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larger, C. bernsteini, Sctlegel, from New Guinea. In both 

 these species the general colour of the plumage above and 

 below is black, glossed with very dark green, inclining to 

 blue in the smaller (C minclorensis) . C. steerii has the 

 general colour of both the upper and under parts brownish 

 glossed with oily green, giving a general impression of very 

 dark olive-colour, quite different from that of any other 

 species of the genus known to me. While the wing is no 

 longer than in C. mindorensis, the bill is nearly twice the 

 size. On the other hand, C mindorensis has the nail on the 

 hind toe very long, nearly twice as long as in C. steerii. 



42. Centropus mindorensis (Steere). 



Centrococcyx mindorensis, Steere, List Birds & Maram. 

 Philippines, p. 12 (1890). 



Two immature males of the small-billed Mindoro Crow- 

 Pheasant were met with in the lower forests. The least mature 

 of these, in mixed plumage, is worth noting. The immature 

 feathers in the upper parts are dull brownish black, devoid 

 of any gloss; the immature tail- and flight-feathers are 

 similarly coloured, but slightly glossed, and the latter are 

 indistinctly barred with pale rufous on both webs. The 

 throat, breast, and belly are brownish black, indistinctly 

 marked with buff; the rest of the plumage is similar to that 

 of the adult. 



43. Cacatua H.EMATUROPYGIA (L. S. Miillcr) ; Grant, Ibis, 

 1895, p. 263. 



A fine male of the Philippine Cockatoo was collected in 

 the lower forests. 



44. Prioniturus mindorensis, Steere, List Birds &Mamm. 

 Philippines, p. 6 (1890). 



The violet-blue head of the Mindoro Racquet-tailed Parrot 

 makes it easily distinguishable from P. discurus and other 

 allied forms. 



45. Tanygnathus luconensis (L.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 410. 



The Blue-crowned Parrakeet appears to be universally 



