560 Mr. W, R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



represent a distinct species, which, however, is not the case. 

 It has since been obtained by Messrs. Bourns and Worcester 

 from the Calamianes, but is now recorded for the first time 

 from Negros. The bird sent by Mr. Whitehead is a female 

 in immature plumage, and the wing measures 8'7 inches. 

 We note in Capt. Shelley's Catalogue that the length of the 

 wing is given, both in the key to the genus and in the de- 

 scription of this species, as 8*1 inches. This is evidently a 

 misprint for 9'1. Blanford (Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 212, 

 1895) gives the length of the wings as 8*5 to 10 inches, 

 but 9'1 inches is the average length. 



69. CucuLus MiCROPTERUs, Gould ; Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xix. p. 241 (1891). 



Although there is nothing strange in the occurrence of the 

 Indian Cuckoo in the Philippine Islands, for it extends to 

 China, Japan, and Eastern Siberia in summer, and has also 

 been met with in Java, Borneo, and the Moluccas, this is the 

 first time it has been met with in this group. Mr. Whitehead 

 sends a nearly adult female, shot in the vicinity of the Can- 

 loon volcano on the 16th of March, 1896. 



70. Cacomantis merulinus (Scop.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 466. 



The Rufous-bellied Plaintive Cuckoo is universally dis- 

 tributed throughout the Philippine Islands, and Mr. White- 

 head again sends both adult and immature birds from the 

 volcano of Canloon. 



71. Cacatua H.EMATUROPYGIA (P. L. S. Miillcr) ; Grant, 

 Ibis, 1895, p. 263, 1896, p. 475. 



A female of the Philippine Cockatoo from the lower forests 

 of Canloon. 



72. Prioniturus discurus (Vieill.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 263. 



The specimens of the Philippine Racquet-tailed Parrot 

 collected in Negros are precisely similar to those previously 

 described from Catanduanes, the blue on the head being 

 confined to the middle of the crown, and shading into green 

 on the nape and forehead. 



