470 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



30. Chlorura brunneivbntris, Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 518, 

 & 1895, p. 45G. 



This beautiful little green Finch was again procured from 

 the highlands of Mindoro, and the present collection contains 

 an adult female. As may be remembered, it was originally 

 discovered by Mr. Whitehead in the highlands of Benguet, 

 and subsequently met with by him in Lepanto. It appears 

 to be a rare bird, for up to the present time he has obtained 

 very few examples. 



31. Pitta erythrogastra, Temm. ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 121. 



The Red-belHed Pitta, which appears to be universally 

 distributed throughout the Philippine Islands, was again met 

 with on Mindoro, and both sexes are represented. 



32. Pelargopsis gouldi, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 100 (1892) ; Bourns & Worcester, Occ. Pap. Minnesota 

 Acad. Sci. i. no. i. p. 33 (1894). 



Pelargopsis leucocephala, Steere (nee Gmel.), List Birds & 

 Mamm. Philippines, p. 9 (1890). 



Gould's Stork-billed Kingfisher, so far as we at present 

 know, is met with only on the islands of Mindoro, Cala- 

 mianes, and Palawan. The type of this subspecies is 

 labelled "Manilla, Gould Coll./' and it is quite possible 

 that this locality may be perfectly correct, though the bird 

 has not been met with in Luzon by any of the more recent 

 collectors. The bird from Ilo-Ilo, Panay, collected during 

 the voyage of H.M.S. ' Challenger,' is referred by Dr. Sharpe 

 to his P. gouldi, but, with all due deference to the highest 

 authority on Kingfishers, I think this identification is incor- 

 rect, for the Panay bird, in my opinion, undoubtedly belongs 

 to the lighter form, P. gigantea, which is to be met with in 

 Tablas, Sibuyan, Masbate, Samar, Leyte, Panay, Guimaras, 

 Negros, Cebu, Dinagat, Mindanao, Malanipa, Basilan, Sulu, 

 and Tawi Tawi. 



Mr. Whitehead obtained several examples of both sexes 

 of this handsome species of Kingfisher in the lowlands of 



