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Show 550 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [June 2, Iris reddish brown ; bill white, black, yellow, and red from base; lower mandible entirely red; tarsus black. Native name Burong bakeke. Length 51*0-53*0 centims. 43. EUDYNAMIS MELANORHYNCHA, S. Miiller. Eudynamis melanorhyncha, Wald. op. cit. p. 53. a-e. Kema. f-h. 8- Menado. i, k. 2 • Menado. (All the above are in transition plumage.) I. 2- Menado. m-p. 3 . Menado. q. 3 • Tomohon. r. 2 Vlx ad- Talisse Island, N. Celebes. (In the final stage of plumage.) This series exhibits admirably the various phases of plumage through which this species passes. In the first staye the whole of the upper surface, wings, and tail are bright chestnut, clearly barred with black; the head streaked longitudinally with that colour. Beneath, the chin and throat are chestnut streaked with black; the rest of the under surface fulvous, barred with black ; edge of wing white; moustache white. Second stage.-Head and nape nearly black, with here and there a chestnut feather; upper surface more dusky black ; bars broader and inclining to coalesce; primaries at tips brownish black. Third stage.-Upper surface much as in the last, but darker; the chin and throat are brownish black. Fourth stage.-Upper surface almost entirely greenish black, but the rufous and black barring still visible in some of the tail-feathers ; under surface losing the barring and becoming dusky ; edge of wing and moustache marked with brown. Fifth stage.-All trace of the chestnut and black barring has disappeared; the tail is entirely greenish black ; breast and abdomen dusky brown, washed with fulvous. Sixth stage.-The greenish black of the upper surface is changing into bluish black ; abdomen still darker; white moustache nearly gone. Seventh stage.-Entirely blue-black; no moustache or white edge to wing ; bill longer. Iris in hepatic stage red or reddish brown; bill bluish black; tarsus slate. In the full plumage the iris is bright red ; bill and feet black. Length 38*2-43*5 centims., wing 18*2-20*0. Native name, in hepatic phase Kuku burl, in mature plumage Kouil. 44. CACOMANTIS SEPULCHRALIS, S. Miiller. Cacomantis sepulchralis, Wald. op. cit. p. 116. a, b. 8 . Menado. c, d. 2 • Menado. Iris " brown ? " ; bill black. In the immature bird the base of the lower mandible is probably yellowish. Tarsus yellow. Native |