On some neio Species of Birds. 533 



LXVII. — Descriptions of some new Species of Birds. 

 By Arthur, Marquis of Tweeddale, F.R.S. 



Tanygnathus Everetti, sp. n. 



? . Whole head light green. Throat, breast, and abdo- 

 minal region the same, with an ochreous tint. Upper back 

 and interscapulars dark green. First primary dark brown, 

 very narrowly margined with green on outer web ; remaining 

 primaries brown, with the whole of the outer web green, and, 

 towards the ends, some of the inner webs. Secondaries, and 

 tertiaries above, green. All the wing-coverts green, narrowly 

 margined with yellow. Quills underneath brown. Under 

 wing-coverts green and yellowish green. Rectrices above 

 green, like quills ; below pale golden brown. Middle and 

 lower back and uropygium deep turquoise-blue, not sky-blue. 

 Upper tail-coverts green. Bill in dried skin Avhite. 



Wing 7 inches, tail 5, tarsus 0*75, bill from gape I'OO. 



Obtained by Mr. Everett at Butuan (N. Mindanao). 



Ceyx argentata^ sp. n. 



? . Chin, throat, upper breast, abdomen, ventral region, 

 major under wing-coverts, and thigh-coverts pure white. 

 Cheeks, sides of head, and ear-coverts black. Lower breast 

 and flanks black, washed with deep blue. Rectrices and under 

 tail-coverts black. Plumage above black. A bold super- 

 cilium commencing above the eye and running into the occipi- 

 tal crest, formed by the component plumes being tipped with 

 pale silvery blue. Many of the feathers of the vertex minutely 

 tipped w^h silvery blue. Occipital crest tipped with pale 

 silvery bluish green, or silvery blue, or the two together. 

 Dorsal plumage and lengthened upper tail-coverts black at 

 base, then silvery bluish green, then pale silvery blue. Wings 

 black. Major coverts each with a terminal silvery-green spot. 

 Loral spot white. An isolated tuft on the sides of neck, 

 white tipped with creamy fulvous. Bill black. 



Wing 2*62 inches, tail 1"37, tarsus 0*45, culmen 1'50. 



Obtained at Dinagat, a small island immediately north of 

 Mindanao, in June, by Mr. Everett, and one of his most 

 interesting discoveries. 



MuUeripicus Wallacei, sp. n. 



Mullei-ipieus fulvus (Quoy <& Gaim.), partim, Walden, Tr, Z. S. viii. 

 p. 41. no. 35, ex Macassar. 



(J. Differs from typical J/. /m^vms J (ex Menado) by the 

 upper plumage being of a darker shade of slate-grey, by the 



