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256 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [Mar. 17, This species has apparently not been recorded from the Philippines. To the south, its eastern limit appears to be Celebes. 15. PELARGOPSIS GIGANTEA, Walden. Pelargopsis gigantea, Wald. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xiii. Feb. 1874 ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 541 ; id. ident. p. 822 ; id. ident. 1878, p. 108; id. ident. pp. 341, 943; id. ident. 1879, p. 69. Hab. Panay, Leyte, Dinagat, Mindanao, Basilan (Everett) ; Lapac (Guillemard) ; Salok Island "near Borneo " (Meyer). a, b. <5 . Lapac Island. Iris dull red ; bill and tarsus scarlet. Length 39 centims. ; wing 15*5 centims.; bill from gape 9*8 and 10*8 centims.; from forehead 7'9-8* 8 centims. These examples differ from Lord Walden's type in having shorter wings and larger bills ; but a larger series will probably show that the present species is hardly separable from the Bornean bird. I am unable to localize Salok, whence the type came. It is apparently not marked either on the Spanish or English charts of the archipelago, neither is there any reference to it in Findlay's ' Directory.' It is to be regretted that more care is not taken in the definition of localities. 16. SAUROPATIS CHLORIS (Bodd.). Halcyon clitoris (Bodd.), Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pi. 89 ; Wald. & Lay. Ibis, 1872, p. 101. Sauropatis chloris, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. partii. p. 155 ; Salvad. Orn. Papuas. e Molucche, vol. i. p. 470. Hab. Luzon, Zebu, Guimaras (Meyer) ; Camiquin and Panay (H.M.S. ' Challenger') ; Leyte, Bohol, Dinagat, Mindanao, and Basilan (Everett); Negros (L. C. Layard) ; Sulu (Guillemard); Cagayan Sulu (Guillemard) ; Celebes (Frase)'); Borneo (Doria fy Beccari). a-c. 6" • Sulu Island. d-f. 2 • Sulu Island. g. Sulu Island. Iris brown ; bill black, proximal end of lower mandible white or pale bluish ; tarsus olive-brown. Length 24-25 centims.; wing 10-11*2 centims. This widely distributed species is very abundant on the coast, but is rarely seen inland. 17. MACROPTERYX COMATUS (Temm.). Cypselus comatus, Temm. PI. Color, pi. 268. Dendrochelidon comata, Salvad. Ucc. di Borneo, p. 123. Macropteryx comatus, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 340 ; Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. part ii. p. 158. Hab. Luzon (Meyer); Zebu, Mindanao (Everett); Negros (Steere) ; Sulu (Guillemard) ; Borneo (Doria, Beccari, Motfley). a, b. 6*. Sulu Island. April and May.