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Show 1879.] BIRDS O F T H E SOOLOO ISLANDS. 315 Linn. Soc. new series, i. p. 323; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 692, 759, 826, 1878, pp. 283, 342. A. leucogaster (Valenc.) ; Sharpe in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 179. One specimen. [Luzon (3Ieyer) ; Guimaras (Meyer) ; Negros (Meyer, Everett) Cebu (Murray, Everett); Leyte (Everett); Mindanao (Everett, Steere) ; Sooloo (Burbidge) ; Mangsi (Peale).'] 9. ORIOLUS CHINENSIS, L. Oriolus chinensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 203. O. suluensis, Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 205. Broderipus acrorhynchus (Vig.) ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 185 ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 545, 694, 760, 826, 1878, pp. 110, 285, 342, 380. The receipt of three more specimens from Mr. Burbidge convinces me that the Sooloo-lslands bird, which I thought was a race of 0. frontalis, Wall., from the Sula Islands, is not really specifically separable from the common Oriole of the Philippines, called by me Oriolus chinensis and by Lord Tweeddale Broderipus acrorhynchus. A further comparison of the series seems to show that O. frontalis of Wallace, from the Sooloo Islands, is scarcely to be distinguished from O. chinensis, the only difference being the slightly greater extent of yellow on the tail-feathers in the latter bird. [Luzon (Meyer) ; Panay (Murray); Guimaras (Meyer) ; Negros (Meyer, Steere, Everett) ; Cebu (Meyer, Murray, Everett) ; Leyte (Everett) ; Panaon (Everett) ; Dinagat (Everett) ; Mindanao (Steere, Murray, Everett); Sooloo (Burbidge); Si Butu (Low); Balabac (Steere).'] 10. CORONE PHILIPPINA (Bp.). Corone philippina, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 42 ; id. Tr. Linn. Soc. n. s. i. p. 343. Corvus philippinus, Bp.; Wald. Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 201 ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 548, 698, 763, 831, 1878, pp. 113, 287, 343, 381. Three specimens. [Luzon (Cuming, Meyer, Everett) ; Cujo (Meyer) ; Panay (Murray); Negros (Meyer, Steere, Everett) j Cebu (Everett); Leyte (Everett) ; Panaon (Everett) ; Camiguin (Murray); Dinagat (Everett) ; Mindanao (Murray, Everett) ; Sooloo (Burbidge)]. 11. SARCOPS LOWII. Sarcops lowii, Sharpe, I. c. p. 344. Several specimens collected by Mr. Burbidge confirm the distinctness of this species from S. calvus. 12. OSMOTRERON VERNANS (L.). Osmotreron vernans, Wald. Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 210; Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. n. s. i. p. 346 ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 764, 1878, p. 623. A female specimen. |
