcedo bekgalensis (38). 

 [S. Leyte, d 2 , October.] 



12. Cetx argentata. 



Cei/x argentata, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 533. [Antea, p. 561.] 

 [S. Leyte, d , October.] 



13. Entomobia gulaeis (44). 



[Amparo, d , August ; S, Leyte, September.] 



14. Sauropatis chlgris (47). 

 [Amparo, d 2 , August.] 



15. Pelaegopsis gigantea. 



Pelargojisis gigantea, Walden [Ann, & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, vol. xiii, p. 123, antea, p. 253], 

 P. Z. S. 1877, p. 541. lAntea, p. 465.] 



[Amparo, 6 2 , July ; S. Leyte, d 2 , September and October.] 



Ten examples, all of which belong to the smaller North-Mindanao and Dinagat race, which 

 I have hitherto provisionally referred to P, gigantea. 



