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Show 1878.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 281 The exact habitat of one previously recorded Philippine bird been determined by Mr. Everett, Eudromias geoffroyi; and there now remain 38 Philippine birds of which the precise habitat still continues undecided. The number of species known to inhabit the island of Negros previous to the date of Mr. Everett's visit was about 59l; and to this number he has added 24, and raised the total of known Negros species of birds to 83. The remarkable species Dasycrotapha speciosa, a new type of Timeliine genus, and the discovery of a second Philippine species of Collocalia are the most interesting results of Mr. Everett's ornithological researches in Negros. 1. CACATUA H^EMATUROPYGIA (1). [Valencia, S, August.] 2. TANYGNATHUS LUZONENSIS (3). [Valencia, S, $, August.] Of two examples (6*) shot in August, one has the crown and occiput blue, the other green; in both the uropygium is green. 3. LORICULUS REGULUS (6). Loriculus regulus, Souance; Rowley's Ornith. Misc. pt. vii. p. 238, pl. [Dumaguete, tf, $, August: bill orange-red; cere orange; feet lighter orange; claws black. $ (juv.), August: feet dirty ochre-yellow.] The series consists of eight examples, four marked as belonging to males, and four to females. The males are in the adult typical plumage of the species. Two of the females have the occiput faintly golden, and traces of the orange nuchal band. The two other females have the whole head green, and the crimson upper tail-coverts covering only half the length of the rectrices. No blue about the chin, cheeks, and throat. The male, as figured by Keulemans (I. ci), only exhibits a red band across the throat, whereas the lower throat and breast possess a large orange-red plastron. 4. LIMNAETUS PHILIPPENSIS (14). [Valencia, $, August: iris pale brownish grey ; bill black ; lores and cere dull greenish ; feet light dirty yellow ; claws black.] Pure white underneath, the thigh-coverts being very faintly barred 1 Dr. Steere added 21 species to the 38 recorded by me (Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 252) as known from Negros. Dr. Steere collected partly in North Negros, and partly at Dumaguete in the South ; but, from the general term " Negros " being frequently all that is given as the locality by Mr. Sharpe (Tr. L. S. 2nd Series, Zool. vol. i.), it is impossible in many cases to determine the exact part of the island in which Dr. Steere's specimens were obtained. |