On some neio Species of Birds. 533 



LXVII. — Descriptions of some new Species of Birds. 

 By Arthur, Marquis of Tweeddale, F.R.S. 



Tanygnathus JEveretttj sp. n. 



$ . Whole head light green. Throat, breast, and abdo- 

 minal region the same, with an ochreous tint. Upper back 

 and interscapulars dark green. First primary dark brown, 

 very narrowly margined with green on outer web ; remaining 

 primaries brown, with the whole of the outer web green, and, 

 towards the ends, some of the inner webs. Secondaries, and 

 tertiaries above, green. All the wing-coverts green, narrowly 

 margined with yellow. Quills imderneath brown. Under 

 wing-coverts green and yellowish green. Rectrices above 

 green, like quills ; below pale golden brown. Middle and 

 lower back and uropygium deep turquoise-blue, not sky-blue. 

 Upper tail-coverts green. Bill in dried skin white. 



Wing 7 inches, tail 5, tarsus 0'75, bill from gape I'OO. 



Obtained by Mr. Everett at Butuan (N. Mindanao). 



Ceyx argentata, sp. n. 



? . Chin, throat, upper breast, abdomen, ventral region, 

 major under wing-coverts, and thigh-coverts pm-e white. 

 Cheeks, sides of head, and ear-coverts black. Lower breast 

 and flanks black, washed with deep blue. Kectrices and under 

 tail-coverts black. Plumage above black. A bold super- 

 cilium commencing above the eye and running into the occipi- 

 tal crest, formed by the component plumes being tipped with 

 pale silvery blue. Many of the feathers of the vertex minutely 

 tipped with silvery blue. Occipital crest tipped with pale 

 silvery bluish green, or silvery blue, or the two together. 

 Dorsal plumage and lengthened upper tail-coverts black at 

 base, then silvery bluish green, then pale silvery blue. Wings 

 black. Major coverts each with a terminal silvery-green spot. 

 Loral spot white. An isolated tuft on the sides of neck, 

 white tipped with creamy fulvous. Bill black. 



Wing 2'62 inches, tail 1*37, tarsus 0*45, culmen 1'50. 



Obtained at Dinagat, a small island immediately north of 

 Mindanao, in June, by Mr. Everett, and one of his most 

 interesting discoveries. 



Mulleripicus Wallacei, sp. n. 



Mulleripicus fulms (Qnoy & Gaim.), partim, Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. 

 p. 41. no. 35, ex Macassar. 



(J . Differs from typical J/, fulvus ^ (ex Menado) by the 

 upper plumage being of a darker shade of slate-grey, by the 



