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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



species in the islands. We have very dark and richly 

 coloured birds from the central islands, but we do not find 

 any constant dijference in size between them and birds from 

 other parts of the group. We think that S. panayensis was 

 founded on differences due to change of season and to 

 individual variation, and believe that the species is not a 

 valid one.'' 



Unfortunately they do not specify from which of the 

 central islands these dark and richly coloured birds were 

 obtained, but I think from the evidence before me it may 

 fairly be assumed they did not come from Panay, Guimaras, 

 or Negros. We have dark examples from Cebu and Leyte, 

 which are perfectly similar to specimens from Luzon (whence 

 the type of S. holospilus was described) as well as to those 

 from the southern islands of Mindanao and Basilan. The 

 following is a list of the localities from which we have 

 examples of the two forms : — 



Spilornis holospilus (Vig.). 



Luzon. Male, 



(Notsexed.) 



Female .... 



„ (Imm.) 



(Imni.) 



[Sexed female, but 

 probably a male.] 13-8 



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Spilornis panayensis, Steere. 



Panay. Male (type) . . . . 

 Guimaras. (Not sexed.) 

 Negros. Male 



Female 



(type) 



