Birds uf the Philippine Islands. 247 



birds from Negros and Basilan appear to differ from typical 

 T. javensis and to approach T. pectoralis, having most of the 

 breast-feathers narrowly margined with buff, but on the 

 whole they are much nearer T. javensis. 



[Iris straw-colour ; upper mandible greyish black, lower 

 slaty blue ; feet dull slate-blue. — J. W.] 



73. Xanthol.'EMa h^matocephala (P. L. S. Miiller) ; 

 Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 474. 



The Crimson-gorgeted Barbet was obtained in both collec- 

 tions, Samar being a new locality. 



74. SuRNicuLUS VELUTiNUs, Sharpe ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 559. 



This Little Black Cuckoo was met with in Samar. 



75. EuDYNAMis MiNDANENsis (Liuu.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 474. 



Eudynamis orient alls, Whitehead, Ibis, 1890, p. 409. 



The Philippine Koel was found in Leite, where an imma- 

 ture pair were obtained. The female is in an interesting 

 stage of plumage, just beginning to change out of the black 

 into the spotted dress of the adult female. 



Capt. Shelley (see Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 317) evidently 

 doubts the correctness of Mr. Whitehead's interesting 

 account of the changes in this species (Ibis, 1890, pp. 409- 

 411) ; but the evidence appears to show conclusively that 

 the first plumage of the immature female is black, like that 

 of the male adult. 



76. Centropus viridis (Scop.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 466. 

 A male was collected at Samar. The name of this species 



was accidentally omitted from our last paper on the birds 

 of Negros. 



77. Centropus melanops. Less. ; Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xix. p. 365 (1891). 



Pyrrhocentor melanops, Steere, List Birds & Mamm. Philip- 

 pines, p. 12 (1890). 



The Black-masked Coucal is an extremely handsome 

 Cuckoo, and represented in both collections. This species 



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