1877.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 691 



purple-brown; nails black, b, J: iris dark chocolate ; feet purjile- 

 grey.] 



Seen from above, this Nightjar is difficult to distinguish from 

 five examples of C. affinis, ex Lombock. Underneath it con- 

 spicuously differs in having the ventral plumage and the thigh- 

 coverts transversely banded with narrow brown lines, instead of being 

 uniform pale rufo-fulvous. The two outer pairs of rectrices in C. 

 affiiiis are throughout pure white ; in these examples of C. griseatus 

 tlie inner webs of the basal third are pale ferruginous banded with 

 brown. 



S . Wing 6'37 inches, tail 4-0, middle toe 075. 



19. Cacomantis merulinus (57). 



[San Mateo, a, S • iris yellow ? ; beak very dark brown ; feet 

 dirty ochreous ; claws black, b, (S : iris pale reddish ; legs light 

 chrome-yellow ; claws black, c, <S : iris pale reddish ; bill black ; 

 legs ochreous yellow ; nails black ; interior of gape red.] 



20. EUDYNAMIS MINDANENSIS (61). 



[INIonte Alban. d : iris crimson ; bill greyish-green ; legs dark 

 lead-grey ; nails black.] 



21. Dasylophus superciliosus (62). 



[Monte Alban. a, J : iris pure chrome-yellow ; orbital skin and 

 base of beak fiery orange ; bill pale green ; legs greenish chrome ; 

 claws dark grey, b, 2 '• ii'is chrome-yellow ; orbital skin orange ; 

 bill pale green, deep orange at base ; legs yellow, tinged green on 

 tarsus ; nails grey.] 



Sexes alike. 



22. Lepidogrammus cumingi (63). 



[Monte Alban. a, 6 : iris crimson ; orbital patch ditto ; bill 

 horn-yellow; legs grey, b, S- iris and orbital skin crimson ; bill 

 horn-yellow : legs and feet light grey, c, S • iris and orbital skin 

 crimson ; bill horn-yellow ; legs dark lead-grey, d, $ : iris and 

 orbital skin crimson ; bill horn-yellow ; legs and feet grey.] 



Sexes alike. 



23. Centrococcyx viridis (64). 



[Monte Alban. a, c? : iris crimson ; bill black ; legs dark lead- 

 grey, b, (5 juv. : iris crimson ; bill and claws black ; legs darkest 

 shade of lead-grey. 



San Mateo, c, 2 '• iris bright crimson ; bill black ; legs lead- 

 grey ; claws grey-brown, d, $ juv. : iris brown ; legs dark-grey ; 

 beak lead-colour.] 



Mr. Everett sends a series of seven individuals, four in adult and 

 three in inmiature plumage. The dimensions of the male and female 

 are alike ; and this is the case in a larger series obtained by Dr. B. 

 Meyer (/. c). Count Salvadori (Ucc. Borneo, p. 70) has united the 

 larger C. a^>u'« (Horsf.) with the smaller C.javanensis (Damont), 

 on the ground that they respectively represent the two sexes of the 



