1878.] THE ISLAND OF PALAWAN. 617 



[P. Princesa, d , December 6, 1877: iris brown; bill black; legs and feet dark grey. 

 $, January 1878: iris dark brown; denuded orbital skin green-yellow; bill black; mandible 

 grey ; legs and feet blue-grey.] 



Bill of female considerably shorter than that of male. 



39. CORVUS PUSILLUS, n. sp. p 2 g |878 



Female. Basal portion of plumage white. Above purple-black, with a slight greyish shade. ^' *^^^' 

 Wing-coverts and outer margins of rectrices deep purple-black. Plumage underneath dull ashy 

 black, with a purplish gloss on cheeks and throat. Contour of bill as in the C.-validus group. 



Dimensions : — 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 



in. in. in. in. 



? 8-75 5-25 1-75 212 



[P. Princesa, ? , December 27, 1877 : iris deep brown; bill, legs, and claws shining black.] 

 This Crow, or rather small Eaven, is a diminutive form of C. validus and its allies. It has 

 no affinity with true C. enca. 



40. Caloenis panatensis (128). 



Calornis chalyheus (Horsf.), Sharpe, t. c. p. 34-3. no. 111. 

 [P. Princesa, ? , December 1877 : iris brilliant red; bill and feet black.] 

 A large series is sent by Mr. Everett, which I refer to the Philippine rather than to the 

 Bornean species. 



41. Gracula javanensis. 



Corvus javanensis, Osbeck, Voy. China & E. Ind. i. p. 157, "Java" (Eng. tr. 1771). 



[P. Princesa, c? , January 1878: iris deep brown; bill fine deep orange; wattles and legs 

 chrome-yellow ; claws dark brown. $ , December 3, 1877 : iris deep brown ; bill red-orange ; 

 wattles orange-yellow ; legs yellow.] 



These examples are not to be distinguished from Bornean, although they are somewhat 

 smaller and have slenderer bills than Javan and Sumatran individuals. 



42. OXTCERCA EVEEETTI. 



Oxycerca CTe/-ei5^z',Tweeddale, Ann. Mag. N.H. (4), xx. p. 96, P.Z. S. 1877*, p. 699, t. Ixxiii. f. 2. 



[P. Princesa, S , December 1877 : iris rich deep orange-brown ; bill, maxilla black, mandible 

 pale grey ; feet, legs, and claws dark lead-grey. s juv. : iris umber-brown ; mandible blackish ; 

 maxilla black ; angle of gape pure white ; legs, feet, and claws lead-grey.] 



Oxycerca everetti is a very closely allied form of 0. leucogastra of Malacca and Borneo, 



mainly to be distinguished by the crown of the head being striated in the former and uniform 



in the latter, and the breast and general colouring being nutmeg-brown and not sooty brown. 



These Palawan examples, although not quite identical with either species, most nearly resemble 



0. everetti. The general tone of colour is nutmeg-brown ; but the crown of the head is not 



striated. 



* [^Antea, p. 524.— Ed.] 



