PROF. STEERE IN THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO. 319 



cyaneis, his purpurascentibus ; loris et torque collari postico castaneo-fulvis ; 

 pileo nigro, lateraliter cyaneo, supercilium latum ab oculo summo usque ad 

 nucham producturn exbibente ; facie laterali cum regioue parotica et colli lateribus 

 nigris purpureo vix lavatis ; alis nigris, vix extus purpurascenti lavatis ; cauda 

 purpurascenti-nigra ; genis et corpore subtus lsete cervino-fulvis, abdomine albicante ; 

 subalaribus et remigibus intus cervinis ; rostro nigro, ad basin mandibular carnoso ; 

 iride brunnea. Long. tot. 10-0, culm. 2-05, alar 4-1, caudae 3*2, tarsi 0'55. 



a. $ . Basilan (Isabella) . Eyes hazel. 



[This Kingfisher inhabits the forest; and its food consists of beetles, dragon-flies, &c. 

 I met with it at a long distance from water. — J. B. S.] 



This species is named, by Dr. Steere's request, after his friend, and old tutor, Mr. 

 Winchell. 



26. Halcyon chloris (Bodd.) : Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 87. Sauropatis chloris, Walden, 

 t. c. p. 155. 



a. ad. Negros. 



b. 2 juv. Dumalon, Mindanao, Oct. 1874. Eyes dark. 



c. s ad. Isabella de Basilan. 



[General in the islands of Mindanao, Panay, Negros, and Zebu, perchin°- on low 

 trees, and searching for worms on the ground ; they also fish occasionally. They 

 usually frequent cane-fields and open plains, perching on low timber. — J. B. S.] 



Not before recorded from Mindanao, nor from Basilan. 



CYPSELID^E. 

 Macropteryx, Swainson. 



27. Macropteryx comattts (Temm.) : Walden, t. c. p. 158. 



a, b. Negros. 



c, d, e. d ■ Dumalon. Eyes dark. 

 [In great abundance along the sea-beach at Dumalon, sitting towards evenino- in 

 clusters on the limb of a tree. In Negros I shot the pair right in the woods. — 

 J. B. S.'J 



The birds from Mindanao belong to the small race, or true M. comatus of Tem- 

 minck, and agree in their measurements with Bornean examples. The specimens from 

 Negros, on the contrary, are much larger, as Lord Walden found to be the case with 

 the Luzon birds. The following measurements exhibit these differences in size : — 



a. c? ad. Negros (Steere) 



b. $ ad. „ „ 



c. cj ad. Dumalon „ 



d. <$ ad. „ „ 



e. cj ad. „ „ 

 ./'. ? ad. Labuan (Low) 

 ff. cJ ad. „ 



