from the Sulu Archipelago. 245 



Adult male and female and a young bird from Sibutu. 

 They are marked : — " Bill blackish brown ; feet brown ; 

 iris yellow/' 



This race is intermediate between S. menadensis and 

 8. mantananensis which I described last year ; the white 

 wing markings, however, are altogether smaller and not so 

 distinct, the under surface of the quills being almost devoid 

 of markings. From S. menadensis the Sibutu bird diifers in 

 having all the markings of the upper surface very fine and 

 not all over as in that species. The quills have also more 

 bars in the Celebean bird than in the species from Sibutu. 



22. NiNOX REYI. 



Ninox reyi, Oustalet, Bull. hebd. Assoc. Sc. France, no. 39, 

 1880, p. 206. 



A female from Bongao. " Iris light yellow ; bill greenish 

 plumbeous ; feet greenish yellow.^^ 



The specimen now sent appears to be not quite adult, but 

 it shows the distinctness of the species from Ninox philip- 

 pensis in the barred upper surface. The upper breast is 

 barred with white and dark brown, and the flanks are white, 

 with longitudinal pear-shaped mesial streaks of pale rufous 

 brown. The tail has likewise ten dark bands, much nar- 

 rower than in N. philippensis, which has six broad bands of 

 dark brown. 



23. EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS. 



Eurystomus orientalis (L.) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 253; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. p. 33, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1892). 

 An adult pair from Sibutu. 



24. Pelargopsis gigantea. 



Pelargopsis gigantea, Waldeu; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, 

 p. 256; Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. p. 100 (1892). 



An adult pair from Sibutu, and an adult male and female 

 and a young bird from Bongao. 



25. Alcedo meninting. 



Alcedo meninting, Horsf . ; Sharpe, Cat. B. xvii. p. 157 

 (1892). 



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