646 ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OP THE PHILIPPINES. [1879. 



Mr. Everett writes, that he finds the " wet season at its height, and the rain has been incessant. 

 The hostility of the natives renders it impossible to go beyond a radius of four or five miles from 

 the village without a well-armed party. Hence the collection is rather meagre. Apart from 

 these causes, however, the collection is likely to prove disappointing ; for the avifauna of the 

 island does not seem to offer any very marked features to distinguish it from that of the Zam- 

 boanga peninsula." 



1. Prionitueus discukus (2). 

 [Basilan, cJ ? , May, June.] 



2. Tanygnathus luconensis (3). 

 [Basilan, 6 , May.] 



3. LORICULUS HAKTLAUBI (7). 



[Basilan, d , May.] 

 P.Z.S.1879, 4. Spilorxis holospilus (16). 



p. 69. 



[Basilan, ? , June.] 



5. Elanus htpoleucus (18). 



[Basilan, ? , June.] 

 Not quite mature. 



6. NiNOX spilocephala. 



Winox sjpilocephala, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 939. [Antea, p. 631.] 

 [Basilan, d ? , May, June.] 



7. Scops everetti. 



Scojps everetti, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 942. [Antea, p. 633.] 

 [Basilan, t? , May.] 



8. Thriponax javensis (28). 



[Basilan, ? , May : iris orange-yellow. ? juv.. May : iris white.] 



9. YUNQIPICUS VALIDIROSTRIS. 



Yungipicus validirostris (Blyth), Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 943. [Antea, p. 633.] 



[Basilan, c7 , May : iris crimson.] 



Basilan examples agree with those from Zamboanga. The description given by Cabanis 

 (Mus. Hein. iv. pt. ii. p. 60), under the above title, of a Philippine member of the genus agrees 

 best with the Luzon bird. 



10. EURTSTOMUS ORIENTALIS (37). 



[Basilan, ? , May.] 



