3M MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY 



Ettlabetin^e. :" 



Sarcops, Walden. 



112. Sarcops calvus (L.) : Walden, t. c. p. 205. 



«, b, c. Negros. 



d. $ . San Bernardino, Negros, Jan. 1875. Eyes reddish hazel; hare parts flesh-colour. 

 [ I met with this bird in great abundance in the upper part of the island of Negros, 

 frequenting the groves of wild bananas, and feeding on the fruit of these trees. — J. B. S.] 



113. Sarcops Lowii, sp. n. 



8. similis S. calvo, sed interscapulio argentescenti-griseo nee nigricante, et corpore 

 subtus argentescenti-griseo distinguendus. Long. tot. 12'5, culm. 1*15, alee 5"1, 

 caudas 5-0, tarsi 1-3. 

 a. Si Butu, Sulu archipelago. 

 This species appears to be distinguished from, the ordinary Sarcops calvus by its grey 

 mantle, which resembles the rest of the back, and by the colour of the under • surface, 

 which is silvery grey with a narrow blackish line down the centre of the body, 

 whereas in S. calvus the mantle is black, and the under surface also, only the flanks 

 being grey. 



Gkactjia, Linnaeus. 

 114 Gracula javanensis (Osbeck) : Salvad. t. c. p. 274 



a. Puerto Princesa. 



b, c. <£ $ . Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Eyes hlack, bill red, wattles bright orange-yellow. . 



[These Minas were not common in Palawan, but were found in the high trees in the 

 jungle, making discordant noises. The natives catch them and cut their tongues, in 

 order to make them talk.— -J. B. S.] 



Identical with Bornean specimens. 



EUKYL^EMID^E. 

 Sarcophanops, gen. n. 

 Exactly resembling Berilo^lius in general character, but differing at once in the large 

 wattle round the eye. The type is 



115. Sarcophanops Steerii, sp. n. (Plate LIV.) — Eurylcemus Steerii, Sharpe, ' Nature,' 

 August 1876, p. 297. 



S ad. supra saturate cinereus ; uropygio et supracaudalibus nitide purpurascenti-vinaceis ; 

 cauda lsete castanea ; capite summo nitide et saturate purpurascenti-brunneo ; torque 

 collari et colli lateribus albis ; loris albis capitis colore apicatis ; facie laterali et 

 gula tota nigris; corpore reliquo subtus lilacino, hypochondriis vii vinaceis, ab- 

 domine imo albido ; subcaudalibus fulvescentibus ; tibiis cinereis ; axillaribus albis ; 

 subalaribus nigricantibus ; abs nigris, secundariis intimis basaliter albis, extimis 

 extus aurantiaco-flavis, fasciam alarem transversalem exhibentibus ; remige piimo 



