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Show 1885.] DURING T H E VOYAGE OF T H E Y A C H T • MARCHESA.' 419 the silky frontal tuft and other characteristics, must be C. pectoralis, does not show any apparent specific differences, though it must be allowed that the present examples have no trace of frontal plumes. On the other hand, several of the Sulu birds are equally devoid of it. 7. HIRUNDO JAVANICA, Sparrm. a. 2 (April 3rd). Flying about in numbers in the vicinity of the crater-lakes in the month of April. 8. MIXORNIS CAGAYANENSIS, sp. nov. (Plate XXV.) M. bornensi similis; sed fronte, superciliis et regione parotica cinereis, et dorso cinerascenti-olivaceo, hand castaneo, distinguendus. a. S • b. Sex. incert. Iris pale yellow ; bill and feet lead-coloured; length about 14'5 centims. ; wing 6*4 centims. ; tail 6*0 centims. ; bill from gape 1*8 centim. ; tarsus 2*0 centims. Above greyish olive ; the forehead greyish, with black shafts to the feathers, the occipital region with a tinge of chestnut; feathers round the eye and in the parotic region ashy ; throat and chin pure white, broadly striped with black; breast pale yellow, also broadly striped, shading off below into the yellowish olive-grey of the crissum and under tail-coverts ; thighs with a slight reddish tint; under wing-coverts white; wings chestnut; tail brown, with traces of dark barring. This species, which was common in low bushes in the more open situations in the island, is at once distinguishable from M. bornensis by the upper surface being of an ashy olive-brown instead of chestnut. It has a loud note of alarm, is very restless in its movements, and apparently rarely flies far off the ground. 9. ORTHOTOMUS CINERACEUS, Blyth. a. 6*. Iris brown; bill and legs flesh-coloured. Is identical with O. borneoensis of Salvadori, which Mr. Sharpe (Cat. B. vol. vii. p. 226) considers to be the adult male of the present species. 10. ANTHOTHREPTES MALACCENSIS, Scopoli. a, b. 6". c. Juv. S • Iris brown, with no ruddy tinge. The under surface is intermediate between the bright yellow aud chlorogaster varieties. Size somewhat large, the wing measuring 6*9-7*0 centims.; tail about 5*5 centims. 11. CALORNIS PANAYENSIS, Scopoli. a-d. S • e,f 2- Iris brilliant red-orange; bill and tarsus black. Length 22*0- |
