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Show 1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT 'MARCHESA.' 257 Iris brown; bill and tarsus black. Length 15*2-15*4 centims.; wing 12*9 centims.; thus approximating in measurement to Bornean examples. The Philippine group appears to be the extreme eastern limit of this species. 18. CENTROCOCCYX VIRIDIS (Scop.). Cuculus viridis, Scop. Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 89, no. 47 ; Wald. Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 58. Centrococcyx viridis, Wald. Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. part ii. p. 163. Hab. Luzon, Negros, Guimaras, Panay, Leyte, Bohol, Mindanao, and Zebu (Meyer) ; Sulu (Guillemard). a. 2 • Siassi Island. Iris brownish red ; bill dark slate; tarsus black. Length 39*4 centims.; wing 16*3 centims. This bird is abundant in the open grassy lands throughout the island of Sulu, together with another species of Cuckoo which I was unable to obtain. When flushed it occasionally perches on low bushes. 19. LANIUS CEPHALOMELAS, Bp. Lanius cephalomelas, Bp. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 436; Birds, vol. viii. p. 429. Lanius nasutus, Wald. Tr. Z. S. ix. part ii. p. 162. Hab. Leyte (Everett) ; Zebu (Meyer) ; Panay (Sonnerat) ; Sulu (Guillemard) ; N. Borneo (Mus. Brit.). a-c. 6* • Sulu Island. d. 2 • Sulu Island. Iris brown ; bill and tarsus brownish black. Length 23*5-24*1 centims. ; wing 9*2-9*4 centims. This species seems to be the representative of L. bentet in N.E. Borneo, Sulu, and the Philippines. It is characterized by the sharp line of demarcation between the black of the head and the grey of the scapular region. Above, the upper tail-coverts only are ferruginoue. Scapulars dull grey, shading into white below. Under surface creamy white; abdomen and flanks ferruginous. Feathers of tail tipped with white, which becomes more or less eroded with age, the base dirty white or fawn colour, excepting in the two middle pairs, which are of a uniform brownish black. This Shrike was common on Sulu Island, specially affecting small bare isolated trees in the open grassy country. 20. ARTAMUS LEUCORHYNCHUS (Horsf.). Leptopteryx leucorhynchos, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 144 (1821); Wald. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 556. Artamus leucorhynchus, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 285 ; Cass. Un. S. Expl. Exp. p. 440 ; Salvad. Ucc. di Borneo p. 140. Hab. Luzon (Finsch, Meyer); Guimaras (Meyer); Negros (Meyer, Everett) ; Bohol, Zebu, Basilan, and Leyte (Everett) ; Mindanao (Steere, Everett) ; Sulu (Burbidge, Guillemard) ; Borneo (Beccari); Celebes (Wallace). |
