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Show 756 THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON [Nov. 20, Two known species, though new to the Philippine fauna- Hirundo javanica, Rallina eurizonoides. and two typical Indo-Malayan genera are added to the Philippine area, as restricted by m e 1 - Phyllornis, Prionochilus. The known species of Zebu birds therefore now number 78, of which no less than 75 are represented in Mr. Everett's collection. The grand total of species inhabiting the Philippine area (as restricted by me, I. ci) Mr. Everett has increased by 8, and it now amounts to 276. Several of the species discovered by Mr. Everett in Zebu possess a peculiar interest. Such are :-Oriolus assimilis, a representative form of the remarkable O. steerei of Negros and Basilan2; Xantholcema rosea, hitherto, beyond Java and Sumatra, only known from Negros; Dicrurus mirabilis, AVthopyga magnifica, Anthothreptes chlorogastra, Dendrophila eenochlamys, all four hitherto only known from Negros, but which reappear in Zebu. Four Passerine species, of which the only previously known habitat was Luzon-Volvocivora (?) ceerulescens, Parus elegans, Oxycerca everetti, and Megalurus ruficeps-have their range extended to Zebu. 1. CACATUA H^MATUROPYGIA (l)3. [Cebu, male, March, "pairing." Iris dull carmine, bill light lead-grey, feet and nails dark lead-grey. b. Female, March, " breeding." Orbital skin white, rest as in male.] Another example of a female is marked " breeding in April." The dimensions of the male somewhat exceed those of the female. 2. PRIONITURUS DISCURUS (2). The crown of the head in six examples of both sexes, belonging to a series of seven obtained in April, is bright verditer-blue. In the seventh the blue crown is less distinct. The elongated spatulate shafts of the middle rectrices vary in length in each specimen. The plumage of the two sexes is alike. 3. TANYGNATHUS LUZONENSIS (3). [Cebu, female, April, " pairing." Iris, outer ring yellowish white, inner ring yellow-brown; maxilla scarlet, tip yellow; mandible orange, tip yellow ; feet dirty greenish, nails dark grey.] Not to be distinguished from Luzon, Negros, and Guimaras examples. The " pairing " male has the forehead verditer-green, the crown and nape verditer-green, each feather tipped with turquoise-blue. The cheeks are green; and there is no blue on the back or uropygium. Females (sex ascertained by Mr. Everett) are somewhat smaller, but in plumage and colouring do not differ from males. 1 Antea, p. 687. a The Basilan form will probably prove to be a third representative species. 3 The numbers following the titles are the same as those of m v Memoir Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. pp. 125-252. |