18/8.] THE OKNITHOLOGY OF THK PHILIPPINES. 613 



dark brown. Back, wing-coverts, outer edges of secondaries, and 

 exposed surface of tertiaries and scapulars golden. Primaries and 

 rectrices dark brown. 



Female. Differs from the male in having the top of the head 

 dark uniform brown, almost black, the crest-plumes being termi- 

 nated with crimson. 



Dimensions : — 



In one example ( <$ ) the lower breast-markings are not so well 

 denned, and the general markings of the lower surface are less 

 pronounced. The upper tail-coverts are mostly black, some only 

 being tipped with crimson, others with golden. 



[P. Princesa, d, November 25, 1877: iris dark brown; bill 

 black, basal half of mandible grey ; feet greenish, nails grey. P. 

 Princesa, 2, November 27, 1877: iris crimson; other parts as 

 in cf.] 



5. EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS (37). 



[P. Princesa, ?, November 29, 1877.] 



6. Cacomantis merulinus (57) ? 



[P. Princesa, <$ , December 10, 1877; iris bright salmon-red; 

 bill black, mandible light brown ; feet yellow, claws black.] 



A single example, not sufficiently mature to be identified with 

 certainty. 



7. SURNICULUS LtTGUBRIS. 



Cuculus lugubris, Horsf. Tr. L. S. xhi. p. 175. 

 [P. Princesa, $, December (i, 1877: iris dark brown; bill 

 black ; feet dark grey.] 



8. Phoenicophaes harringtoni. 



Bryococcyx harringtoni, Sharpe, t.c. p. 321. no. 34, f. 1. 



[P. Princesa, <J, November 29, 1877: iris light brown; orbital 

 and loral space deep crimson ; bill light green, tinged with olive ; 

 feet and legs lead-grey ; nails dark grey. § , December : iris bril- 

 liant yellow, with ring of ochreous orange.] 



Of other males Mr. Everett notes the iris as being reddish 

 brown. 



This Coucal is a representative form of P. curvirostris and P. 

 erythrognathus, closely resembling both species, but differing structu- 

 rally in the shape and position of the nostril. Mr. Sharpe (P. Z. S. 

 1873, p. 604) has generically separated P. curvirostris from P. ery- 

 thrognathus, on account of the shape and position of the nostrils in 

 those two species being different, and for the same reason has esta- 

 blished (/. c.) the genus Bryococcyx for the reception of this Palawan 



