1879.] BIRDS OF THE SOOLOO ISLANDS. 315 



Linn. Soc. new series, i. p. 323; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 544, 

 692, 759, 826, 1878, pp. 283, 342. 



A. leucoffaster (Valenc.) ; Sharpe in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 1 79. 



One specimen. 



[Luzon {Meyer) ; Guimaras {Meyer) ; Negros (Meyer, Everett) ; 

 Cebu (Murray, Everett); Leyte (Everett); Mindanao (Everett, 

 Steere) ; Sooloo (Burbidge) ; Mangsi (Peale).~] 



9. Oriolus chinensis, L. 



Oriolus chinensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 203. 



0. suluensis, Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 205. 



Broderipus acrorhynehus (Vig.) ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 185 ; 

 Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 545, 694, 760, 826, 1878, pp. 1 10, 285, 

 342, 380. 



The receipt of three more specimens from Mr. Burbidge con- 

 vinces me that the Sooloo-Islands bird, which I thought was a race 

 of O. frontalis, Wall., from the Sula Islands, is not really specifically 

 separable from the common Oriole of the Philippines, called hy me 

 Oriolus chinensis and by Lord Tweeddale Broderipus acrorhynehus. 

 A further comparison of the series seems to show that O. frontalis 

 of Wallace, from the Sooloo Islands, is scarcely to be distinguished 

 from O. chinensis, the only difference being the slightly greater ex- 

 tent of yellow on the tail-feathers in the latter bird. 



[Luzon (Meyer) ; Panay (Murrarj) ; Guimaras (Meyer) ; Negros 

 (Meyer, Steere, Everett) ; Cebu (Meyer, Murray, Everett) ; Leyte 

 (Everett) ; Panaon (Everett) ; Dinagat (Everett) ; Mindanao 

 (Steere, Murray, Everett); Sooloo (Burbidge); Si Butu (Low) ; 

 Balabac (Steere), ,] 



10. CORONE PHILIPPINA (Bp.). 



Corone philippina, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 42 ; id. Tr. Linn. Soc. 

 n. s. i. p. 343. 



Corvus philippinus, Bp. ; Wald. Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 201 ; Tweedd. 

 P.Z.S. 1877, pp. 548,698, 763,831,1878, pp. 113,287,343,381. 



Three specimens. 



[Luzon (Cuming, Meyer, Everett) ; Cujo (Meyer) ; Panay 

 (Murray) ; Negros (Meyer, Steere, Everett) ; Cebu (Everett) ; 

 Leyte (Everett) ; Panaon (Everett) ; Camiguin (Murray) ; Dinagat 

 (Everett) ; Mindanao (Murray, Everett) ; Sooloo (Burbidge)]. 



1 1. Sarcops lowii. 



Sarcops lowii, Sharpe, 7. c. p. 344. 



Several specimens collected by Mr. Burbidge confirm the distinct- 

 ness of this species from S. calvus. 



12. OSMOTRERON VERNANS (L.). 



Osmotreron vernans, Wald. Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 210; Sharpe, Tr. Linn. 

 Soc. n. s. i. p. 346 ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 764, 1878, p. 623. 

 A female specimen. 



