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Picus SPILOLOPHUS. Pic. dorso alisqiie sangiiineO'Coccineis ; sub- 

 tus sordlde albus, Jiiscescenti undulutus ; capitc colloque nigris,_ 

 guttis albis maculatis ; hujus macidis grandioribus ; remigibus 

 caudaque Jkscis, harum jwgoniis internis albo maculatis. 

 Longitude coyjooris, Hf . 



Picus MODESTUS, Pic. stiprH ater, alls ad latera apicesqne subru- 



Jescentlbiis ; cnpite in Jronte genisque obscure coccineis, occipite, 



guld, Jugulo, colloque grisescenti-atris, plumis maculd minutis- 



simd alba ad apicem terminatis ; rectricibus duabus inediis clon- 



gatis. 



Longitude corporis, 15 ; alcB a carpo ad apicem remigis 4tae_, 6 ; 



caudcc, 6; tarsi, 1 ; rostri, ]i. 

 Lamphomorpha amethystina. Lamp, supra splendide ame- 

 thystina ; abdomine albo, Jrisciis viridi-amelhijstinis ornato ; rec- 

 tricibus latcralibus albo notatis. 

 Longitudo 1\. 



This description is taken from a bird in the state of change, the 

 amethystine feathers on the back, tail and breast, appearing par- 

 tially through a ferruginous ground, but sufficiently numerous and 

 defined to indicate the adult plumage. A younger bird in the col- 

 lection has nearly the v/hole of the upper body ferruginous with an 

 amethystine feather here and there breaking out. In a note ap- 

 pended to the description of the species, Mr. Lindsay states that the 

 natives considered them of extremely rare occurrence. 



Nycticorax Manillensis. Nyct. supra castaneo-riifa ; collo iyi 



Jronte, abdominis lateribus, Jemorum tcctricibus, alarumque tec- 



tricibus iriferioiibus pallidiori-7'itfis ; capite colloque supra nigris, 



cristce pennis loiigis pendentibus albis, apice nigra ; pectore ah- 



domine crissoque albis. 



Statura paulo major quam Nyct. Calcdonica, cui simillima; dif- 



fert tamen colore cristae, colli in fronte_, tectricumque inferiorum 



alarum. 



