490 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds from 



summit of Mt. Apo are in very complete rufous plumage, 

 while the male from Piso is an unusually light example ; 

 this naturally led him to suppose that they belonged to 

 different species, which is certainly not the case. 



The bird procured at Piso was sitting when shot on a 

 curious pad-like nest formed of spiders' webs and fibre, 

 measuring about three inches in diameter. The nest was 

 fastened to the rib of a palm-leaf. 



65. Merops bicolor. 



Merops bicolor Bodd. ; Grant, Ibis, 1897, p. 243. 



Merops americanus P. L. S. Miiller ; McGregor & Wor- 

 cester, p. 56. 



a-c. S ? • Davao, Feb. Nos. 118, 124, 136. 



" Iris ruby-red ; bill black ; feet black or dark grey in 

 the male, light grey in the female." 



66. Cranorrhjnus leucocephalus. 



Cranorrhinus leucocephalus (Vieill.) ; McGregor & Wor- 

 cester, p. 56. 



a, b. <J et S imm. Davao, March. Nos. 314, 331. 



c-e. S ? • Piso, April. Nos. 380, 384, 485. 



" Iris deep red, eyelids orange (in the male) or yellow (in 

 the female) ; bare skin of face and throat bright vermilion ; 

 bill crimson, with black and fawn stripes on the sides of the 

 lower mandible ; feet black, soles white." 



67. Penelopides affinis. 



Penelopides affinis Tweedd. ; McGregor & Worcester, p. 56. 



a-c. S ? • Piso, March, April. Nos. 330, 369, 484. 



d-i. $ ? et S imm. Davao, Feb., April. Nos. 100, 

 334, 408, 468, 487, 490. 



"Male. Iris deep red; bare skin of face and throat milky- 

 white; bill whitish-horn at the tip, black and dull red at the 

 base; feet blackish-grey or blackish-brown." 



" Female. Iris deep red ; bare skin of face and throat 

 indigo-blue; bill horn-white at the tip, black and red at the 

 base; feet black." 



