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Show 1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT 'MARCHESA.' 267 Hab. Luzon (Cuming, Meyer, Everett)', Cujo (Meyer); Panay (Murray} ; Negros (Meyer, Steere, Everett); Bohol, Basilan, Zebu, Leyte, and Panaon (Everett) ; Camiquin (Murray) ; Diuagat (Everett) ; Mindanao (Murray, Everett) ; Sulu (Burbidge). Crows, most probably of this species, were common in Sulu Island. 43. CALORNIS PANAYENSIS (Scopoli). Calornis panayensis, Wald. Tr. Z. S. ix. part 2, p. 205 ; Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. n. s. Zool. vol. i. p. 343. Hab. Panay (Steere); Zebu, Luzon, Negros (Meyer); Leyte, Bohol, Mindanao, Basilan, and Palawan (Everett) ; Sulu (Guillemard) ; Siassi (Guillemard). a-d. 6* • Sulu Island. e, f. 2 • Sulu Island. g. juv. 2 • Sulu Island. h. Siassi Island. Iris brilliant orange-scarlet; bill and tarsus black. Length about 20*5 centims., wing 10-2-10'4 centims. Most abundant on Sulu, and other islands of the Archipelago. In April they were apparently breeding in holes in dead trees some distance from the ground. 44. SARCOPS CALVUS (Linnaeus). Sarcops calvus, Walden, Tr. Z. S. vol. ix. part 2, p. 205 ; Sharpe, Tr. Linu. Soc. n. s. Zool. vol. i. p. 344. Sarcops lowii, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. n. s. Zool. vol. i. p. 344. Hab. Luzon (Everett) ; Guimaras and Negros (Meyer); Zebu, Leyte, Dinagat, Mindanao, and Basilan (Everett) ; Sulu (Guillemard) ; 1 Sibutu (Loiv). ah. cS . Sulu Island. i-k. 2 • Sulu Island. I, m. Sulu Island. Iris brown ; bill and feet black ; bare space round the eye tinged with dull red. In some, the primaries and tail-feathers, and sometimes the thighs, are tinged with ferruginous. This colouring seems generally to coexist with a nigrescent mantle, and is probably a sign of immaturity. Mr. Sharpe agrees with me that S. lowii cannot stand as a good species, the present series showing it to be a not fully adult S. calvus. Sibutu Island, whence this species is said to have been procured, lies close to the North Bornean coast, and is separated from Tawi-tawi, the westernmost island of the Sulu Archipelago, by the Sibutu Passage, in which soundings with no bottom at 500 fathoms have been obtained. Oriolus chinensis is also recorded by Mr. Low from the same island, but it is quite possible that the locality of these two species may not have been correctly given by this gentleman's collector. |
