LIST OP PHILIPPINE BIRDS. -i 



and lucidus, having the back of one and the ventral surface of the 

 other, but the crimson marking of the face and throat separates it 

 from either. 



52. Tiga Everettii. Palawan. 



53. Yungipicus maculatus. Panay. 



54. Yungipicus validirostris. Mariuduque, Luzon. It seems 

 most probable that it was the Luzon bird described by Blyth under 

 this name. 



55. Yungipicus Basilanicus. sp. nov. Basilan. Head black 

 slightly tinged in front with cinnamon brown. Crimson crest 

 In male neaidy confluent. Breast washed with orange red, fading to 

 sulphur yellow behind. Interscapulars black and barred with 

 sulphur yellow. Back sulphur yellow. 



56. Yunigipicus Leytensis. sp. nov. Head black. Fore- 

 head and basal region cinnamon. Breast tinged with crimson. 



TROGONIDJE. 



57. Harpactes ardens. Mindanao, Basilan, Samar, Marin- 

 duque, Luzon. 



MEROPIDJE. 



58. Merops Philippinus. Mindanao, Basilan, Guimaras, 

 Panay, Negros, Cebu, Siquijor, Panay, Luzon. 



59. Merops bicolor. Mindanao, Guimaras, Negros, Marin- 

 duque, Mindoro, Luzon. Nesting in Mariuduque in May in open, 

 nearly level ground. 



Merops Philippinus feeds solitarily upon wasps, dragon flies, 

 etc., M. bicolor in flocks and apparently in nearly all cases upon 

 honey bees. 



CORACTDiE. 



60. Eurystomus orientalis. Mindanao, Basilan, Guimaras, 

 Panay, Negros, Siquijor, Samar, Leyte, Mariuduque, Miudoro, 

 Luzon. 



ALCEDINID.E. 



61. Alcedo Bengalensis. Paragua, Balabac, Mindanao, Basi- 

 lan, Gumaras, Negros, Siquijor, Samar, Masbate, Luzon. 



62. Pelargopsis gigantea. Mindanao, Basilan, Samar, 

 Guimaras, Masbate. 



63. Pelargopsis leucocephala. Paragua, Mindoro. 



64. Ceyx melanura. Luzon. 



The Melanura type of Ceyx takes on a number of representative 



