2G6 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [Mar. 17, 



40. CiNNYRis JULi-S (Tweeddale). 



NectaropUla julice, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 536, 547. 



Cinnyris julice, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 135, pi. 44 ; Cat. B. 

 vol. ix, p. 64. 



Hub. Malanipa {H.M.S. ' Challenger ') ; Mindanao {Everett) ; 

 Sulu {Guillemard) . 



a-ff, c? • Maimbun, Sulu Islands. 



Iris red-brown ; bill and tarsus black. Length 9"9-10'5 centims., 

 wing 4"8-5'0 centims. 



This exquisite little Sun-bird seemed nowhere abundant on Sulu 

 Island ; but a pair or two were always to be found haunting some 

 low flowering shrubs at the back of the little village of Maimbun. 

 The present individuals agree exactly with the types brought home 

 by the ' Challenger,' at present in the British Museum. It is curious 

 that Dr. Steere did not meet with this species in Mindanao or 

 Basilan, from which latter island it has been recorded, though Mr. 

 Everett obtained it at Zamboanga on the former. The ' Challenger ' 

 party found it "quite numerous" in Malanipa. 



41. Anthothreptes malaccensis (Scopoli). 



Anthrepies malaccensis, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. 2nd ser. Zool. 

 vol. i. p. 342; Cat. B. vol. ix. p. 122. 



Hal. Zebu {Everett) ; Negros {Steere) ; Mindanao {Everett) ; 

 Basilan and Palawan {Everett) ; Sulu {Guillemard) ; Celebes {Wal- 

 lace) ; Borneo {Wallace). 



a-j, (S • Sulu Island. 



k-o- $ . Sulu Island. 



31ale. Iris brownish red ; bill black ; tarsus olive-brown. Length 

 about 13'7 centims., wing 6"9-7'l centims. 



Female. Iris brown ; bill black ; tarsus hght olive-brown. Length 

 about 12"0 centims., wing 6'4-6"6 centims. 



I have followed Dr. Gadow's arrangement in the ' Catalogue of 

 Birds,' and regarded the Bornean Anthothreptes as not specifically 

 separable from that of the Philippines. The differences, though 

 considerable so far as regard colouring, appear to be anything but 

 constant, and the present series vary much both in size and colouring. 

 Many Bornean skins show a like variation. The Sulu birds on the 

 whole do not appear to differ much from the generality of those 

 from Borneo. 



This Sun-bird was apparently abundant in all the islands of the 

 Archipelago that we visited, and we also obtained it on the solitary 

 volcanic island, Cagayan Sulu. 



42. CoRVUS PHiLiPPiNUS, Bonaparte. 



Corvus philippinus, Wald. Tr. Z. S. is. part 2, p. 201 ; Tweedd. 

 P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 548, 698, 703, 831 ; 1878, pp. 113. 287, 343, 

 381. 



Corone jyhilippina, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. 2nd scr. Zool. vol. i. 

 p. 343. 



