1877.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. fi99 



chrome ; claws horn-brown, c, 5 : iris Indian yellow ; bill light 

 greenish-yellow ; legs dull orange; claws brown. J 



62. Sarcops CALVUS (129). 



[Monte Alban. a, d ■ iris bright brown ; bill and legs black ; 

 bare skin white tinged with pink. 



San Mateo, b, S : iris rich chocolate-brown ; bill, legs, and claws 

 black, c, 2 : iris rich warm brown ; bill black ; feet and claws sooty 

 brown ; bare skin white tinged dull crimson.] 



63. Mtjnia jagori (132). 



[San Mateo. $ : iris red-brown ; bill pale bluish-grey ; legs 

 darker grey.] 



64. OXYCERCA JAGORI (134). 



[San Mateo, d" : ?, iris Indian red ; bill dull blue ; legs blue- 

 grey.] 



65- OxYCERCA EVERETTi. (Plate LXXIII. fig. 2.) 



Oxycerca everetti, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. iv. vol. xx. 

 p. 96(1877). 



S and 5 • Chin and throat dark brown ; breast, flanks, and thigh- 

 coverts warm nutmeg-brown. Abdomen and vent pure white, some 

 of the lower breast-feathers being marked with brown, and some of 

 the flank-feathers being white on their inner webs, brown on their 

 outer, and with white shafts. Under tail-coverts very dark brown 

 or black. Above, wings and coverts brown, each feather, except the 

 frontal and upper tail-coverts, having a conspicuous pure white 

 central line along the shaft, very prominent on the wing-coverts ; 

 some of the upper tail-coverts tipped with ochre. Rectrices brown, 

 the middle pair broadly margined, the laterals less so, with yellow 

 and greyish yellow. Inner edges of the quills pale rufous seen from 

 underneath. 



Wing 1-87 inch, tail 175, tarsus 0-56, culmen 0*38. 



[MoiUe Alban. a, S • iris Indian red ; bill black ; mandible lead- 

 grey ; legs dark grey, b, 5 : iris Indian red ; bill black ; mandible 

 and legs grey.] 



This is a representative form oi Munia leucogastra, Blyth, but quite 

 distinct, being of a warm nutmeg-brown colour, and not dark sooty- 

 brown, and having the white striae of the upper plumage much more 

 boldly defined. 



66. OSMOTRERON AXILLARIS (136). 



[Monte Alban. a, S : iris bluish green ; feet greyish green ; 

 nails grey ; bill light green, base dark red. 6, 5 : iris pale sea- 

 green ; bill green ; base of maxilla red; feet whitish green ; nails 

 grey, c, 2 : iris light bluish-green ; bill green ; base of maxilla 

 red ; feet greyish green ; nails grey.] 



67. PhABOTRERON LEUCOTIS (140). 



[San Mateo, a, $ : iris grey ; bill black ; feet dull crimson ; 



