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



Collocalia, G. R. Gray. 



28. Collocalia troglodytes, Gray : Walden, t. c. p. 158. 



a. Panay. 



[Shot at some distance from the sea, in the hills. — J. B. S.] 



Compared with the typical specimens, the Panay bird is more blue above, with a 

 purplish gloss on the wings. Underneath the throat and breast are washed with silvery 

 white. The types are much browner, with very little purple gloss above, and scarcely 

 any of the silvery white below. They are also a little larger (wing 3-65-3-75 inches). 

 These differences, however, are only due to age, Dr. Steere's specimens being older; 

 the measurements are as follows — total length 3 - 7 inches, culmen 0-15, win°- 3-65, 

 tail 1-65, tarsus - 35. 



The two specimens in the Museum have no exact locality to them; for they are 

 registered as from " Malacca," at the end of a Philippine collection, both received from 

 the late Mr. Cuming. It is probable that they are really from the Philippines ; but 

 there is no proof of this. 



CUCTJLLTLE. 

 CtTCTJLIN^. 



Cacomantis, S. Muller. 



29. Cacomantis mertjlinus (Scop.) : Walden, t. c. p. 160. 



a. 6 • Malamaui, Oct. 1874. Eyes and inside of mouth cherry-red, legs yellow. 



b. $ . Maasin, Panay, Jan. 1875. Eyes grey. 



Originally described by Sonnerat from Panay, and recorded by Prof. Schlegel from 

 Luzon {Govers). It also occurs in the southern Philippines, as Dr. Steere shot it in 

 Malamaui ; and it is probably found throughout the archipelago. 



Chrysococcyx, Boie. 



30. Chrysococcyx basalis (Horsf.) : Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 62. 



a. Negros. 

 Agrees with a Mores specimen collected by Mr. "Wallace. Total length 5-7 inches, 

 culmen 0-55, wing 3-7, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-6. 



Eitdynamis, Vigors and Horsfield. 



31. Eudynamis mindanensis (L.) : Walden, I. c. p. 162. 



a. ? . San Bernardino, Negros, Jan. 1875. Eyes carmine. 

 [I found this in thickets of low trees about the sugar-cane fields and along a little 

 river near San Bernardino. — J. B. S.] 



The specimen collected is in the rufous and black plumage. 



Surnicultjs, Lesson. 



32. Stjrnictjlus veltjtinus, sp. n. 



$ ad. supra velutino-nigra vix purpureo lavata ; scapularibus alisque metallice viri- 



