284 THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON [Feb. 19, 



yet only known to inhabit Luzon and Zebu ; and this may possibly 

 belong to a representative form. But as it may also be V. ccerules- 

 cens in first plumage, I refrain from bestowing on it a distinct title. 



18. Lalage DOMINICA (76). 



[Valencia and Dumaguete, <J, ?, August.] 



19. DlCRURUS MIRABILIS (81). 



[Valencia, 6,2, August.] 



20. Philentoma albiventris. 



Philentoma albiventris, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. 2nd series, Zool. i. 

 p. 325. no. 49, " Guimaras " (Nov. 16, 1876). 



[Valencia, 6, August.] 



A single example is sent by Mr. Everett ; and it seems to belong 

 to a species distinct from P. cyaniceps, and Mr. Sharpe appears to 

 have been justified in separating it, notwithstanding the doubt he ex- 

 presses {I. c). Besides the lower breast and abdomen being pure 

 white, the dimensions of the rectrices and wings, when compared with 

 those of an adult Luzon male, are longer ; tail 4 - 12 as against 3 50 ; 

 wing 3 - 25 as against 2 - 87. These, however, are larger dimensions 

 than those given by Mr. Sharpe of his type. 



21. Leucocerca nigritorquis (83). 

 [Valencia, <3 , August. Dumaguete, 5 > August.] 



22. Cyornis philippinensis. 



Cyornis philippinensis, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. 2nd series, Zool. i. p. 

 325. 



[Valencia, c? (juv.), August : iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs 

 bluish grey. Dumaguete, August.] 



The young birds (of which a series of five are sent) have their 

 plumage, with the exception of the remiges and rectrices, which are 

 brown, washed with blue or greenish blue, marked with large pale 

 rufous spots. In one the whole of the body-plumage is so marked ; 

 in another the abdomen and throat are white ; in another several of 

 the uniform blue dorsal feathers have come in, and the breast is 

 turning to pure rufous. The throat-plumes are the last to change 

 to the adult colouring, while full maturity is indicated by the inten- 

 sity of the rufous on the throat and breast. 



23. Hypothymis azurea (85). 



[Valencia, <3 (not adult), August : iris dark brown ; bill black ; 

 legs dark grey. Dumaguete, 3 , August.] 



24. BUTALTS LATIROSTRIS. 



Mnscicapa latirostris, Raffles, Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 312; Walden, 

 Ibis, 1873, p. 308. 

 [Valencia, $ , August.] 

 A single example in first plumage, with pale rufous spots on the 



