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37. BUTALIS MANILLENSIS (86)? 



[Monte Alban. c? : iris dark brown ; legs and claws black ; bill 

 dark vandyke brown, nearly black.] 



A single example of a species of grey Flycatcher is sent by Mr. 

 Everett, which, while resembling B. griseosticta, Swinh., still can- 

 not be said to belong to that species. It is a larger bird with a wing 

 measuring 3'.')6. The bill is narrower and longer, more like that of 

 B. grisola. Above the plumage is of a paler purer grey and not 

 grey-brown. The wing-lining and axillaries are grey rather than pale 

 rufous. With doubt I refer this bird to B. manillensis, Bp. ; for he 

 states that the Manilla race is smaller than B. grisola, while this 

 Luzon bird exceeds the European species in its dimensions. Mr. 

 Sharpe {t. c. p. 326) identifies an example obtained in Panay by Dr. 

 Steere with B. griseosticta}. 



38. HiRXTNDO GUTTURALIS (88). 



[San Mateo, a, 6 ■ iris and feet dark brown, b, $ : iris brown ; 

 bill, feet and nails black.] 



39. Broderipus acrorhynchus (90). 



[San Mateo, a, d : iris pale purplish-brown ; bill dull pale 

 crimson ; legs dark lead-grey ; claws black, b, S ■ iris white ; bill 

 dull pale crimson ; feet bluish-lead ; claws black, c, (S • iris yellow ; 

 bill pale dull crimson ; feet dark grey, d, d ■ iris purple-grey, outer 

 ring white ; bill pale crimson ; legs lead-grey, e, $ : iris purple 

 grey ; bill pale dull crimson ; legs lead-grey. 



Monte Alban. /, d: iris purple-grey ; bill white, tinged crimson; 

 legs lead-grey ; claws blackish.] 



Ten adult examples were obtained by Mr. Everett, seven males 

 and three females. All the males have the middle pairs of rectrices 

 jet-black, tipped with yellow. The same feathers in the females are 

 washed with yellow ; and the body plumage is not of so golden a 

 tint. 



40. Megaltjrus palustris (96). 



[San Mateo. c? : iris orange-brown ; bill black ; mandible lead- 

 grey ; legs horn-brown ; claws dark ditto.] 



Identical with individuals from Burma, Assam, Sylhet, Munipur 

 &c. ; but I have not been able to compare it with typical examples. 

 The Bengal (Philippine?) example, described by Pucheran (Archives 

 du Mus. vii. p. 342) as being one of the types of Gractila caudata, 

 Cuvier, must belong to this bird and not to the Timalia chatarcea, 

 Frankl., of India; and, judging from Pucheran's remarks, the Javan 

 bird, Malurus marginalis, Reinw. { = Megalurus palustris, Horsf.), 

 although very close, appears to differ from the Indian bird. There is 

 good reason to doubt the occurrence of Timalia chatarcea, Frankl. 



^ Since these remarks were in print, I have had the advantage of perusiog 

 M. Oustalet's observations on the type specimen of B. manillensis, Bp., in the 

 Paris Museum (Ois. de la Chine, p. 123), whereby it appears that that gentleman 

 is also of opinion that B. manillensis is distinct from B. griseosticta. 



