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Show 1877-] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 833 65. TURTUR DUSSUMIERI (147). [Butuan, $ , May. Iris reddish ; bill grey-black ; feet dull carmine, b. Surigao, cf . May ; Placer, cf , July.] The dimensions of the female are a trifle less than those of the male. In colour and marking there appears to be but little difference, the nuchal collar being perhaps more developed In the male. 66. PHLOGCENAS CRINIGERA. Pampusanna criniger, Pucheran, Voy. Pole Sud, iii. p. 118 (1853), Atlas, t. 27. f. 2; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 238. Phlogcenas bartletti, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 377. t. xxxiv. [Placer, cf, July. Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull carmine.] The type is stated by Pucheran to have been found in the Sooloo Islands (Soog.). Mr. Sclater, on seeing it at Paris, recognized its identity with his P. bartletti, founded on four living individuals sent to Liverpool and stated to have been brought from an uninhabited island near the Philippines. A full account of these birds, together with delineations of the sternum, is given by Mr. Sclater (/. c). The Sooloo habitat requires confirmation. The bird is a representative form of P. cruenta, but perfectly distinct. The dark claret-coloured patch on the breast replaces the blood-red pectoral plumes of the older known species ; and the feathers of which it is composed are even of a harsher and stiffer texture. 67. CHALCOPHAPS INDICUS (150). [Surigao, cf, June.] 68. CHARADRIUS FULVUS (159). [Butuan, $, May.] A number of black feathers on the under surface. 69. SQUATAROLA HELVETICA (160). [Placer, $ , July. Iris chocolate ; legs light grey.] In winter plumage, although shot in July. 70. ^EGIALITIS DUBIA (162). [Placer, $ , July. Orbital ring orange.] 71. iEGIALITES CANTIANUS. Charadrius cantianus, Lath. Suppl. Ind. Orn. p. lxvi. (1801). [Placer, cf, July. Iris deep brown ; bill glossy black; legs light grey.] Not hitherto recorded from the Philippines. 72. ERYTHRA PHCENICURA (170). [Butuan, cf $, May.] 73. HYPOTANIDIA TORQUATA (177). [Butuan, 5 , May. Iris crimson.] One example ; pectoral baud fully developed. |