1879.] ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 71 



(I. c.) on Dr. Steere's authority, Mr. Everett remarks : — " Dr. 

 Steere is in error in saying that the iris of Sarcophanops is hke ' a 

 clear crystal, crowded with specks of gold.' The iris is not yellow, 

 but rich mineral green, and precisely resembles the iris of Cymbo- 

 rhynchus macrorhynchus. If the describer had said ' a clear crystal 

 of emerald, crowded with specks of gold,' the peculiar grained ap- 

 pearance of the eye and its colour would have been correctly indi- 

 cated." 



The series sent by Mr. Everett corroborates Mr. Sharpe's state- 

 ment (I. c.) that the females are distinguished from the males by 

 having the breast pure white and not vinaceous. In Mr. Sharpe's 

 plate of the species, the male bird is marked with the feminine 

 symbol, and the female with the masculine. The Dinagat bird in 

 no respect differs from these typical specimens. 



29. Broderipus acrorhynchus (90). 

 [Basilan, $ , May.] 



30. Oriolus steerii. 



Oriolus steerii, Sharpe, Cat. B. in Mus. Brit. iii. p. 213, t. x- 

 Tr. L. S. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 329. 



[Basilan, cJjMay: iris carmine; bill burnt sienna-browu ; legs 

 dark grey.] 



The series sent by Mr. Everett enables me to compare O. steerii 

 with its representative form 0. assimilis, ex Zebu, and to confirm 

 the absolute distinctness of the two species. 



31. Erythropitta erythrogastra (94). 



[Basilan, sex ?, May ] 



Examples of an apparently immature female. 



32. Megalurus ruficeps. 



Megalurus ruficeps, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 695, no. 41, 

 t. Ixxii. 



[Basilan, c?, June.] 



33. MiXORNIS CAPITALIS. 



Mixornis capitalis, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 110, pi. vii. f. 2. 



[Basilan, cJ, June: iris orange ; bill blackish; legs light olive- 

 green.] 



34. Irena melanochlamys. 



Irena melanochlamys, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. ser. 2. Zool. i. p. 334, 

 no. 75. 



[Basilan, S , June : iris pure Indian-red. 5 , May : iris pure 

 Indian-red; bill and legs jet-black.] 



A representative form of /. cyanoyastra, from which it appears 

 only to differ by having the scapulars and interscapular region black, 

 without any tint of purplish blue. 



