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Show 1877.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 689 2. CYCLOPSITTA LUNULATA (4). [San Mateo. <y : iris dark brown ; bill black, base pale lead-grey ; feet greenish grey ; nails dark grey.] The male example is in full dress and in P.-loxia plumage. The female has a few verditer-blue chin-, chest-, and throat-plumes, and some of the rump-feathers obscurely lunated-seemingly an immature specimen. "' 3. MICROHIERAX ERYTHROGENYS. Hierax erythrogenys (10). [Monte Alban. $: iris brown; bill black; feet dull bluish; claws black.] Obtained in February. In black and white dress; and as Mr. Lverett has ascertained the sex to be female, it would seem that the erythrogenys plumage is significant of nonage and not of sex. 4. SPILORNIS HOLOSPILUS (16). [Monte Alban. a, cS : iris golden-yellow ; bill dark grey ; orbital skin and lores bright yellow-green; cere ditto; claws black; legs yellow. San Mateo, b, 2 ' iris golden-yellow; bill dark plumbeous; orbital skin and lores bright greenish-yellow; cere ditto, but greener; legs light chrome-yellow ; claws black.] 5. HALIASTUR INTERMEDIUS (17). [San Mateo. d" juv.: iris warm brown; bill greenish-lead, cere darker ; feet greenish yellow, almost white.] 6. BUTASTUR INDICUS (20). [San Mateo, a, d : iris golden yellow; bill chrome-yellow at the base, rest black ; cere chrome; legs dull chrome-yellow; claws black, b, cS : iris bright yellow; cere chrome-yellow; bill black ; legs dull chrome; claws black.] 7. THRIPONAX JAVENSIS (28). [Monte Alban. d* : bill black ; feet and claws lead-grey.] 8. CHRYSOCOLAPTES HCEMATRIBON (30). [San Mateo, a, J* : iris Indian red; bill greenish black ; feet pale dull greenish ; claws very dark grey. Monte Alban. b, cS : iris deep crimson; bill greenish black; feet greenish grey.] 9. YUNGIPICUS MACULATUS (33). [Monte Alban. a, cS '• iris brown; bill black ; legs greenish. b, 2 * iris light brown ; bill lead-grey ; legs greenish lead-grey.] Sonnerat's type was obtained in Panay ; but these Luzon individuals agree well with his description. He mentions that his example " n'a point de rouge," but that perhaps he had only seen a female. The male sent by Mr. Everett possesses a crimson tuft springing from behind the eye. The species is nearly allied to Y. fusco- |