1878.] ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 945 



browu ; feet pale ochreous yellow ; nails grey. Interior of gape, 

 d 2 > lemon-yellow.] 



Two examples of the adult male and one of an adult female are 

 sent by Mr. Everett. The white nuchal band of the female is not 

 so conspicuous as in the type, nor are the white markings of the 

 throat-band and pectoral plumes. The general hue of the male- 

 plumage agrees with that of the female ; but in the males the 

 elongated scapulars have the outer webs pure white, with a black 

 subterminal spot on the inner web. Four examples of this species 

 are now known, two of males and two of females ; and all four are in 

 the rufous phase. Mr. Everett, in his remarks about one of the 

 males is very explicit ; he writes : — " I have one Batrachostomus, a 

 good skin ; it is in rufous plumage, and is c? . I took especial care 

 in the sexing; and luckily the parts had not been touched by shot. 

 Judging from the size of the testes, I think the bird is rather im- 

 mature." 



32. Cacomantis sepulchralis ? 



Cuculus sepulchralis, S. Midler, Laud- en Volkenk. p. 1/7. 



[Zamboanga, S 2> April.] 



Mr. Everett obtaiued five examples of a Plaintive Cuckoo, two of 

 which are in adult plumage, and so closely resemble the Javan 

 C. sepulchralis, that I do not venture to separate them. The dimen- 

 sions of the wings and tail are slightly less, while the chin and 

 throat are of the same rufous as the breast, and not grey. S. Midler 

 described (/. c.) the chin of the Javan and Sumatran type as being 

 grey ; and so it is in my Javan specimens ; but it is not certain that 

 in Javan birds this grey does not change into rufous. An example 

 obtained by Mr. Everett at San Mateo, Luzon (C. merulinus, a, 

 P. Z. S. 1877, p. 691. n. 19), belongs, without doubt, to C. sepul- 

 chralis, and has the chin and upper throat grey, the others being 

 examples of true O. merulinus. This last species can hardly be kept 

 separate from the grey-breasted species of Continental Asia, C. thre- 

 nodes, &c. 



33. SURNICULUS VELUTINXJS. 



Surniculus velatinus, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 320. 

 [Zamboanga, $ > April.] 



34. Chalcococcyx malayanus. 



Cuculus malayanus, Raffles, Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 286, " Malay Pe- 

 ninsula " (March 1821). 



? Cuculus basalis, Horsfield, Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 179, "Java" 

 (April 1820). 



[Zamboanga. a. S , April : iris burnt-sienna colour ; orbital ring 

 fine vermilion ; bill blackish ; feet very dark lead-grey. b. April : 

 iris light yellowish brown ; bill black ; legs lead-grev ; nails 

 black.] 



Mr. Everett sends three Golden Cuckoos, which, although some- 

 what smaller than typical examples, differ in no other respect. 



