1877.] BIRDS OF THE PHILIPPINES. 547 



30. CORYDALLA LUGUBRIS. 



CorydaUa lugubris, Walden, t. c. p. 198. no. 117 (1875). 



[No. 357, c? . Ilo-ilo. Eyes hazel. Stomach had seeds.] 



Panay is an additional locality. 



This example differs from the type in having the tertiaries and 

 most of the wing-coverts broadly margined externally with pale 

 rufous, not albescent. The pectoral feathers are tinged with pale 

 rufous ; and the brown central streaks are much broader than in the 

 type. The flanks are washed with pale rufous. 



31. Dictum mindanense, n. sp. 



[No. 433, d' . Pasananca.] 



d" . Above — cheeks and ear-coverts fuliginous olive-green. Below 

 greyish white, most grey on the breast ; quills dark brown, narrowly 

 margined with olive-green on outer webs ; tertiaries with the olive- 

 green margins broader ; rectrices dark brown, faintly edged with 

 olive ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white ; feet and bill black. 

 Wing 1-0 ; tail M ; bill, from forehead, 0-59 ; tarsus 1-5. The bill 

 is not normal, being longer than the head. 



This species is a representative form of D. hypoleucum, ex Basilan, 

 which is black above and larger. 



32. Nectarophila juli^, sp. nov. 



^No" 403' ^' I ^^^^ ^^'^^^- ^^^^ 1"^^^ numerous on the island, }rt<x^^'^f*^ 

 -vr ' Jf^ ,' Q I generally about the tops of the high trees.] 



cJ . Forehead, entire head, and nape brilliant metallic coppery green; 

 chin, throat, and upper breast brilliant metallic amethystine ; space 

 before the eyes black ; cheeks and ear-coverts brown ; lesser wing- 

 coverts, uropygium, and upper tail-coverts brilliant metallic emerald- 

 green ; breast-feathers deep yellow, with orange- coloured tips; ab- 

 domen, vent, and under tail-coverts yellowish olive-green ; under 

 wing-coverts pale yellow and white ; axillaries pale yellow ; back and 

 major wing-coverts and scapulars maroon- red ; quills dark brown, 

 externally margined with yellowish ruddy brown ; rectrices black ; 

 bill and feet black. The second example has no orange edging to 

 the pectoral feathers. 



2 . Dull olive-green above, a narrow line passing from the base of 

 bill over the eye pale yellow : chin, throat, abdomen, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts pale yellow ; breast the same, tinged with grey ; minor 

 wing-coverts olive-green, some tippedandcentred with ruddy brown ; 

 quills dark brown, margined with ruddy brown ; greater wing-coverts 

 and scapulars ruddy brown, mixed with olive-green ; inner edges of 

 some of the quills margined with white ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts pale yellow and white ; cheeks pale yellow ; ear-coverts olive- 

 green ; rectrices black, middle pair narrowly, the others broadly tipped 

 with white, outer pair for nearly half their length white ; bill and feet 

 black. 



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