538 On some new Speciea of Birds. 



bold metallic moustache springs from the base of the maridi- 

 ble, and descends the sides of the neck; the upper half violet, 

 the lower half green. 



? . Above, wing-coverts, and edgings to quills olive-green. 

 Uropygium bright sulphur -yellow as in ^ . Space before the 

 eye, cheeks, ear-coverts, chin, throat, and upper breast grey 

 tinged with yellowish olive-green. Lower breast, abdomen, 

 flanks, and under tail-coverts white tinged with yellow. Under 

 wing-coverts white, faintly tinged with yellow. Quills and 

 rectrices dark brown, margined with olive ; lateral rectrices 

 tipped with albescent olive. 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 



in. in. in. in. 



6 1-68 1-44 0-50 0-50 



? 1-62 1-12 0-50 0-50 



Described from examples discovered by Mr. Everett at 

 Surigao (N. Mindanao). 



This species falls under Mr. Sharpe's subgenus Eudrepanis, 



Ptilopus ? incogmtus^ sp. n. 



? . Above, tertiaries, and wing-coverts light emerald-green. 

 Forehead, lores, ophthalmic region, cheeks, and ear- coverts 

 grey mixed with dingy green. Chin and throat almost pure 

 white. Neck and sides of neck greenish grey. An ill- 

 defined pectoral band formed of green feathers tipped with 

 ruddy orange ; breast ashy green tinged with the same colour. 

 Flanks green. Abdomen mixed green and ashy. Under 

 tail-coverts (which are lengthened) pale creamy white with a 

 brown central streak. Thigh- and tarsal coverts ashy brown. 

 Exposed upper surface of rectrices tinged with golden. Lower 

 surface pale ashy brown, with ill-defined paler tips. Quills 

 dark brown, margined outwardly with dark green. Secondaries 

 with a pale narrow creamy border, still narrower on the major 

 coverts. 



Wing 5*25 inches, culmen 0'75, tarsus 0'81, tail 3-75. 



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



The sexual symbols prefixed to all the descriptions of the 

 Philippine birds are taken from Mr. Everett's labels. 



LXVIIL — Descri])tion of a new Species of ^v\vams> from South 

 Africa, By Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S. &c. 



BuUmus [Pachnodus) drakenshergensis. 



Testa angustissime perforata, trochiformis, lineis incrementi obliquis 

 striata, striisque spiralibus minutis obsolete sculpta, tenuis. 



