316 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY 



TROGONIDJ3. 



Haepactes, Swains. 



15. Haepactes aedens (Temm.) : Walden, t. c. p. 149. 



a. $ . Isabella de Basilan. 



[I found plenty of Trogons in the forests some little distance inland, but I only suc- 

 ceeded in preserving one female bird. — J. B. S.] 



The single bird obtained being a female renders it difficult to identify the species ; but 

 as H. arclens is known from Mindanao, it is possible that it extends also into Basilan. 



MEROPID.E. 



Meeops, Linnaeus. 



16. Meeops philippintjs, L. : Walden, t. c. p. 149. 



a, b. Negros. 



c. Panay. 



d. Dumalon, Mindanao, Oct. 1874. Eyes red. 



e. Zamboanga, Mindanao. 



[At Zamboanga I found them flying oyer a wet rice-field taking dragon-flies on the 

 wing, and returning to stakes to devour them. In the other islands I saw them in the 

 open. — J. B. S.] 



Panay and Mindanao are new habitats for this species. 



17. Meeops bicoeoe, Bodd. : Walden, t. c. p. 150, pi. xxvi. fig. 1. 



a, b. Panay. 



c. $ . Dumalon, Mindanao, Oct. 1874. Eyes carmine. 



[Found in swamps, perching in the low trees at Dumalon. In Panay it was shot 

 more in the open, settling on weeds and sticks a little way from the ground. — J. B. S.] 

 Not known before from either of the above-mentioned islands. 



CORACIUm 



Etteystomtjs, Vieillot. 



18. Eurystomtjs oeientalis (L.) : Walden, t. c. p. 152. 



a, b, c. Dumalon, Mindanao. 



d, e. . San Bernardino, Negros, Jan 1875. Eyes hazel. 



[Pound in abundance in the Indian village of Dumalon, in the island of Mindanao, as 

 well as in Negros. In the former place they were perched on limbs of dead trees in the 

 edgings of clearings ; and in Negros they were seen along the sides of the streams on 

 limbs overhanging the water. — J. B. S.] 



Although recorded from Negros, Mindanao is a new locality for the species. 



