538 On some new Species of Birds. 



bold metallic moustache springs from the base of the mandi- 

 ble, and descends the sides of the neck; the upper half violet, 

 the lower half green. 



$ . Above, wing-coverts, and edgings to quills olive-green. 

 Uropygium bright sulphur-yellow as in ^ . Space before the 

 eye, cheeks, ear-coverts, chin, throat, and upper breast grey 

 tinged with yellowish olive-green. Lower breast, abdomen, 

 flanks, and under tail-coverts white tinged with yellow. Under 

 wing-coverts white, faintly tinged with yellow. Quills and 

 rectrices dark brown, margined with olive ; lateral rectrices 

 tipped with albescent olive. 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 



in. in. in. in. 



6 1-68 1-44 0-50 050 



? 1-62 1-12 0-50 0-50 



Described from examples discovered by Mr. Everett at 

 Surigao (N. Mindanao). 



This species falls under Mr. Sharpe's subgenus Eudrepanis. 



Ptilopus ? incognituSj sp. n. 



? . Above, tertiaries, and wing-coverts light emerald-green. 

 Forehead, lores, ophthalmic region, cheeks, and ear- coverts 

 grey mixed with dingy green. Chin and throat almost pure 

 white. Neck and sides of neck greenish grey. An ill- 

 defined pectoral band formed of green feathers tipped with 

 ruddy orange ; breast ashy green tinged with the same colour. 

 Flanks green. Abdomen mixed green and ashy. Under 

 tail-coverts (which are lengthened) pale creamy white with a 

 brown central streak. Thigh- and tarsal coverts ashy brown. 

 Exposed upper surface of rectrices tinged with golden. Lower 

 surface pale ashy brown, with ill-defined paler tijjs. Quills 

 dark brown, margined outwardly with dark green. Secondaries 

 with a pale narrow creamy border, still narrower on the major 

 coverts. 



Wing 5*25 inches, culmen 0*75, tarsus 0'81, tail 3'75. 



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



The sexual symbols prefixed to all the descriptions of the 

 Philippine birds are taken from Mr. Everett's labels. 



LXVIII. — Description of a new Species of ^w\.xmws, from South 

 Africa. By Edgae A. Smith, F.Z.S. &c. 



Bulimus {Pachnodus) drakensbergensis. 



Testa angustissime perforata, trochiformis, lineis incrementi obfiquis 

 striata, striisque spiralibus minutis obsolete sculpta, tenuis, 



