1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHESA.' 2G7 



Hub. Luzon {Cuming, Meyer, Everett); Cujo {Meyer); Panay 

 {Murray) ; Negros {Meyer, Steere, Everett) ; Bohol, Basilaii, Zebu, 

 Leyte, and Panaon (Everett) ; Camiquin {Murray) ; Diuagat 

 {Everett); Mindanao {Murray, Everett) ; Sulii {Burbidffe). 



Crows, most probably of this species, were common in Sulu 

 Island. 



43. Calornis panayensis (Scopoli). 



Calornis panayensis, Wald. Tr. Z. S. ix. part 2, p. 205 ; Sliarpe, 

 Tr. Linn. Soc. n. s. Zool. vol. i. p. 343. 



Hab. Panay {Steere) ; Zebu, Luzon, Negros (Meyer) ; Leyte, 

 Bohol, Mindanao, Basilan, and Palawan (Everett); Sulu (Guille- 

 mard) ; Siassi (Guillemard). 



a-d. i . Sulu Island. 



e,/. 2- Sulu Island. 



ff. juv. $ . Sulu Island. 



h. Siassi Island. 



Iris brilliant orange-scarlet ; bill and tarsus black. Length about 

 20'5 centims., wing 10'2-10"4 centims. 



Most abundant on Sulu, and other islands of the Archipelago. In 

 April they were apparently breeding in holes in dead trees some 

 distance from the ground. 



44. Sarcops calvus (Linnaeus). 



Sarcops calvus, Walden, Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. part 2, p. 205 ; 

 Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. n. s. Zool. vol. i. p. 344. 



Sarcops lowii, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. n. s. Zool. vol. i. p. 344. 



Hab. huzoa (Everett) ; Guimaras and Negros (Meyer); Zebu, 

 Leyte, Dinagat, Mindanao, and Basilan (Everett) ; Sulu (Guille- 

 mard) ; ? Sibutu (Low). 



ah. S • Sulu Island. 



i-k. 5 . Sulu Island. 



/, m. Sulu Island. 



Iris brown ; bill and feet black ; bare space round the eye tinged 

 with dull red. In some, the primaries and tail-feathers, and some- 

 times the thighs, are tinged with ferruginous. This colouring seems 

 generally to coexist with a nigrescent mantle, and is probably a 

 sign of immaturity. Mr. Sharpe agrees with me that iS. lowii can- 

 not stand as a good species, the present series showing it to be a not 

 fully adult S. calvus. 



Sibutu Island, whence this species is said to have been procured, 

 lies close to the North Bornean coast, and is separated from Tawi- 

 tawi, the westernmost island of the Sulu Archipelago, by the Sibutu 

 Passage, in which soundings with no bottom at 500 fathoms have 

 been obtained. Oriolus chinensis is also recorded by Mr. Low from 

 the same island, but it is quite possible that the locahty of these two 

 species may not have been correctly given by this gentleman's col- 

 lector. 



