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descenti-nigris vix chalybeo nitentibus ; uropygio, supracaudalibus caudaque metal- 

 lice virescenti-nigris, illis chalybeo nitentibus ; facie laterali et corpore subtus 

 velutino-nigris baud metallicis ; tibiis niveis, pluniis longis obtectentibus externe 

 albis, interne nigris ; remigibus subtus nigris, albo transfasciatis, pogonio interno 

 albo ovatini maculato fasciam unicam formante ; rostro et pedibus nigris, bis subtus 

 flavis; iride saturate brunnea. Long. tot. 8'3, culm. - 8, alae 4*55, caudse 4*1, 

 tarsi - 65. 

 a. 5 . Malamaui, October 1874. Eyes dark. 

 This pretty little Cuckoo is closely allied to S. lugubris (Horsf.), but is at once to be 

 distinguished by the velvety black colour of the upper and under surface, and by the 

 absence of metallic gloss on these parts, what little colour there is being of a purplish 

 shade. The size is also somewhat smaller. 



Phcsnicoph^in^:. 



Dasylophus, Swainson. 



33. Dasylophus superciliosus (Drap.) : "Walden, if. c p. 162. 

 a. c? • Mount Ma-hay-hay, near Manila. 

 [Only found in Luzon, and never seen by me in any of the other islands. It was 

 plentiful in the neighbom-hood at the foot of Ma-hay-hay in the thickets about the 

 villages.— J. B. S.] 



Dryococcyx, gen. n. 



Closely resembling Bhinococcyx, Sharpe (P. Z. S. 1873, p. 604), but distinguished at 

 a glance by the shape of the nostril, which is a small circular hole situated in a deep 

 perpendicular groove which separates the lores from the upper mandible. 



Profile of Dryococcyx Harringtoni. 



34. Dryococcyx Harringtoni, sp. n. 



6 ad. supra metallice viridis vix olivascens; alis dorso concoloribus, primariis extus 

 chalybeis ; cauda viridi, terminaliter § castanea, rectricibus externis \ castaneis ; 

 capite summo olivascenti-brunneo ; collo postico castaneo lavato, torquem collarem 

 vix formante; fronte et genis anticis mentoque cinereo lavatis; facie lateral! et 

 corpore subtus toto lsete runs, abdomine et subcaudalibus castaneis ; regione oculari 

 nuda coccinea ; rostro pallide viridi; iride coccinea. Long. tot. 18, culm. l - 65, alse 

 6-35, caudad 9 - 3, tarsi 1'55. 

 a. d . Balahae, September 1874. Eyes currant-red, as well as the excrescences on the face. 



