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ing islands. In a note at the end of the volume he refers to 
a skeleton of a bird of this genus with more certainty as being 
P. humilis ; and the correctness of this view is now borne out 
by the skin sent by Mr. Everett. 
7. Macropteryx comatus (Temm.) ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. 
ix. p. 158* 
Dendrochelidon comata, Salvad. /. c. p. 123. 
a, b. “No. 101. <£,?. Sibu, Sept. 1873. Iris chocolate.” 
The pair sent agree with Sumatran examples, and have, 
like the latter, the wing shorter than Philippine birds, as 
duly noted by Lord Walden (l. c.). I cannot, however, per¬ 
ceive any material difference in plumage. 
8. Macropteryx longipennis. 
Dendrochelidon longipennis (Rafin.); Salvad. 1. c. p. 122. 
a. “No. 100. ? . Jambusan, Sept. 1874. Iris cho¬ 
colate.” 
9. Merops bicolor (Bodd.); Salvad. /. c. p. 90. 
a. “No. 36. $ . Bruit Sands, August 1873.” 
b. “ $ . Bruit, April 20, 1874. Iris dragon's-blood; bill 
black; feet blackish.” 
The female has the chestnut of the upper surface washed 
with green, as is so often seen in other Bee-eaters, espe¬ 
cially in M, superciliosus of Africa. For this mixture of plu¬ 
mage I have never yet seen any satisfactory explanation. 
10. Pelargopsis leucocephala (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Monogr. 
Alced. pi. 31; Salvad. 1. c. p. 95. 
a. “No. 102. Sibu, June 1874. Iris chocolate; bill and 
feet coral-red.” 
Of the ordinary Bornean type, as distinguished by me in 
my f Monograph/ 
11. Halcyon pileata (Bodd.); Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. 
pi. 62. 
Entomobia pileata, Salvad. 1. c. p. 102. 
“No. 94. $, $ . Sibu, Nov. 15, 1873. Iris chocolate; 
legs and bill scarlet.” 
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