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Show 822 THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON [Dec. 4, [Surigao, d, May. Iris Naples yellow ; bill whitish horn-colour feet dirty greenish.] This species may be readily distinguished from M. funebris, its nearest ally, by being slaty grey and not almost black, by the cheeks only being rod ( cf ) and not the sides of the head, forehead, and vertex, by the red colour being crimson and not mulberry-red, and by the form of the white marks at the tips of the gular, occipital, and nuchal feathers being linear and not round. 13. CHRYSOCOLAPTES LUCIDUS (32). Anted, p. 539. no. 5. [Butuan, d, May. Bill black; mandible green-yellow ; feet dull brownish green.] A single example, in which, however, the middle pairs of rectrices exhibit two pairs of spots near their insertion, showing that they do sometimes appear, and that Sonnerat was correct in so figuring the bird. 14. MEROPS BICOLOR (36). [Butuan, $, May; Placer, cf, July.] Chestnut of upper parts unmixed with green. This Bee-eater can no longer be included among the birds peculiar to the Philippines, if the statement made by M M . Oustalet and David (Ois. de la Chine, p. 73) that it visits China during summer in small parties is correct. Up to now it has only been observed in the Philippines by naturalists during the months of February, March, April, July, and October. 15. EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS (37). [Butuan, d 2 , May.] 16. PELARGOPSIS GIGANTEA ? Pelargopsis gigantea, Walden, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, vol. xiii. p. 123: anted, p. 541. no. 10. [Butuan, J, May. Iris dark brown; bill bright red ; feet dark red.] This single example, sent by Mr. Everett, is not in full attire. Brown predominates on the head, each feather being narrowly margined with creamy white. The under surface is buffy white, most intense on the abdomen and under tail-coverts, while the under wing-coverts and the axillaries and flanks are rich ruddy buff. Culmen 3*12, wing 5*88. 17. CEYX ARGENTATA. Ceyx argentata, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, vol. xx p. 533, "Dinagat" (December 1, 1877). [Placer, cf, July.] Mr. Everett obtained two examples, both marked cf, which differ in some respects from the type, which is a female. The dorsal plumage, as well as the upper tail-coverts, are snow-white, unmixed with blue or bluish green. The black of the flanks and breast is |