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Show 1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHESA.' 261 Iris brown; bill bluish black ; tarsus black. Length about 15*0 centims. ; wing 6*6 centims. a is a female in nearly perfect plumage, but both the nape-spot and pectoral band are imperfect. In b there is no sign of either; the head, throat, and breast are dull blue; the upper surface is pale grey, washed with blue. In c, a still younger example, the head alone is dull blue, the rest of the upper surface brown. If this species and H. azurea of Capt, Wardlaw Ramsay (Orn. Works Tweedd. Append, p. 656) are identical, as is probable, its, habitat should be further extended to Luzon, Zebu, Negros, Guimaras, Mindanao, and Palawan. 28. HIRUNDO JAVANICA, Sparrm, Hirundo javanica, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 100 ; Salvad. Omit. Papuas. e Molucche, vol. 2, p. 3 ; id. Ucc. di Born. p. 126. Hab. Zebu, Leyte, Bohol, Dinagat, Palawan (Everett) ; Borneo (Mottley, Beccari); Celebes (Wallace) ; Sulu (Guillemard). a, 3 . Sulu Island. b, 2 • Sulu Island. Iris brown; bill and feet black. Length circa 12*0 centims.; wing 10*5 centims. This species was common in Sulu at the end of April, frequenting the sea-shore, and perching on the native fishing-stakes, or on bare stumps of trees protruding from the water. 29. ORIOLUS CHINENSIS, Linn. Oriolus chinensis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 160 ; Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. 2nd ser. Zool. vol. i. p. 328 ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 315. Broderipus acrorhynchus, Wald. Tr. Z. S. ix. pt. ii. p. 185. Oriolus suluensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. vol. iii. p. 205. Oriolus frontalis, Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 340, pi. xl. Broderipus palawanensis, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 616. Hab. Luzon and Guimaras (Meyer); Panay (Murray) ; Negros (Meyer, Steere, Everett); Zehu(Meyer, Murray, Everett) ; Basilan, Leyte, Panaon, Bohol, and Dinagat (Everett) ; Mindanao (Steere, Murray, Everett); Sulu (Burbidge, Guillemard); Lapac (Guillemard) ; Sibutu (Low) ; Balabac (Steere) ; Palawan (Lempriere). a-c, 6* • Sulu Island. d, 6* • Lapac Island. e,f, 2 • Sulu Island. g, juv. o*. Sulu Island. Iris dull red; brown in the female; bill pink; legs greyish. Length 29*0-32*5 centims. ; wing 15*0-16*3 centims. The females are recognizable by their less bright colouring, and by the greenish tint of the back. There is but little difference in the size of the yellow frontal patch, except in the case of the bird from Lapac, in which it is rather small. In two of the adult males the middle pair of rectrices are entirely black; in the other two they are strongly tipped with yellow. The yellow apices of the secondaries appears an equally variable characteristic, occurring in some individuals but not in others. PROC. ZOOL. SOC-1885, No. XVIII. 18 |
