254 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [Mar. 17, 



(Steere) ; Zebu, Bohol, and Palawan {Everett) ; Sulu (Guillemard) ; 

 Borneo (Mits. Liiffd.) ; Celebes {Wallace). 



a. $ . Sulu Island. 



Bill yellow, dark at the tip ; tarsus yellow. Length 43 centims. ; 

 wing 32'5 centims. Shot December 25th. 



9. Circus melanoleucus, Forster. 



Circus melanoleucus, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. part ii. p. 143. 



Hah. "Philipi)ines," Luzon {Gurney) ; Sulu {Guillemard). 



a. j'uv. (S . Sulu Island. 



Iris and tarsus bright yellow, beak dark brown. Length 43*6 

 centims. ; wing 34 centims. Shot December 24th. A Harrier, 

 most probably of this species, appeared to be not uncommon on 

 Sulu Island. In the identificition of the present example I have 

 had the kind assistance of Mr. J. H. Gurney. 



10. Scops rufescens, Horsfield. 



Scops rufescens, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 102; id. P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 314. 



Hab. Su\n {Burbidge) : Boti\eo {Loiv, Diard). 



Mr. Sharpe, loc. cit., says : — " This bird seems to me to differ 

 shghlly from Bornean and Malaccan examples in having a much 

 darker face, the ear-coverts shaded with black. I do not, however, 

 propose to found a new species on a single example, and must wait 

 for more specimens. The measurements of the Sulu bird are as 

 follows : — Total length 7 inches, culmen 07, wing 4-8, tail 2-iJ, 

 tarsus 0*85. It will be seen that they are a good deal inferior to 

 those of the type of Scops mantis as given by me in the Catalogue." 



It should be noted that the Sulu habitat of this species cannot be 

 regarded as an absolute certainty. Mr. Sharpe informs me that 

 this specimen was not labelled, and that it reached him together 

 with Mr. Burbidge's North-Bornean birds. There is therefore a 

 possibility of the skins having become mixed. 



11. Iyngipicus RAMSAYT, Hargitt. (Plate XVII.) 

 lyngipicus ramsayi, Hargitt, Ibis, 1881, p. 598 ; id. ibid. 1882, 



p. 49. 



Hab. S,a\u (Guilletnard) ; N.E.Borneo? 



a, b. <S • S'du Island. 



c-e. 2 . Sulu Island. 



Iris indian-red in the male, less bright and sometimes brown in 

 the female ; bill bluish brown ; feet dark bluish-black. Length 

 1 5-4-1 5'8 centims. ; wing 8-5-8*9 centims. 



Mr. Hargitt, to whom I submitted the present series for examina- 

 tion, identifies them with /. ramsayi, the types of which, now in 

 Capt. "Wardlaw Ramsay's collection, are, I believe, the only examples 

 known. They were said to have been obtained in N.E. Borneo ; 

 but the authenticity of the locality does not seem to be absolutely 

 beyond doubt. I did not meet the species during my stay in the 

 North Borneo Co.'s territory, although I obtained /. auritus ; and 



