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Show 1877.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 831 coverts, and scapulars maroon. Chin and throat grey. A streak commencing at base of mandible and running down each side of the neck metallic green, with a tinge of violet in certain lights. Breast, flanks, abdomen, and under tail-covevts greenish yellow. Axillary tufts pure bright yellow. Under wing-coverts pale yellow-white. Rectrices black, tinged with metallic green, changing to violet-blue in certain lights. Primaries dark brown, with narrow albescent margins ; secondaries dark brown, edged with maroon. 2 • Feathers of the top of head, cheeks, ear-coverts, the nape, upper back, and minor wing-coverts brown, each conspicuously margined with grey, the margins of the interscapulars and nuchal feathers being faintly tinged with green. Lower back, uropygium, and upper tail-coverts (some of the latter tinged with maroon) greyish green. Chin and throat greyish white. Upper breast grey. Lower abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts pale greenish yellow. Quills dark brown ; primaries narrowly edged with albescent rufous, the secondaries broadly with dingy maroon. Major coverts and scapulars the same dingy maroon. Rectrices dark brown, margined with dingy maroon, and a minute albescent terminal fringe. Wing-lining as in male. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. cf. 2*62 1*75 0*68 0*62 2- 2*25 1*50 0*68 0*62 Both Mr. Sharpe and Captain Shelley are of opinion that this species differs specifically from A. chlorogaster, Sharpe. From A. malaccensis the male is chiefly distinguished by having the head and back pure green, contrasting strongly with the purple-blue of the uropygium and upper-tail-coverts, and by its pure gieyand not pale rufous throat. The dress of the adult female in A. malaccensis is not as yet accurately known ; but, presuming that in that species the adult female has a grey throat, these Surigao females only differ in having the crown of the head greyer and less green. 55. CORVUS PHILIPPINUS (125). [Suriago, cf 2, May.] The dimensions of the females are less than those of the male, and the bill is weaker. Wing Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. Extreme altitude. d. 12*25 9*50 2*12 2*25 100 2. 11*37 8*50 1*87 2*07 0*87 This discrepancy of size is to be found in Zebu examples also. 56. CALORNIS PANAYENSIS (128). [Surigao, cf 2 , May ; Placer, cf, July.] Sexes alike. 57. SARCOPS CALVUS (129). [Butuan, 2 > M a v « b- Surigao, cf 2 ', May.] Sexes alike. 54* |