On Birds from the vicinity of Manilla. 155 
Dr. Guillemard, and they are young birds which in some 
respects approach to L. erythrothorax , a perfectly distinct 
species, with a different geographical distribution. 
Chalcopsittacus ater (Scop.), Guillem, ibid. p. 622. 
It appears to me that the specimens from Mysol with the 
forehead and the tibials red require comparison, as most 
likely they constitute a peculiar race, intermediate between 
Ch. ater and Ch. insignis, Oust. In my f Omitologia’ I have 
already alluded to one or two specimens from Mysol showing 
those variations. 
Manucodia chalybeata, Penn., Guillem, ibid. p. 646. 
Dr. Guillemard says that he is strongly inclined to regard 
this species and M. atra as identical. Dr. Meyer has already 
pronounced himself against Dr. Guillemard^s opinion, on 
account of the different shape and dimensions of the bill in 
the two birds (Zeitschr. f. ges. Orn. 1885, p. 374) ; I shall 
only add, without repeating all I have said about the dis¬ 
tinction of the two species, that the young birds of M. chaly¬ 
beata are quite different from those of M. atra , and moreover 
the geographical distribution, contrary to Dr. Guillemard's 
opinion, is not the same. Manucodia atra , besides being 
found nearly everywhere in New Guinea, is a very common 
bird in the Aru Islands, where M. chalybeata does not occur. 
Turin Zoological Museum, Feb. 5th, 1886. 
XXI.— Contributions to the Ornithology of the Philippine 
Islands. —No. 2*. On Additional Collections of Birds. By 
B. G. Wardlaw Bamsay, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 
I have received within the last few months, from my friend 
Mr. F. Maitland-Heriot, two further collections of birds 
which were obtained in the neighbourhood of Manilla. The 
more noteworthy species in these collections are :— 
1. Falco melanogenys. 
Falco melanogenys , Gld. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 139; Sharpe, 
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 385. 
* For No. 1 see ‘ Ibis/ 1884, pp. 330-335. 
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