624 ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. [May 21, 



the whole throat and breast are black with green reflexions, the 

 immature bird is brown. The quills and underparts are also very 

 dark brown in the adult, whereas in the immature bird they are 

 light brown. The ocelli on the rectrices in the immature bird are 

 not so perfectly formed, and the dark brown ground-colour of the 

 dorsal plumage and of the rectrices is not so well defined. 



The skin of the female (immature) has the chin, space before the 

 eye, and throat dingy white. The green ocelli only occur on some 

 of the rectrices, aud are small. The remainder of the plumage 

 resembles that of the young male, the crest being shorter and uni- 

 form brown. 



47. Megapoditjs cumingii. 



Megapodius cumingii, Dillwyn, P. Z.S. 1851, p. 118, t. 39. 



[P. Princesa, tf , January 1878 : iris warm brown ; orbital skin 

 coral ; auricular region washed with bright red ; bill horn-yellow ; 

 legs reddish, brighter than in female ; tarsal scutellse and feet dark 

 olivaceous brown ; the red of the face brighter than in female. 

 cJ juv., January 1878: character of soft parts as in mature male, 

 only paler. $ , January 2, 1878 : iris warm brown ; bill horn-yellow ; 

 orbital skin coral ; auricular region washed with vermilion-red (not 

 crimson) ; legs yellowish grey, the tarsal scutellse dark grey. 



Note. — In these birds the bill is sometimes horn-yellow, some- 

 times the same more or less deeply tinged with brown on culmen 

 and at the base. " Tabun " of the natives.] 



Dimensions : — 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 



in. in. in. in. 



c? 900 3-50 2-50 1-25 



$ 9-25 3-50 2-50 1-18 



The Palawan megapode closely resembles the Labuan (M. cu- 

 mingii), and can hardly be separated specifically. In this view Mr. 

 Sharpe concurs. 



48. ElJDROMIAS GEOFFROYI (161). 



[P. Princesa, <$ , November 29, 1877.] 



49. iEGIALITES CANTIANUS. 



Charadrius cantianus, Lath. Suppl. Ind. Orn. p. lxvi. 

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



50. Tringoides hypoleucus (183). 

 [P. Princesa, $, December 11, 1877-] 



51. BuBULCUS COROMANDUS (194). 



[P. Princesa, 6 ?, December 1877.] 

 Forehead in both examples buffy yellow. 



52. Butorides javanica (197). 



[P. Princesa, $ juv., January 6, 18/8.] 



