944 marquis of tweeddale on the [nov. 19, 



23. Halcyon winchelli. 



Halcyon uinchelli, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. (2) Zool. i. p. 318, t. xlvii. 



[Zamboanga, $ , April : iris dark brown ; bill black ; the basal 

 half of mandible white ; feet light greyish-green.] 



I have not been able to compare the Zamboanga birds with the 

 Basilau type ; but the female agrees well with Mr. Sharpe's descrip- 

 tion and plate. A second example (sex unrecorded) differs in 

 having the whole under surface pure white. 



24. Calialcyon coromanda (46). 

 [Zamboanga, $ , March.] 



The discovery of this species by Mr. Everett at Zamboanga re- 

 moves all doubts of its being an inhabitant of the Philippines. 



25. ACTENOIDES HOMBRONI (48). 



[Zamboanga, S, April: iris brown ; bill orange-red; the culmen 

 blackish ; feet dirty greenish orange.] 



In the perfectly adult male the crescentic pectoral markings dis- 

 appear. 



26. XantholjEma h j emacephala(50). 

 [Zamboanga, <$ , March and April.] 



27. Macropteryx comatus (52). 



[Zamboanga, <S , April.] 



28. Ch^tura picina, sp. n. (Plate LIX.) 

 [Zamboanga, $ , April.] 



Black with a blue gloss, greenish in some lights. Chin, throat, 

 and larger under wing-coverts pure white. Wing 6*37 ; tail 1*25. 



29. Lyncornis mindanensis, sp. n. 



[Zamboanga, <3 , April : iris warm brown ; feet purplish brown.] 

 Typical L. maerotis (ex Luzon) has the crown, forehead, ear- 

 tufts, and nape rufous brown, of almost the same shade as in 

 L. temminckii. The three examples of the species of Lyncornis 

 which inhabits the vicinity of Zamboanga, sent by Mr. Everett, 

 differ from L. maerotis by having the crown, nape, forehead, and 

 ear-tufts dark greyish-brown, and not rufous, by all the browns of 

 the plumage being much darker, aud by the wing being shorter. 

 Wing 9-90. 



30. Caprimulgus manillensis (55). 



[Zamboanga, $ , April.] 



Compared by Mr. Sharpe with the type. 



31. Batrachostomus SEPTIMUS. 



\Batrachostomns septimus, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 542, 

 no. 13. 



[Zamboanga, <3 , April : iris orange-yellow ; bill light horn- 



