1878.] ornithology of the philippines. 95 i 



68. Nectarophila julice. 



Nectarophila julice, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 547. no. 32, 

 " Melanipa." 



Cinnyris julice (Tweeddale), Shelley, Cinnyricltz, pts. vii. & viii. 



[Zamboanga, 6* ?> April: iris brown; bill and feet black.] 

 In some examples of the male the breast is suffused with orange- 

 red ; in others little or no red is perceptible. 



69. Cyrtostomus jugularis (123). 

 [Zamboanga, S 2 > March and April.] 



70. Anthothrepttjs chlorogaster. 



Anthreptes chloric/ aster, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 342 ; 

 Shelley, Cinnyridce, pt. vi. pt. vii. t. 



[Zamboanga, $ , April : iris indian-red ; bill light umber-brown ; 

 legs greenish leaden.] 



71. Rhabdornis mystacalis (124). 



[Zamboanga, 6", April.] 



A single example, which differs from the Luzon species in it? 

 much shorter bill. Culmen barely - 62, in the Luzon bird fully - 75 . 

 The wing is also shorter ; and the colouring of the wings and back 

 is warm brown, and not greyish olive-brown. 



72. Corvus philippinus (125). 

 [Zamboanga, S , March.] 



73. Calornis panayensis (128). 

 [Zamboanga, <$ , March.] 



74. Sarcops calvus (129). 

 [Zamboanga, $ , March.] 



75. Munia jagori (132). 

 [Zamboanga, 6 ? , March.] 



76. Osmotreron vernans (135). 

 [Zamboanga, <$ 2 » March, April, May.] 



77. Ptilopus melanocephalus. 



Columba melanocephala, Forster, Zoologia Indica, p. 16. no. 7, 

 t. viii., ex Java (1781). 



[Zamboanga. a. d , March : iris, orbital skin, and bill yellow, with 

 more or less of a green tinge ; feet carmine, nails dark grey. b. d 1 > 

 April : iris yellow ; bill yellow-green.] 



Hardly separable from the Javan species. Wing 4 - 50. The 

 tint of the throat-patch resembles that of P. xanthorrhous ; but the 

 abdomen and crissum are yellow, and not orange. New to the 

 Philippines. 



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