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have been compared with E. mindanense, from which species 

 it only differs in having the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 darker grey like the back. 



The following list shows the localities where each of the 

 five Philippine species have been obtained : — 

 Edoliisoma ceerulescens. Luzon. 



„ alterum. Cebu. 



,, mindanense. Mindanao and Basilan. 



„ everetti. Sulu, Tawi Tawi, and Bongao. 



„ panayense. Panay, Guimaras, and Negros. 



11. Pericrocotus novus, Wardlaw-Ramsay ; Grant, Ibis, 

 1895, p. 252. 



There is a single adult male example, very closely allied to, 

 if not identical with, the Luzon Minivet ; like the latter, it 

 differs from the Leyte bird (P. leytensis, Steere) in having 

 the underparts paler and of a beautiful orange-yellow. In 

 the Negros bird the tail is unfortunately imperfect, many of 

 the feathers being lost, and, so far as I can see, the only 

 tangible difference between Luzon and Negros examples is 

 that in the latter only three of the inner secondary quills are 

 ornamented on the outer webs with orange-red subtermiiial 

 drops. This character is, however, liable to considerable 

 variation, as may be seen from the two male examples 

 collected by Mr. Whitehead in Luzon. In one of these birds 

 six of the secondaries are thus ornamented, but in the second 

 specimen there are only four feathers with subterminal 

 orange-red drops, and the outermost of these are quite 

 rudimentary. It will thus be seen that this character varies, 

 and is not therefore reliable, and under these circumstances I 

 think it would be premature to separate the Negros bird 

 from that found in Luzon. 



Total length (tail imperfect) 5"6 inches, wing 3'1, 

 tarsus 0"55. 



12. Lalage terat (Bodd.j ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 441. 

 The Pied Cuckoo- Shrike is represented in tlie present 



collection by an adult female; this species appears to be 

 universally distributed tliroughout the group. 



