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Show 1879.] ORNITHOLOGY O F T H E PHILIPPINES. 69 4. SPILORNIS HOLOSPILUS (16) [Basilan, $ , June.] 5. E L A N U S HYPOLEUCUS (18). [Basilan, $, June.] Not quite mature. 6. N I N O X SPILOCEPHALA. Ninox spilocephala, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 18/8, p. 939. [Basilan, 6* $ , May, June.] 7. SCOPS EVERETTI. Scops everetti, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 942. [Basilan, <$, May.] 8. THRIPONAX JAVENSIS (28). [Basilan, ? , May : iris orange-yellow. £ juv., May : iris white.] 9. YUNGIPICUS VALIDIROSTRIS. Yungipicus validirostris (Blyth),Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. [Basilan, cS, May : iris crimson.] Basilan examples agree with those from Zarnboanga. The description given by Cabanis (Mus. Hein. iv. pt. ii. p. 60), under the above title, of a Philippine member of the genus agrees best with the Luzon bird. 10. E U R Y S T O M U S ORIENTALIS (37). [Basilan, $, May.] 11. PELARGOPSIS GIGANTEA. Pelargopsis gigantea, Walden, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xiii. p. 123. [Basilan, $, May : coloration of soft parts identical with that in P. leucocephalaJ] 12. SAUROPATIS CHLORIS (47). [Basilan, $, May.] 13. CAPRIMULGUS MANILLENSIS (55). [Basilan, c$ $, May and June.] 14. CACOMANTIS MERULINUS (57). [Basilan, <S $, May.] The male is in mature plumage, the female in rufous dress. 15. SURNICULUS VELUTINUS. Surniculus velutinus, Sharpe, Tr. L. S. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 320. [Basilan, sex ?, May : iris dark brown; hill black; feet grey ; soles ochreous.] |