1878.] THE ISLAND OF LETTE. 597 



16. Centbococctx vieidis (64). 



[S. Leyte, S 2 , October : iris brown. I, c? , September : iris yellowish brown ; biU black ; 

 legs steel-grey.] 



17. BUCEKOS SEMIGALEATDS. 



Buceros semigaleatus, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 277. 



18. Penelopides affinis. 



Penelopides affinis, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 534 [antea, p. 562] ; 

 P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 824, 825 (fig. 1)*. [Aritea, p. 550.] 



[Amparo, d ?, July; S. Leyte, 6 ?, September and October, ? juv.f : iris raw sienna- 

 brown ; bill greenish brown ; mandible greenish ; legs dark greenish grey. ? . Iris in living 

 bird rich dark burnt-sienna-orange.] 



The new rectrices in both sexes of this species are pure white, and not pale rufous, the 

 apices always remaining black. In one example ( ? ) the two middle rectrices have a dark rufous 

 terminal band, black being indicated Avhere this band meets the paler rufous of the basal portion. 

 In' a young male this also occurs. 



19. Lanius nasutus (70). 



[S. Leyte, d ? , September and October.] 



20. Lai^ius lucionensis (72). P.Z.S.1878, 

 [S. Leyte, 6 ? , September.] 



The males are in adult dress, with pearl-grey foreheads. The female has aU the gular and 

 pectoral plumage narrowly edged with brown, as well as the feathers of the flanks and thighs. 

 The entire upper plumage is uniform liver-brown, without a trace of grey on the forehead. 



21. Artamus leucoetnus (73). 



[Amparo, <s , August ; S. Leyte, ? , October. 



22. LaLAGE DOMINICA (76). 



[Amparo, d , July.] 



23. Ctoenis philippinensis. 



Cyornis pliili^ipinensis, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. 2nd series, Zool. i. p. 325. 

 [Amparo, d , July.] 



24. HiEUNDO JAVANICA. 



Hirundo javanica, Sparrman, Mus. Carls. 



[S. Leyte, d , September, d juv., October.] 



* The passage in which I differentiate P. affinis from P. paniiii and P. manillce (I. c.) should read " by the absence of the 

 channelling on the lateral plates of the maxilla." t Marked d hy collector, but in complete black plumage. 



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