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grey^ and the latter has a hirge greyish-black patch sur- 

 rounding the eye and ear-coverts, which is wanting in the 

 former. The species has been well characterized by Mr. 

 Whitehead in the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History/ 

 and it is therefore unnecessary for me to give any further 

 description, especially as the type is so well represented in 

 Mr. Keulemaus's fine drawing. 



Mr. Whitehead says the eyes in this species have double 

 rings of crimson-red, a character which is also found in 

 C. poliocephala. He goes on to say, " It was only these 

 splendid Pigeons that kept me at an elevation of nearly 

 5000 feet in the wet season in Mindoro. They were most 

 difficult to obtain, and in nearly four months I only secured 

 five specimens. ^^ 



50. Carpophaga chalybura, Bonap. ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 124. 



Mr. Whitehead again met with Bonaparte's Fruit-Pigeon, 

 and a male is included in the present collection. 



51. Macropyuia TENUiROSTRis, Gray ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 469. 



The Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove was again found in the 

 highlands and a male secured. 



53. Chalcophaps indica (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 469. 



The Indian Bronze-wing Dove, which is found all over 

 the Philippine group, completes the list. 



XLII. — A few Notes on Birds of Egypt, from Observations 

 made at Cairo in the months of January and February, 

 1896. By E. Cavendish Taylor, M.A., F.Z.S. 



I LEFT Marseilles for Alexandria by Messageries steamer on 

 the 26th of December, 1895, and had good weather as far as 

 the Straits of Messina. During this part of the voyage I 

 saw a great number of Kittiwake Gulls {Rissa tridactyla), 

 which used to fly close round the vessel, and were very tame. 



