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



Lalage, Boie. 



45. Lalage dominica (Miill.) : Walden, t. c. p. 178. 



a. Panay. 



b. 6 . Dumalon, Mindanao. Eyes dark. 



c. ? . Malamaui, Oct. 1874. Eyes dark. 



This species was added to the Philippine avifauna by Dr. Meyer, who met with it in 

 Zebu and Guimaras. All the islands mentioned ahove are new localities for it. 



Pericrocotus, Boie. 



46. Pericrocotus ignetjs, Blyth : Sharpe, Str. P. 1876, p. 209. 



a, b, c. 6 ad. Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Eyes black. 



d. e. $ juv. Puerto Princesa. 



[The first specimen I shot in a mangrove tree ; and the other four I killed from the door 

 of my house as they were eating fruit on a small clearing. The iris in all was black.— 

 J. B. S.] 



This species of Pericrocotus is known from Malacca and Borneo, being very common 

 in the north-western part of the latter island. The island of Palawan is therefore an 

 entirely new locality for it. Prof. , Steere's series comprise a pair of fully adult males, 

 a third in full plumage, excepting a few yellow feathers on the throat, and two young 

 males. One of the latter is in the dress of adult P. flagrans, showing that at first the 

 young male resembles the old females ; for there can be no doubt that P, flagrans is only 

 the hen of P. igneus. 



DICRVRIDM. 

 Dicrtjres, Vieillot. 



47. Dicrurus mirabilis, Walden : id. t. c. p. 181. 



a. J. San Bernardino, Negros, Jan. 1875. 



b. Negros. 



[Always in low thickets, and feeding on fruit. Bather hard to shoot, owing to their shy 

 habits.— J. B. S.] 



Buchatstga, Hodgson. 



48. Btjchanga cineeacea (Horsf.) : Sharpe, Cat. of Birds, iii. p. 250. 



a. $ . Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Eyes hazel. 

 [Procured in the deep woods a good way from the sea. — J. B. $.] 

 Compared with (typical) Javan examples, the present specimen shows complete iden- 

 tity. It is not quite in full plumage, but is assuming the grey coloration of the adult, the 

 young feathers being downy in texture and not of such a blue-grey colour as in the old 

 bird, the shade of the feathers being of a dull ashy. The measurements are as follows 

 — total length 9 inches, culmen 0'9, wing 4'7, tail 3-75, to tip of outer feather 4-85, 

 tarsus 0'7, 



