648 ON THE OENITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. [1879. 



23. DiCEUEUS STBIATUS. 



Dicrurus striatus, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 545. no. 20. [Antea, p. 469.] 

 [Basilan, s , June ; $ , May.] 



24. Leucoceeca nigeitoequis (83). 

 [Basilan, ? , June.] 



25. HyPOTHTMIS AZUEEA (85). 

 [Basilan, d , May and June.] 



26. Hypothtmis supeeciliaris. 



Eypothymis superciliaris, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 326. no. 53. 

 [Basilan, ? , June : iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs dark brown.] 



27. SeTAEIA EUFICAUDA. 



Setaria ruficauda, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 327. 



[Basilan.] 



Identified by Mr. Sharpe. 



28. Saecophanops steeeii. 



Euryloevius steerii, Sharpe, Nature, August 1876, p. 297. 



Sarcophanops steerii, id. Tr. L. S. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 344. no. 115, t, liv. f. 1, 2. 



[Basilan, ? , May : iris fine bluish green.] 



With reference to the colour of the iris as stated by Mr. Sharpe (L c.) on Dr. Steere's 



P.Z.S.1879, authority, Mr. Everett remarks : — "Dr. Steere is in error in saying that the iris of Sarcophanops 



P' ^^' is like ' a clear crystal, crowded with specks of gold.' The iris is not yellow, but rich mineral 



green, and precisely resembles the iris of Cymhorhynchus macrorhynchus. If the describer had 



said ' a clear crystal of emerald, crowded with specks of gold,' the peculiar grained appearance of 



the eye and its colour would have been correctly indicated." 



The series sent by Mr. Everett corroborates Mr. Sharpe's statement [1. c.) that the females 

 are distinguished from the males by having the breast pure white and not vinaceous. In 

 Mr. Sharpe's plate of the species, the male bird is marked with the feminine symbol,, and the 

 female with the masculine. The Dinagat bird in no respect difi'ers from these typical specimens. 



29. Beodeeipus aceoehtnchus (90). 

 [Basilan, 2 , May.] 



30. Oriolus steeeii. 



Oriolus steerii, Sharpe, Cat. B. in Mus. Brit. iii. p. 213, t. x. ; Tr. L. S. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 329. 

 [Basilan, 6 , May : iris carmine ; bill burnt sienna-brown ; legs dark grey.] 

 The series sent by Mr. Everett enables me to compare 0. steerii with its representative form 

 0. assimilis, ex Zebu, and to confirm the absolute distinctness of the two species. 



