280 THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON [Feb. 19, 



the bill is black with a yellow tip, and the casque is not formed. 

 The colouring of the soft parts of the young bird is noted by Mr. 

 Everett as follows : — " S. Leyte, 2 , September. Iris dark brown ; 

 bill black ; orbital skin greenish yellow ; gular skin yellow ; legs and 

 feet dark orange, b. S. Leyte, 2 , October. Iris grey-brown ; bill 

 jet-black, tip orange ; feet dull orange." 



The bill remains black after the bird has assumed the completely 

 mature plumage and after the casque is almost perfectly formed. 



Dimensions. Casque. 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill Length. Breadth. Sides. 



from 

 gape. 



in. in. in. in. in. in. in. 



o* 15-80 1500 220 5-85 490 2 00 3-35 



2 14-30 14-50 2-20 5-30 4-75 165 330 



6 juv. 14-50 14-00 2-20 5-20 480 1-40 000 



For this Hornbill I propose the title of Buceros semigaleatus. 



9. Contributions to the Ornithology of the Philippines. — 

 No. V. On the Collection made by Mr. A. H. Everett in 

 the Island of Negros. By Arthur, Marquis of Tweed- 

 dale, F.R.S., President of the Society. 



[Received January 30, 1878.] 



Mr. Everett has beeu continuing his zoological researches in 

 the Philippine Islands unremittingly, and, by the consignment of a 

 collection of birds made during the month of August last in the 

 neighbourhood of Nueva Valencia and Dumaguete, situated at the 

 extreme south of Negros, has enabled me to continue these contri- 

 butions to the ornis of the archipelago. 



" The southern extremity of Negros," Mr. Everett writes, 

 " which is the most mountainous part of the island, and where I 

 hoped to find accessible virgin forest, is simply one vast field of maize, 

 sugar-cane, and hemp, perfectly cleared, even far up the steep sides 

 of the mountains, and is a very poor district indeed for birds." 

 Notwithstanding, Mr. Everett in the space of one month secured 

 56 distinct species, 24 of which are now recorded for the first time 

 from Negros. Of these 24 there are 6 new to the Philippine area, 

 3 of which are new to science. 



Species not hitherto known as being inhabitants of the Philip- 

 pines : — 



Collocalia francica. Dasycrotapha speciosa. 



Butalis latirostris. Zosterops nigrorum. 



Limosa ceyocephala. Macropygia enrycerca. 



The last three are new species. 



