206 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIEDS 



Gymnops^ calvus (Gm.), Cuv., I.e. 



Gymnops griseus, Cuv., ap. Meyen, Nov. Acta Acad. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. xvi. suppl. prim. p. 78. 

 Gymnops tricolor (L. S. Miiller), ap. G. R. Gray, Hand-list, no. 6275, nee L. S. Muller. 

 Gymnops calvus (Linn.), Walden & Layard, Ibis, 1872, p. 103. 



Ilab. Luzon (nms. nostr.) ; Guimaras, Negros [Meyer). 



Inhabitants from localities cited identical. Sexes {fide Meyer) alike. 



The two following species of IcteriDjE are described and figured by Sonnerat, who 

 informs us that they are found at Antigua (Panay), and also on the New Continent. 

 Beyond his statement, there is not a tittle of evidence in favour of their Philippine 

 habitat. 



(1) Le TroKfiale rouge d'Antigue, Sonnerat, Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 113, pi. 68. 

 Xantliornus holosericeus 6, Scopoli, Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 88, no. 36 (1786), 



ex Sonn. ; G. R. Gray, Hand-list, no. 6501 ; Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, no. 831 ; Cab. 

 Mus. Hein. i. p. 190, no. 919. 



Oriolus ruber, Gm. S. N. i. p. 388, no. 34 (1788), ex Sonn.; Bp. Consp. i. p. 129. 



Amblyramplms bicolor. Leach, Zool. Misc. p. 82, pi. 36, "Cayenne" (1814). 

 And 



(2) Le Trou]}iale jaune d'Antigue, Sonnerat, I.e. pi. 59. 

 Xantliornus holosericeus ? , Scopoli, I. c. (1786), ex Sonn. 

 Oriolus fiavus, Gm. t07n. dt. p. 389, no. 35 (1788), ex Sonn. 



Xanthosomus fiavus (Gm.), Sclater, op. cit. no. 830 ; G. R. Gray, op. cit. no. 6491. 



FRINGILLID^. 



Fringillin^. 

 Ptrgita, Cuvier. 



130. Ptrgita montanus. 



Fringilla montana, Linn. S. N. i. p. 324, no. 37, " Europe" (1766) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 156, 

 no. 792. 



The occurrence of the Tree-sparrow in the Philippines, in itself not unlikely, rests 

 solely on the authority of Dr. Cabanis [l. c.) 



Passer jugiferus, Temm., Bp. Consp. i. p. 508, " Philippines " (1850), is stated by 

 Mr. Blyth (Ibis, 1870, p. 172) to be the same as his Passer flaveolus, J. A. S. B. xiii. 

 p. 946, " Arracan" (1844) ; and he regards its Philippine habitat as dubious. 



' Previously employed by Spii (Av. Brasil. i. p. 11, 1824) for Falco aterrimus, Temm. PI. Col. pi. 37,= 

 Daptrius ater, Vieillot (Analyse, p. 69a). 



