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Show 1877.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 699 chrome; claws horn-brown, c, 2 • iris Indian yellow; bill light greenish-yellow ; legs dull orange; claws brown.] 62. SARCOPS CALVUS (129). [Monte Alban. a, d: iris bright brown ; bill and legs black ; bare skin white tinged with pink. San Mateo, b, d • iris rich chocolate-brown ; bill, legs, and claws black, c, 2 : his rich warm brown ; bill black ; feet and claws sooty brown ; bare skin white tinged dull crimson.] 63. MUNIA JAGORI (132). [San Mateo. $ : iris red-brown; bill pale bluish-grey; legs darker grey.] 64. OXYCERCA JAGORI (134). [San Mateo. d: ?, iris Indian red; bill dull blue; legs blue-grey-] 65. OXYCERCA EVERETTI. (Plate LXXIII. fig. 2.) Oxycerca everetti, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. iv. vol. xx. p. 96(1877). o* and 2 • Chin and throat dark brown ; breast, flanks, and thigh-coverts warm nutmeg-brown. Abdomen and vent pure white, some of the lower breast-feathers being marked with brown, and some of the flank-feathers being white on their inner webs, brown on their outer, and with white shafts. Under tail-coverts very dark brown or black. Above, wings and coverts brown, each feather, except the frontal and upper tail-coverts, having a conspicuous pure white central line along the shaft, very prominent on the wing-coverts ; some of the upper tail-coverts tipped with ochre. Rectrices brown, the middle pair broadly margined, the laterals less so, with yellow and greyish yellow. Inner edges of the quills pale rufous seen from underneath. Wing 1*87 inch, tail 1*75, tarsus 0*56, culmen 0*38. [Monte Alban. a, d'• iris Indian red ; bill black ; mandible lead-grey ; legs dark grey, b, 2 '• iris Indian red ; bill black ; mandible and legs grey.] This is a representative form of Munia leucogastra, Blyth, but quite distinct, being of a warm nutmeg-brown colour, and not dark sooty-brown, and having the white striae of the upper plumage much more boldly defined. 66. OSMOTRERON AXILLARIS (136). [Monte Alban. a, d * iris bluish green; feet greyish green ; nails grey ; bill light green, base dark red. b, $ : iris pale sea-green ; bill green; base of maxilla red ; feet whitish green; nails grey, c, 2 ' iris light bluish-green ; bill green ; base of maxilla red; feet greyish green ; nails grey,] 67. PHABOTRERON LEUCOTIS (140). [San Mateo, a, 2 • iris grey ; bill black ; feet dull crimson |