OCR Text |
Show 1877.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 759 20. LANIUS LUCIONENSIS (72). [Cebu, male, March and April; female, March.] 21. ARTAMUS LEUCORHYNUS (73). 22. GRAUCALUS STRIATUS (74). blaekebUrFee miPril'T ^ft*, ^ cAmSOn ' bilI> feet> and nails St' v f ernale* Ins hgbt claret-red.] lhese Zebu birds do not differ from Luzon and Negros examples Two in dark plumbeous-grey plumage without pale edging t o X of e a hJ are ™ r k ^ male ; two, dark plumbeous-grey^bove and banded with black on the whole under surface, are respective!ynoted T^L^Z'^f'^ Mh e x - P ^ uniform y eywirtne EPhSlr ' i ? 'iabdomen> and ^issum, which are banded with black, is marked male. The last example appears fully adult and perhaps represents the dress of the adult female. 23. VOLVOCIVORA? CARULESCENS (75). Female" A^l\Ap?" ^ *"* br°WD' biU and leSs bIack* ** female, April, breeding, the same.] fh J^T n'aIeS f"d 3S T*7 females are in the collection. One of have ft* hi'V V ^ ^ ^ ^ °f the adult'- tbe other two have the black shaded with plumbeous. The females are dark plumbeous-grey, with darker margins to the dorsal plumes: one, an ITerT *' ,haS*l0mt-°f the SCCOndary °>Ils and s°™ ofYhe cover s margined with white. From the breeding female being in a plumbeous dress, we may infer that each sex in this species wears a peculiar adult garb. Luzon individuals do not differ from Zebu examples. w 24. LALAGE DOMINICA (76). [Cebu, male, April. Iris brown.] 25. DICRURUS MIRABILIS (81). [Cebu male, April. Iris crimson; bill and feet black.] Hie dimensions of the single example obtained are somewhat smaller than those of typical individuals. Not hitherto recorded from Zebu. 26. LEUCOCERCA NIGRITORQUIS (83). [Cebu, male and female, March. Iris brown, bill and legs black.] 27. CYORNIS PHILIPPINENSIS. "Cyornis banyumas (Horsf.)," Walden, I. c. no. 84 (nee Horsf) Cyornis philippinensis, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 325. [Cebu, male, April.] The blue plumage of this single example is not of quite so dark a shade as that of Dr. B. Meyer's specimen (/. ci). Yet it is perceptibly darker than that of Luzon and Panay individuals. The length of the wings and tail is also slightly greater; but without a larger genes for comparison it is best to retain it under the title cited. |