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Show 1878.] ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 945 brown ; feet pale ochreous yellow ; nails grey. Interior of gape, 3 2» lemon-yellow.] Two examples of the adult male and one of an adult female are sent by Mr. Everett. The white nuchal band of the female is not so conspicuous as in the type, nor are the white markings of the throat-band and pectoral plumes. The general hue of the male-plumage agrees with that of the female; but in the males the elongated scapulars have the outer webs pure white, with a black subterminal spot on the inner web. Four examples of this species are now known, two of males and two of females ; and all four are in the rufous phase. Mr. Everett, in his remarks about one of the males is very explicit; he writes : - " I have one Batrachostomus, a good skin ; it is in rufous plumage, and is c? . I took especial care in the sexing; and luckily the parts had not been touched by shot. Judging from the size of the testes, I think the bird is rather immature." 32. CACOMANTIS SEPULCHRALIS ? Cuculus sepulchralis, S. Miiller, Land- en Volkenk. p. 177- [Zamboanga, 3 2 » April.] Mr. Everett obtained five examples of a Plaintive Cuckoo, two of which are in adult plumage, and so closely resemble the Javan C. sepulchralis, that I do not venture to separate them. The dimensions of the wings and tail are slightly less, while the chin and throat are of the same rufous as the breast, and not grey. S. Miiller described (I. ci) the chin of the Javan and Sumatran type as being grey ; and so it is in m y Javan specimens ; but it is not certain that. in Javan birds this grey does not change into rufous. An example obtained by Mr. Everett at San Mateo, Luzon (C. merulinus, a, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 691. n. 19), belongs, without doubt, to C. sepulchralis, and has the chin and upper throat grey, the others being examples of true C. merulinus. This last species can hardly be kept separate from the grey-breasted species of Continental Asia, C. threnodes, &c. 33. SURNICULUS VELUTINUS. Surniculus velutinus, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 320. [Zamboanga, $, April.] 34. CHALCOCOCCYX MALAYANUS. Cuculus malayanus, Raffles, Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 286, " Malay Peninsula " (March 1821). 1 Cuculus basalis, Horsfield, Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 179, "Java" (April 1820). [Zamboanga. a. 3 , April: iris burnt-sienna colour ; orbital ring fine vermilion ; bill blackish ; feet very dark lead-grey. b. April: iris light yellowish brown; bill black; legs lead-grey; nails black.] Mr. Everett sends three Golden Cuckoos, which, although somewhat smaller than typical examples, differ in no other respect. |