from the Sulu Archipelago. 249 



A series of adults and young, of both sexes, from Bongao. 



The young male and female resemble the old male and 

 female, but have the sides of the face entirely green as 

 well as the head. According to Mr. Everett_, the bill is 

 " dull orange, clouded and tipped with black ; feet brown, 

 claws dark brown." 



Adult male and female from Tawi-Tawi Island, July. 



The two specimens in the British Museum, presented by 

 the Hon. W. Rothschild, are from the main island of Sulu, 

 and have the crown of the head red, as described by Count 

 Salvadori. All the birds from Bongao have the hinder part 

 of the crown and nape golden ; but of the two from Tawi- 

 Tawi, one agrees with the series from Bongao, while the other 

 (female) has the hinder crown washed with red as in the 

 Sulu specimens. 



43. Iyngipicus ramsayi. 



lyngipicus ramsayi, Hargitt; Guillem. P.Z.S. 1885, p. 254; 

 Hargitt, Cat. B. xviii. p. 334 (1890). 



Adult males, females, and young birds from Bongao. 

 The male is noted : " Bill black, base plumbeous ; legs olive- 

 green; iris burnt-sienna brown. ^^ 



44. Thriponax javensis. 



Thriponax javensis var. suluensis, Blasius, J. f. O. 1890, 

 p. 138. 



Thriponax javensis (Horsf.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. xviii. p. 498 

 (1890) . 



Adult males, females, and young from Bongao, and adults 

 of both sexes from Tawi-Tawi. 



Mr. Hargitt has kindly looked over the series of specimens 

 sent by Mr. Everett, and has compared them with T. javensis, 

 with the result, as he tells me, that there is no ground for 

 separating the Sulu-Island birds from the typical form, 



45. CoRONE PHILIPPINA. 



Corone philippina (Bp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 42; id. 

 Tr. Linn. Soc. (2), Zool. i. p. 343 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 315. 



