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Show 548 MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON T H E [June 19, Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill, from gape. <j 1*94 1*35 0*5 0*75 2 1*87 1-25 0*5 0*62 A true Nectarophila. 33. ARACHNECTHRA JUGULARIS. Certhia jugularis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 185. no. 7 (1766) ; Walden, t. c. p. 200. no. 123. [No. 360, J. Ilo-ilo. Eyes black. Stomach had insects. No. 389, oMr a r n i f f u i ni No. 390, S - J C a i m S u m - J These examples agree with those noted (I. ci). Not known hitherto from Camiguin. 34. CORVUS PHILIPPINUS. Corvus philippinus,^. Compt. Rend, xxxvii. p. 830(1853); Walden, t. c. p. 201. no. 125. [No. 343, o*. Zamboanga. No. 356, <f. Ilo-ilo. Eyes black. Stomach had seeds, worms, &c. \T 1A9 o [ Camiguin. These birds have been seen at most of \T ifi'V o i t*ie places w e have been at ; in the Philippines ' [ and on this island they were quite abundant.] This species has not hitherto been known to inhabit the three islands above named. The four examples in the collection cannot be separated from those which inhabit Luzon, Negros, and Cujo ; and, like them, their dimensions exceed those of the single type specimen of C. brevipennis, Schlegel, at Leyden. C. philippinus, however, nothing but a slightly smaller form of C. validus, ex Sumatra, with a greenish rather than a bluish gloss on the under plumage. The following Table shows the principal dimensions of the species from six Philippine islands, together with those of typical examples of C. validus. Corvus philippinus. Bill, from Wing. Tail. nostril. Gonys. Tarsus. Luzon, $ 11-50 8-25 1-50 1-00 2-25 Negros, J 12*25 8*75 1*75 1*00 2-35 ,2 12-13 8-67 1-67 100 235 Cujo, $ 11*50 800 1*37 0*90 2*25 Camiguin, $ 12-25 8*75 1-75 1-25 225 , 2 12*50 9*00 1*50 1-00 2-25 Ilo-ilo, o* 11'75 8*85 1*62 112 2-20 Zamboanga, 3 H'81 8*50 1:62 1-00 2-20 Corvus validus, ex Sumatra. Lampong 12*80 8*75 1*75 100 2*37 12*75 8*62 1-62 087 230 Corvus philippinus belongs to a small group of Crows differing but little from one another in tint, but separable by their dimensions, more especially that of the bills. C. violaceus is the smallest, then C. enca, C. philippinus, C. validus, and C. validissimus. |