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Show 254 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [Mar. 17, (Steere) ; Zebu, Bohol, and Palawan (Everett) ; Sulu (Guillemard) Borneo (Mus. Lugd.) ; Celebes (Wallace). a. 2 • Sulu Island. Bill yellow, dark at the tip ; tarsus yellow. Length 43 centims.; wing 32*5 centims. Shot December 25th. 9. CIRCUS MELANOLEUCUS, Forster. Circus melanoleucus, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. part ii. p. 143. Hab. "Philippines," Luzon (Gurney); Sulu (Guillemard). a. juv. (5 . Sulu Island. Iris and tarsus bright yellow, beak dark brown. Length 43*6 centims. ; wing 34 centims. Shot December 24th. A Harrier, most probably of this species, appeared to be not uncommon on Sulu Island. In the identification of the present example I have had the kind assistance of Mr. J. H. Gurney. 10. SCOPS RUFESCENS, Horsfield. Scops rufescens, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 102; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 314. Hab. Sulu (Burbidge) ; Borneo (Low, Diard). Mr. Sharpe, loc. cit., says :-" This bird seems to me to differ slightly from Bornean and Malaccan examples in having a much darker face, the ear-coverts shaded with black. I do not, however, propose to found a new species on a single example, and must wait for more specimens. The measurements of the Sulu bird are as follows :-Total length 7 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 4*8, tail 2*6, tarsus 0*85. It will be seen that they are a good deal inferior to those of the type of Scops mantis as giveu by me in the Catalogue." It should be noted that the Sulu habitat of this species cannot be regarded as an absolute certainty. Mr. Sharpe informs me that this specimen was not labelled, and that it reached him together with Mr. Burbidge's North-Bornean birds. There is therefore a possibility of the skins having become mixed. 11. IYNGIPICUS RAMSAYT, Hargitt. (Plate XVII.) Iyngipicus ramsayi, Hargitt, Ibis, 1881, p. 598 ; id. ibid. 1882, p. 49. Hab. Sulu (Guillemard) ; N.E.Borneo? a, b. <$ . Sulu Island. c-e. 2 • Sulu Island. Iris indian-red in the male, less bright and sometimes brown in the female ; bill bluish brown ; feet dark bluish-black. Length 15*4-15*8 centims.; wing 8*5-8*9 centims. Mr. Hargitt, to whom I submitted the present series for examination, identifies them with /. ramsayi, the types of which, now in Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay's collection, are, I believe, the only examples known. They were said to have been obtained in N.E. Borneo ; but the authenticity of the locality does not seem to he absolutely beyond doubt. I did not meet the species during my stay in the North Borneo Co.'s territory, although I obtained I. auritus; and |