PROF. STEERE IN THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO. 329 



[Pretty generally distributed through all the islands of the Philippine group, but 

 rather shy. At Bernardino it seemed to be common, feeding on the fruits of the 

 wild bananas. — J. B. S.] 



Between the adult male and female tbere is scarcely any perceptible difference beyond 

 a slightly more greenish tinge on the back and scapulars of the latter. 



The young bird has a blackish bill ; and the yellow of the back has a very strong wash of 

 greenish; the wings and tail are browner, the centre tail-feathers being olive; the horse-shoe 

 mark is blackish washed with yellow ; and on the breast are several fine streaks of black. 



63. Oriolus stjlttensis. Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 205. 



a, b, c, d. Si Butu, Sulu archipelago. 

 Mr. Low very kindly presented to the Museum four specimens of an Oriole which 

 at first appeared to me to resemble Dr. Cabanis's description of his Oriolus formosus ; 

 but, thanks to the kindness of Dr. Briiggemann, who procured me the loan of some 

 specimens of the latter bird, I find that the species is really very distinct, as may be 

 seen by consulting Mr. Dawson Rowley's plate (Orn. Misc. pi. lvi). 



64. Oriolus Steerii, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 213, pi. x. 



$ ad. supra sordide aureo-fiavus, regione parotica et colli lateribus dorso concolori- 

 bus ; loris, genis, gutture toto et prsepectore cinereis ; corpore reliquo subtus albo, 

 plumis rnedialiter nigro late striolatis ; subcaudalibus laste aureis ; tectricibus 

 alarum minimis et medianis dorso concoloribus, majoribus remigibusque nigricanti- 

 bus extus flavis, secundariis intimis dorso concoloribus ; tectricibus primariorum 

 et primariis nigris extus cinereo limbatis ; subalaribus cinereis, externis flavo extus 

 limbatis ; rectricibus nigris aureo apicatis versus basin pogonii interni fiavicantibus, 

 pennis duabus centralibus fiavicantibus, apicaliter nigricantibus ; rostro rubro ; 

 iride coccinea. Long. tot. 7'5, culm. - 9, alse 4 - 45, caudse 3 - l, tarsi - 9. 



a. (J. Basilan (Isabella). Eyes cheny-red. 



b. Negros. 



[In Negros I found these Orioles feeding on the wild bananas, everywhere rather shy. 

 —J. B. S.] 



The Negros example is rather larger and darker in colour, with broader black ovate 

 streaks on the belly; the yellow spot on the outer tail-feathers too is rather larger. 

 Total length 8"3 inches, culmen 1"05, wing 4*7, tail 3"45, tarsus 0*9. Although this 

 indicates a larger race, I do not propose to give it a specific uame. 



This new Oriole resembles at first sight O. xanthonotus, which it equals in size and in 

 the broad black streaks on the belly ; but it is quite distinct from this and from every 

 other Oriole by reason of its grey throat and fore neck and yellow upper surface. In form 

 it is a true Oriolus, approaching in colour some of the species of Ifimeta. 



PITTIDjE. 



Brachyurus, Thunberg, 



65. Brachyurus Steerii, sp. n. (Plate XLIX.) Sharpe, ' Nature,' August 1876. 



$ ad. supra olivascenti-viridis ; uropygio leetissime cyaneo ; supracaudalibus et cauda 



