564 On the Birds of the Philippine Islands. 



Zamboangaj South Mindanao. Our only specimen from Bohol, 

 a male in the Steere collection^ shot on the 21st of March, 

 is in very worn plumage, the feathers of the breast and belly 

 being much abraded. The underparts of this bird are 

 paler and browner in colour than in the specimens from 

 Leyte and Saraar ; but this is easily accounted for by the 

 worn state of the plumage, and undoubtedly the birds from 

 all three localities belong to one and the same species. 

 Again, the birds from these three islands differ from the type 

 of P. brevirostris from Mindanao in having the forehead, chin, 

 and upper throat white ; but we have a specimen from the 

 island of Dinagat which is practically similar to the Samar 

 birds, and so closely approaches some examples from Min- 

 danao that it cannot be distinguished. All that can be said 

 is that specimens of P. brevirostris h'oxn Bohol, Leyte, Samar, 

 and Dinagat have the forehead and throat whiter than the 

 majority of typical examples from Mindanao. 



In the Steere collection there is a specimen of typical 

 P. leucotis labelled ^' Catbalogan,''^ Samar. This is surely a 

 mistake. 



79. Ptilopus occipitalis, G. R. Gray; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 116. 



We have two males of this Yellow-breasted Fruit-Pigeon, 

 collected near the base of the Canloon volcano. 



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

 pp. 134, 477. 



There is a male of Bonaparte's Philippine Fruit-Pigeon 

 with the purple-grey band across the nape well defined. 



81. Carpophaga poliocephala, G. R. Gray; Grant, Ibis, 

 1895, p. 264, 1896, p. 476. 



Three specimens of this magnificent Green Fruit-Pigeon 

 do not differ from the bird previously obtained by Mr. White- 

 head in Mindoro and Luzon. 



82. Ptilocolpa carola (Bonap.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 125. 



The Grey-breasted Fruit-Pigeon was commonly met with 



