BIRDS FROM NORTHERN NEGROS. 41 



Phapitreron nigrorum Sliaipc. 



Three males and one female. 

 Leucotreron occipitalis (Bonaparte). 



Two males in fine, adult plumage. This yellow-breasted fruit pigeon 

 was taken in Negros by Whitehead also. 



Muscadivores chalybura (Bonaparte). 



One specimen. 

 Zonophaps poliocephala (Hartlaub). 



One pair in fine adult plumage. 



COLUMBID/E. 

 Columba griseogularls (Walden and Laj'ard). 



Two females. Some individuals of this species from Batan, Batanes, 

 have the bills considerably longer than the Negros esamples, but the 

 difference is not constant. 



ARDEID/E. 

 Bubulcus coromandus (Boddaert). 

 One female in winter plumage. 



FAUCONID/E. 

 Astur trivirgatus (Temminck). 



One specimen, an immature male. This species has not, so far, been 

 recorded from Negros. 



Spllornis panayensis Steere. 



One adult male in good plumage. 



PSITTACID/E. 

 Prioniturus discurus (Vieillot). 



A pair, taken February 24, and a female, taken March 10, are in fine 

 plumage. 



Tanygnatlius lucionensis (Linnaeus). 



Two adult males; in one specimen the blue of the crown and nape 

 is unusually dark. 



Loriculus regulus SouancS. 



One male and three females of the central island colasisi were collected ; 

 the male is in immature plumage. 



ALCEDINID/E. • 



Ceyx bournsi Steere. 



The only specimen, a female, of Bourns's kingfisher in this collection 

 has a considerable quantity of black mixed with the deep blue of the upper 

 surface. 



