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Show 694 THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON [Nov. 6, 37. BUTALIS MANILLENSIS (86)? [Monte Alban. 0: iris dark brown; legs and claws black; bill dark vandyke brown, nearly black.] A single example of a speci.es of gre! Fly:catcher .is sent .by Mr. Everett, which, while resemblIng B. gr-lseostzcta, Swmh., stlll cannot be said to belong to that species. It is a larger bird w.ith a wing measuring 3'56. The bill is narrower and longer, more lIke that of B. !/1·isola. Above the plumage is of a paler purer grey and not grey-brown. The wing--lining and axillaries are grey rather than pale rufous. With doubt I refer this bird to B. manillensis, Bp. ; for he states that the Manilla race is smaller than B. grisola, while this Luzon bird exceeds the European species in its dimensions. Mr. Sharpe (t. c. p. 326) identifies an example obtained in Panay by Dr. Steere with B. griseosticta1 • 38. HIRUNDO GUTTURALIS (88). [San Mateo. a, 0: iris and feet dark brown. b, ~: iri~ brown; bill, feet and nails black.] 39. BRODERIPUS ACRORHYNCHUS (90). [San Mateo. a, 0: iris pale purplish-brown; bill dull pale crimson; legs dark lead-grey; claws black. b, 0: iris white; bill dull pale crimson ; feet bluish-lead; claws black. c, 0 : iris yellow; bill pale dull crimson; feet dark grey. d, 0: iris purple-grey, outer ring white; bill pale crimson; legs lead-grey. e, ~: iris purple grey; bill pale dull crimson; legs lead-grey. MOIlte Alban. f, 0: iris purple-grey; bill white, tinged crimson; legs lead-grey; claws blackish.] Ten adult examples were obtained by Mr. Everett, seven males and three females. All the males have the middle pairs of rectrices jet-black, tipped with yellow. The same feathers in the females are washed with yellow; and the body plumage is not of so golden a tint. 40. MEGALURUS PALUSTRIS (96). l San Mateo. 0: iris orange-brown; bill black; mandible leadgrey; legs horn-brown ; claws dark ditto.] Identical with individuals from Burma, Assam, Sylhet, Munipur &c.; but I have not been able to compare it with typical examples. The Bengal (Philippine?) example, described by Pucheran (Archives du Mus. vii. p. 342) as being one of the types of Gracula caudata, Cuvier, must belong to this bird and not to the Timalia chatm'cea, Frankl., of India; and, judging from Pucheran's remarks, the Javan bird, ll1alw'us mm'!/inalis, Reinw. (= J.l!le.!/alul'us palustris, Horsf.), although very close, appears to differ from the Indian bird. There is good reason to doubt the occurrence of Timalia chatauea, Frankl. 1 Since these remarks were in print, I have had the advantage of perusing M. Oustalet's observations on the type specimen of B. manillensis, Bp., in the ~aris Mnsel~m. (Ois. de la Ohi~e, p . . 1~3), ~~ereby it appears that that gentleman IS also of opmlOn that B. mamllenszs 18 dlstmct from B . griseosticta. |