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Show 546 MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON THE [Julie 19, NT ' 411 O l Pasananca- Eyes re& » bill reddish.] These examples all agree with typical. The difference of the colour of the iris in the Panay bird is curious; from that island the species has not hitherto been recorded. 24. ERYTHROPITTA ERYTHROGASTRA. Pitta erythrogastra, Temm. Pl. Col. 212 (1823); Walden, t. p. 187. no. 94. [No. 429, o*. Pasananca. Eyes black ; feet slate-coloured. Insects in the stomach.] The exact origin of the original type is not recorded ; but I cannot detect any important difference between this Mindanao individual and examples from Luzon. 25. IXUS GOIAVIER. Muscicapa goiavier, Scop. Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 96. no. 109 (1786); Walden, t. c. p. 190o no. 99. [No. 343, e5- Zamboanga. N 4 9**,'%' \ Fasananca< Eyes hazel.] New to Mindanao. 26. HYPSIPETES PHILIPPINENSIS. Turdus philippinensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 814. no. 40 (1788); Walden, t. c. p. 191. no. 102. [No. 378, o". Zebu. Eyes hazel.] 27. HYPSIPETES RUFIGULARIS. Hypsipetes rufigularis, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. ser. 2. Zool. vol. i. [No. 421,6 A No. 422, S • \ Pasananca. Eyes brown or hazel.] No. 423, 2 • J The female is somewhat smaller, with a shorter bill. An addition to the fauna of Mindanao. 28. ORTHOTOMUS CASTANEICEPS. Orthotomuscastaneiceps, Walden, Ann. N. H. (4) i. p. 252, " Guimaras " (1st Oct. 1872) ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 195. no. 113 • Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. Zool. vol. i.; id. Ibis, 1877, p. 114. The type was a male ; but this Panay female does not differ. [No. 359, 2 • Uo-ilo. Eyes brown. Stomach had insects.] 29. CALOBATES MELANOPE. Motacilla melanope, Pallas, Reisen Russischen Reichs, iii. p. 696. no. 16 (1776) ; Walden, t. c. p. 196. no. 114. [No. 432, ? . Pasananca.] A female with greyish brown upper plumage; tail 3-56. Recorded for the first time from Mindanao. |