542 MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON THE [JuDC 19, 



A Zebu male (No. 371) has the pectoral and flank feathers con- 

 spicuously margined with greyish brown ; and this is observed in a 

 less degree in a female (No. 354) from Ilo-ilo. Panay and Camiguin 

 are new localities. 



13. Batrachostomus septimxjs, n. sp. 



[No. 427, 2 ' Pasananca. Eyes brown. Stomach had insects.] 

 Rufous phase. — Head, interscapulars, and elongated occipital crest 

 rufous brown, most of the feathers with a pair of pale rufous spots 

 on either web, and defined by a narrow brown transverse bar. Elon- 

 gated auriculars barred alternately with brown and rufous. A patch 

 before the eye albescent rufous. A conspicuous nuchal collar formed 

 by a series of very broad feathers brown at the base, then an irregular 

 subdued brown transverse narrow band, followed by a pale rufous 

 band, then another narrow zig-zag brown band, which is succeeded 

 by another pale rufous band, bounded below by a broad transverse 

 dark brown almost black band, which is succeeded by a still 

 broader white band, bordered again with black ; the white band is 

 separated from the black above and below by a rusty margin. Fea- 

 thers of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts rufous, with irregular 

 transverse brown markings, and in some with brown centres. Sca- 

 pulars tawny rufous and pure rufous, irregularly marked with brown 

 zigzags, several with a subterminal black mark and a terminal tawny 

 rufous spot. Wing-coverts chestnut, with brown vermiculations ; 

 the greater coverts with large, pure white, ovoid terminal drops, 

 mostly situated on the outer webs, and bounded above and on the 

 inner margins with black. Quills brown on the inner webs, pale 

 rufous on the outer, with obscure pale brown marks. Tertiaries pale 

 rufous on the outer webs, much indented with the brown of the inner 

 webs. Innermost tertiaries pale rufous on both webs, transversely 

 marked with cloudy brown. Tips of several of the inner webs of the 

 quills pale rufous. Rectrices pale rufous, traversed by several bars 

 of rufous brown, each bar being bounded above and below by a brown 

 line. Penultimate pair of rectrices with rufous spots, rather than 

 bands. Exterior short pair with almost pure wliite spots on the 

 inner web. Chin and throat dingy rufous, intersected by brown 

 zigzag lines. A gular collar, formed of broad feathers with a broad 

 subterminal pure white band, bounded below and above by a narrow 

 dark brown band. Feathers of the upper breast dingy rufous 

 freckled brown, pale tawny rufous at the base, with brown transverse 

 lines and traces of white spots on the margins of some of the webs. 

 Concealed lower breast- and flank-plumes mostly pure white, with 

 dark grey markings near the base and terminated with rufous freckled 

 with brown. Abdominal feathers pale albescent rufous, striated with 

 brown, and some marked with pure white. Feathers of the ventral 

 region isabelline white, with small obscure pale tawny rufous margins. 

 Under tail-coverts isabelline, the longer with subterminal marks of 

 brown and rusty. Under wing-coverts greyish white, banded with 

 rufous brown. Thigh-coverts dark rufous brown. Stifl" nasal 

 plumes rufous, tipped brown. Wing 6 inches, tail 4'5, tarsus 0*68, 



