

the great disadvantages which arise from describing a species from specimens in imperfect or 

 female plumage. 



Should my surmise be correct, that the present birds belong to E. pulcherrima, that species 

 must range at least along the entire northern coast of Mindanao, the large island which inter- 

 venes between Dinagat and Basilan, where Dr. Steere first discovered E. pulcherrima. 



