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Show 542 MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON THE [June 19, A Zebu male (No. 371) has the pectoral and flank feathers conspicuously margined with greyish brown ; and this is observed in a less degree in a female (No. 354) from Ilo-ilo. Panay and Camiguin are new localities. 13. B A T R A C H O S T O M U S SEPTIMUS, n. sp. [No. 427, 2 ' Pasananca. Eyes brown. Stomach had insects.] Rufous phase.-Head, interscapulars, and elongated occipital crest rufous brown, most of the feathers with a pair of pale rufous spots on either web, and defined by a narrow brown transverse bar. Elongated auriculars barred alternately with brown and rufous. A patch before the eye albescent rufous. A conspicuous nuchal collar formed by a series of very broad feathers brown at the base, then an irregular subdued brown transverse narrow band, followed by a pale rufous band, then another narrow zig-zag brown band, which is succeeded by another pale rufous band, bounded below by a broad transverse dark brown almost black band, which is succeeded by a still broader white band, bordered again with black ; the white band is separated from the black above and below by a rusty margin. Feathers of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts rufous, with irregular transverse brown markings, and in some with brown centres. Scapulars tawny rufous and pure rufous, irregularly marked with brown zigzags, several with a subterminal black mark and a terminal tawny rufous spot. Wing-coverts chestnut, with brown vermiculations ; the greater coverts with large, pure white, ovoid terminal drops, mostly situated on the outer webs, and bounded above and on the inner margius with black. Quills brown on the inner webs, pale rufous on the outer, with obscure pale brown marks. Tertiaries pale rufous on the outer webs, much indented with the brown of the inner webs. Innermost tertiaries pale rufous on both webs, transversely marked with cloudy brown. Tips of several of the inner webs of the quills pale rufous. Rectrices pale rufous, traversed by several bars of rufous brown, each bar being bounded above and below by a brown line. Penultimate pair of rectrices with rufous spots, rather than bands. Exterior short pair with almost pure white spots on the inner web. Chin and throat dingy rufous, intersected by brown zigzag lines. A gular collar, formed of broad feathers with a broad subterminal pure white band, bounded below and above by a narrow dark brown band. Feathers of the upper breast dingy rufous freckled brown, pale tawny rufous at the base, with brown transverse lines and traces of white spots on the margins of some of the webs. Concealed lower breast- and flank-plumes mostly pure white, with dark grey markings near the base and terminated with rufous freckled with brown. Abdominal feathers pale albescent rufous, striated with brown, and some marked with pure white. Feathers of the ventral region isabelline white, with small obscure pale tawny rufous margins. Under tail-coverts isabelline, the longer with subterminal marks of brown and rusty. Under wing-coverts greyish white, banded with rufous brown. Thigh-coverts dark rufous brown. Stiff nasal plumes rufous, tipped brown. Wing 6 inches, tail 4*5, tarsus 0*68, |