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Show 18//.J THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 829 48. ZOSTEROPS EVERETTI. Zosterops everetti, Tweeddale, anted, p. 762. [Surigao, cf, June. Iris yellow-brown ; bill black ; legs grey.] A single example, which only differs from the type ( d ex Zebu) by having the yellow on the mesial line much more developed. 49. D I O E U M R U B R I V E N T E R (120 partim). Dicceum rubriventer, Lesson, Tr. p. 303 ; Tweeddale, anted, p. 763. [Butuan, tf ?, May. b. Surigao, c?. M a y ; Placer, d, July.] 1 he example marked ? only differs from a considerable series of males in having the upper plumage ashy grey, and not glossy black. Underneath it is undistinguishable from the male. 50. D I C C E U M C I N E R E I G U L A R E , sp. n. [a. Butuan, cf, May. Iris dark brown; bill black, b. Surigao, 2, June. Iris chocolate, c. Placer, cf, July. Iris brown; bill black ; legs dark grey.] Closely allied to D. dorsale, Sharpe, but differs in having the breast intense orange-red and the upper breast and sides of throat grey slightly tinged with pale yellow. The chin and middle of throat are pale yellow. These characters are present in all the specimens (eight) sent by Mr. Everett from north Mindanao. 51. J-ETHOPYGA (EUDREPANIS) BELLA. JEthopyga belia, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. N . H. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 537 (December 1, 1877). cf. Chin, throat, breast, and uropygium bright sulphur-yellow. Forehead, vertex, minor carpal coverts, upper tail-coverts, and upper surface of rectrices dark metallic green. Occiput, nape, and wing-coverts dark olive. Cheeks, lores, behind the eye, sides of head and peck, interscapulars, and back deep blood-red. Quills almost black, margined with dark olive. Abdomen, flanks, vent, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts silky white, more or less tinged with pale yellow, especially on the mesial line, under tail-coverts, and carpal edge. A few blood-red feathers on the upper breast. A metallic violet spot on sides of head. A narrow line of deep blood-red runs along the rami of the mandible. A bold metallic moustache springs from the base of the mandible, and descends the sides of the neck ; the upper half violet, the lower half green. 5 . Above, wing-coverts, and edgings to quills olive-green. Uropygium bright sulphur-yellow as in cf • Space before the eye, cheeks, ear-coverts, chin, throat, and upper breast grey tinged with yellowish olive-green. Lower breast, abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts white tinged with yellow. Under wing-coverts white, faintly tinged with yellow. Quills and rectrices dark brown, margined with olive; lateral rectrices tipped with albescent olive. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. in. in. in. in. d. 1*68 1*44 0*50 0*50 2. 1*62 1*12 0*50 0*50 P R O C . Z O O L . SOC.-1877, No. LIV. 54 |