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Two known species, though new to the PhUippiue fauna — 



Hirundo javanlca, Rallina eurizonoides. 



and two typical Indo-Malayan genera are added to the PhiHppine 

 area, as restricted by me ^ — 



Phyllornis, PrionochUus. 



The known species of Zebu birds therefore now number 78, of 

 which no less than 75 are represented in Mr. Everett's collection. 

 The grand total of species inhabiting the Philippine area (as re- 

 stricted by me, I. c.) Mr. Everett has increased by 8, and it now 

 amounts to 276. Several of the species discovered by Mr. Everett 

 in Zebu possess a peculiar interest. Sucli are : — Oriolus assimilis, a 

 representative form of the remarkable O. steerei of Negros and 

 Basilan^; Xantholeema rosea, hitherto, beyond Java and Sumatra, 

 only known from Negros ; Dicrnrus mirabilis, Mthopyga magnifica, 

 Anthothreptes chlorogastra, Bendrophila oenochlamys, all four 

 hitherto only known from Negros, but which reappear in Zebu. 

 Four Passerine species, of which the only previously known habitat 

 was Luzon — Volvocivora (!) ccerulescens, Parus elegans, Oxycerca 

 everetti, and Megalurus rujiceps — have their range extended to Zebu. 



1. CaCATUA H^MATUROPYGIA (1)^ 



[Cebu, male, March, "pairing." Iris dull carmine, bill light lead- 

 grey, feet and nails dark lead-grey. b. Female, March, "breeding." 

 Orbital skin white, rest as in male.] 



Another example of a female is marked " breeding in April." 

 The dimensions of the male somewhat exceed those of the female. 



2. Prioniturus discurus (2). 



The crown of the head in six examples of both sexes, belonging to 

 a series of seven obtained in April, is bright verditer-blue. In the 

 seventh the blue crown is less distinct. The elongated spatulate 

 shafts of the middle rectrices vary in length in each specimen. The 

 plumage of the two sexes is alike. 



3. Tanygnathits luzonensis (3). 



[Cebu, female, April, " pairing." Iris, outer ring yellowish white, 

 inner ring yellow-brown ; maxilla scarlet, tip yellow ; mandible 

 orange, tip yellow ; feet dirty greenish, nails dark grey.] 



Not to be distinguished from Luzon, Negros, and Guimaras 

 examples. The "pairing" male has the forehead verditer-green, 

 the crown and nape verditer-green, each feather tipped with turquoise- 

 blue. The cheeks are green ; and there is no blue on the back or 

 uropygium. Females (sex ascertained by Mr. Everett) are some- 

 what smaller, but in plumage and colouring do not differ from 

 males. 



1 Anfea, p. 687. 



'■' The Basilan form will probably prove to be a third representative species. 



3 Tbo numbers following the titles are the snme as those of my Memoir, 

 TvMiis. Zool. iSoc. ix. pp. 12.'i 252. 



