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pi. vi. fig. 7). These are of the normal Goatsucker-type, 

 but have the markings unusually pale. 



Along with the specimens collected by Mr. Goodfellow 

 there are seven glossy white eggs referred to this species, but 

 they are almost certainly those of a Merops, and no doubt 

 some mistake has been made in the identification. 



64. Batrachostomus septimus. 



Batrachostomus septimus Tweedd. ; McGregor & Worcester, 

 p. 50. 



a, b. $ ? . Mt. Apo, 8000 ft., Feb., March. Nos. 169, 

 258. 



c. S • Piso, April. No. 365. 



" Iris cinnamon or yellowish-cinnamon, eyelids dirty light 

 brown ; bill yellowish at the base, dusky brown towards the 

 tip ; feet and nails pale creamy flesh-coloured." 



I have now before me eight examples of this species 

 from Mindanao and Basilan, five males and three females ; 

 of these, two of the males and all the females may be 

 regarded as belonging to the rufous phase of plumage, in 

 which the upper parts are uniformly chestnut and shew very 

 little trace of buff or sandy markings, and the outer webs of 

 the long scapulars are buff or whitish-buff in the males and 

 deep buff or rufous-buff in the females. 



In the lighter phase of plumage, as shown in two adult 

 males, both the upper and under parts are largely mixed 

 with sandy or whitish-buff vermiculations and transverse 

 bars of buff and black, especially on the top of the head and 

 nape, and the outer webs of the long scapulars are pure 

 white. The eighth example, a male, is intermediate between 

 the two types, combining the rufous phase with white outer 

 webs to the scapulars ; while the under parts, especially on 

 the belly, are paler sandy, marked and vermiculated with 

 black. 



Males of this species appear to have the black subterminal 

 spot at the end of the scapulars larger and much better 

 defined than the females. 



The pair of birds obtained by Mr. Goodfellow near the 



