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Show 1877-] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 703 ample which has the pectoral band least developed the nape is rufous, and this is the case in a Celebean individual without a trace of a pectoral band, the nape being pure bright rufous, and in others from Queensland. The dimensions of birds from all three localities hardly vary. 80. RHYACOPHILUS GLAREOLA (182). Shot in February and March. 81. TRINGOIDES HYPOLEUCUS (183). [Monte Alban. a, d * iris brown ; bill dark vandyke brown ; legs greenish grey ; nails black, b, d- iris brown ; bill and nails black ; legs greenish lead-grey.] Shot in February and March. 82. GALLINAGO SCOLOPACINA (187). [Monte Alban. a, d, February: iris brown ; legs greenish grey; nails black.] 83. RHYNCHEEA CAPENSIS (189). [Monte Alban. d, February.] 84. ARDETTA CINNAMOMEA (192). [San Mateo, a, d (adult) : iris bright yellow ; legs and feet bright olive-green; bill yellow shaded with olive-brown on the culmen; February, b, d (not mature) : iris bright yellow ; bill greenish yellow, culmen to apex darkened with greenish brown ; legs yellow-green ; soles of feet yellow ; claws light brown, c, 2 (immature) ; iris golden yellow ; legs and feet bright olive-green ; bill greenish-yellow at base ; culmen dark olive-brown ; February.] 85. HERODIAS GARZETTA (195). [Monte Alban. 2 > March : iris bright yellow ; bill black, base yellow; legs black ; feet greenish-yellow dotted with black ; claws dark brown.] Two examples are sent by Mr. Everett shot in March, and both marked $ . One is in full breeding-plumage with two long occipital plumes, a fully developed pectoral tuft, and a long dorsal train. In the other these appendages are absent, the bill being black in both. In dimensions they agree ; and they belong strictly to the race named Ardea nigripes by Temminck. Wing 10*25 inches, tarsus 3*50, culmen 3*0. 86. BUTORIDES JAVANICA (197). [Monte Alban. § : iris golden ; bill black ; lower half, cere, and orbital skin light yellow ; legs green ; soles orange ; nails brown. March.] Immature. 46* |