504 Mr. AV. K. Ogilvie Grant on (he 



Mr. Whitehead obtained a pair of this rare Owl^ the type 

 of which is in the Britisli Museum, and was figured by Tweed- 

 dale. The figure is very misleading ; the facial disk should 

 be dull rufous buff, there is no strongly contrasted darker 

 band beneath, and the breast and nnderparts below the white 

 fore neck and chest should be cream-coloured. 



7. Scops longicorms, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. iii. p. li 

 (1894). 



A single male specimen of this remarkable little Owl was 

 obtained. It most nearly resembles S. pennatus, but may 

 be instantly recognized by having the basal half of the tarsi 

 entirely devoid of feathers, as well as by the length of the 

 horn-like feathers on the head, which measure TS inch, 

 whereas in S. pennatus the longest are only 0*9. The mark- 

 ings on the feathers of the head are coarse and form black 

 bands, and the whole of the markings on the back and under- 

 parts are coarser and less neat. Total length 8'0 inches, 

 wing 5*6, tail 2*9, tarsus Z'15, of which -6 is naked and 

 covered with small octagonal scales. 



Mr. Whitehead tells me this bird is very difficult to obtain, 

 so I conclude he has seen others besides the one sent. 



8. CoRONE PHiLippiNA (Bouap.) ] Sliarpc, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. iii. p. 42 (1877). 



The specimens obtained in North Luzon are considerably 

 larger than those described by Dr. Sharpe in his Catalogue. 

 6 . Culmen 2*5 inclxs, wing 12'0, tail 8'5, tarsus 21. 

 $ . Culmen 2'2 inches, wing 11*8, tail 8*2, tarsus 2"1. 

 A large series of these birds, however, shows great varia- 

 tion in size, the largest example before me being a specimen 

 from Cebu, with a wing-measurement of 12'5 inches. 



9. Oriolus albiloris. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. iii. p. xlix 

 (1894). 



$ adult. General colour above olive-yellow, slightly darker 

 on the wings ; primaries brownish black, partially margined 

 on both webs Avith yellow. Lores and chin white; throat, 

 sides of neck, and rest of underparts bright yellow, most of 

 the flank-feathers with indistinct dusky shaft-stripes. Tail 



