Birds of the Philippine Islands. 471 



Mindoro ; and in all^ the head, neck, and underparts are 

 rich ochre, only the chin and throat being slightly paler. 



33. Alcyone cyanipectus (Lafres.); Grant^ Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 464. 



A blue-belted specimen of this little Kingfisher was 

 collected in the lowlands of Mindoro, and has been ascertained 

 to be a male by Mr. Whitehead's collector ; we have there- 

 fore, at present, no further proof that A. cyanipectus and 

 A. philippinensis are opposite sexes of the same species, 

 though I have now little doubt that this is the case. 



34. Penelopides mindorensis, Steere ; Grant, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 374 (1892). 



An adult male of the Mindoro Hornbill was obtained in 

 November. This species is remarkable as having the sexes 

 similar in plumage, whereas the females of all the other 

 Philippine species differ conspicuously from the males and 

 have the general colour of the plumage black. 



35. IvNGiPicus vALiDiRosTRis, Blyth ; Bourns & Worces- 

 ter, Occ. Pap. Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. i. p. 52 (1894) ; 

 Grant, Ibis, 1895, pp. 114, 262, 465. 



An adult female of the Luzon Pigmy Woodpecker is 

 sent. Having before me a particularly fine series of the 

 Philippine species of this genus, including Prof. Stcere's 

 types, I think it may be useful to append a key showing 

 briefly the chief differences by which the five Philippine 

 species may be distinguished. The late Mr. Hargitt did not 

 include two of Prof. Steere's species in his key to the 

 genus lyngipicus [cf. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 309), and 

 he united /. validirostris with /. maculatus, not having seen 

 typical examples of the latter species. 



I. Upper back, scapulars, and wing-coverts strongly 

 barred with white. 

 A. Ear-coverts brown. 



a. White eyebrow-stripes very wide ; nape and 

 erround-colour of back brownish black. 



