822 THE MARaUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON [DeC. 4, 



[Surigao, c? , May. Iris Naples yellow ; bill whitish horn-colour ; 

 feet dirty greenish.] 



This species may be readily distinguished from M. funebris, its 

 nearest ally, by being slaty grey and not almost black, by the cheeks 

 only being red ( c? ) and not the sides of the head, forehead, and 

 vertex, by the red colour being crimson and not mulberry-red, and 

 by the form of the white marks at the tips of the gular, occipital, 

 and nuchal feathers being linear and not round. 



13. Chrysocolaptes lucidus (32). 

 Anteci, p. 539. no. 5. 



[Butuan, S , May. Bill black ; mandible green-yellow ; feet 

 dull brownish green.] 



A single example, in which, however, the middle pairs of rectrices 

 exhibit two pairs of spots near their insertion, showing that they do 

 sometimes appear, and that Sonnerat was correct in so figuring the 

 bird. 



14. Merops bicolor (36). 

 [Butuan, $, May; Placer, d", July.] 



Chestnut of upper parts uumixed with green. This Bee-eater can 

 no longer be included among the birds peculiar to the PhiUppines, if 

 the statement made by MM. Oustalet and David (Ois. de la Chine, 

 p. 73) that it visits China during summer in small parties is correct. 

 Up to now it has only been observed in the Philippines by naturalists 

 during the months of February, March, April, July, and October. 



15. Eurystomus orientalis (37). 

 [Butuan, S ? , May.] 



16. Pelargopsis gigantea ? 



Pelai-gopsis gigantea, Walden, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, vol. 

 xiii. p. 123; anted, p. 541. no. 10. 



[Butuan, c? , May. Iris dark brown ; bill bright red ; feet 

 dark red.] 



This single example, sent by Mr. Everett, is not in full attire. 

 Brown predominates on the head, each feather being narrowly mar- 

 gined with creamy white. The under surface is buffy white, most 

 intense on the abdomen and under tail-coverts, while the under wing- 

 coverts and the axillaries and flanks are rich ruddy bnif. Culmen 

 3-12, wing 5-88. 



1 7. Ceyx argentata. 



Ceyx argentata, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, vol. xx. 

 p. 533, "Dinagat" (December 1, 18/7). 



[Placer, c?>July.] 



Mr. Everett obtained two examples, both marked d , w hich differ 

 in some respects from the type, which is a female. The dorsal 

 plumage, as well as the upper tail-coverts, are snow-white, unmixed 

 with blue or bluish green. The black of the flanks and breast is 



