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182 VI. SPECIAL NOTES ON PLANTS S. parvifolia Dyer. — tree -35 m, with low buttresses; bark with elongate lenticelfissures, not flaky; inner bark pinkish brown, dull blood-red just below the dead outer bark, blaze with bacony streaks. S. pauciflora King. — tree -20 m, not buttressed (? immature); bark rufous greyish, flaky with thin rectangular pieces, somewhat fissured, not rugose; inner bark thick, soft, deep brown-pink, blood-red just below the dead outer bark. S. platycarpa Heim. — tree -35 m, buttressed; bark grey-brown, fissured; inner bark pinkish to purplish brown, reddish near the outside, blaze with bacony streaks. S. resina-nigra Foxw. — tree -55m, 35m, to the first branch, buttresses 3-4 m high; bark greyish fawn, rather flaky and fissured, not rugose; inner bark pallid yellowish; damar blackening on exposure — Plate 8. S. singkawang (Miq.) Burck. — tree -45 m, fluted at the base or with buttresses -2 m high; bark rufous grey to fuscous grey, rugose-fissured, not or slightly flaky; inner bark pinkish white or pallid buff-white. When growing by the Sedili Besar this tree recalled neram (Dipterocarpus oblongifolius) with flattened and twisted trunk leaning over the river and the branches laden with epiphytes. I think that it was confused by Malays with S. lepidota. S. sumatrana (V.S1.) Symington. — I used to recognise this tree from a characteristic small toadstool that grew on the fallen leaves. Vatica wallichii Dyer. — tree -23m, often short and crooked, without buttresses or stilt-roots; bark fuscous brown to pale grey, often white from a distance, smooth, with leaf-scars; inner bark yellowish, dark fuscous below the outer dead bark (flaking off on cutting), slightly resinous-aromatic (distinctly so in 28982); wood yellowish white; both flowering and fruiting specimens found in March 1932. Ebenaceae Diospyros L. — A dozen or more species of Diospyros occur in the swamp-forest, as trees up to 20 m, treelets and, almost, shrubs. The smaller are generally known as segun. The botanist recognises them from the dark grey or black bark which, in the blaze, gives a brittle and coal-like outer layer; the inner bark varies in colour and these differences seem to be important. Thus, I drew up the following key : — Inner bark pink to deep red; D. apiculata, D. argentea, D. maingayi, Diospyros sp. (6.8.39), D. sp. (1.7.39), (also D. dictyoneura and D. helferi, not in the Sedili region). Inner bark white to yellowish or pale ochre. Inner bark quickly turning deeper yellow on exposure; D. lanceifolia, D. siamang, Diospyros sp. (7.10.34). Inner bark not deepening on exposure; D. concertiflora, D. nutans, D. wallichii. Buttresses are seldom and but slightly developed as in D. maingayi. Stilt-roots occur in D. lanceifolia and D. siamang which also has loop-roots as pneumatophores, but it does not appear to have been found in the Sedili region. D. apiculata Hiern: — SFN 29359; tree -10 m; trunk 5 cm thick, no stilt-roots; bark dull black, shortly and shallowly longitudinally creviced, subtuberculate, with faint leaf-scars; inner bark pinkish brown beneath the coal-black dead bark; wood pinkish white; corolla white.
147 243 This beautiful species is doubtless often confused with Ch. marica L, which it somewhat resembles, and it is probably more widely distributed than is at present known. The specimens from the Gulf of Siani vary greatly both in outline and in colour, most of them are not as high as is shown in Smith's figure (but the measurements given in the text agree fairly well with those of my specimens), and resemble more closely Reeve's figure (loc. cit), which I think ought to be referred to the present species. The coloration varies exceedingly, there are scarcely two specimens which are alike in regard to painting; pale-red, white, and yellow individuals occur, with brown or red zigzag-lines, spots and rays, and many other paintings. In the interior of the valves the colour varies from entirely white to dark lilac. As the lamella; upon the posterior end are often only' slightly conspicuous, I think that Adams's and Reeve's species Venus costellifera is nothing but an individual of Ch. recognita, Sm, with worn or only slightly developed lamellae; the other distinguishing characters given for V. costellifera are also not very good. H. A. PILSBRY, under the name oi Ch. hizenensis, has described a very closely allied form from Japan. Chione (Omphaloclathrum) subnodulosa, Hani. (PI. V, Fig. 5). Venus subnodulosa, Hanley, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, XII, 1844, p. 160. — — — Catalogue of rec. biv. shells, p. 360, pi. 16, fig. 19. Chione — — Deshayes, Catalogue of the Conchifera in Brit. Mus, 1, 185, p. 145. Venus — — Reeve, Conchol. icon, XIV, Venus, Sp. loi. Off Koh Kam, 10 fathoms, gravel (a). Between Koh Mesan and Cape Liant, 59 fathoms (8). Gulf of Rayong, 7 — 10 fathoms, sand, mud (13). S. of Koh Samit, 20 fathoms, mud (21). Off Tung Kaben, 6 fathoms, mud mixed with sand (2). S. of Koh Mak, 56 fathoms (a). N. of Koh Kahdat, 45 fathoms, coarse sand (8). Koh Kahdat, 15 fathoms, sand (5). Between Koh Kut and Koh Kahdat, (> — 10 fathoms, shells, and clay mixed with sand (25). W. of Koh Kut, 15 fathoms, mud (4j. W. of Koh Kut, 30 fathoms, sand, mud (V2). Long. 319 mm. Long. 19 mm, alt. 13 mm, crass. 10 mm. Distribution: Singapore (23 fathoms, coral-reef (-a), Danish Exp. to Siam), Philippines (Hanley), Thursday Island (v. Martens), Torres Strait (Melvill & Standen), Mast Head Reef, Queensland (Hedley). This species varies rather considerably, e. g. with regard to the distances between the concentric lamellae. The coloration is also, as in Ch. recognita, Sm, very variable; usually the primary colour is light or yellowish, with brown rays or stripes; in the Gulf of Siam, however, entirely white specimens, with dark brown lunules, were taken. The interior of the valves is either quite white or ornamented with dark spots and rays. Proceed. Acad. Nat. Hist. Philadelphia, vol. 56, 1904, p. 553, pi. 41, figs. 12. 31
CETTSTACEA. 219 without definite locality, from the collection of the late Dr. Bleeker, and already referred to in my report on that collection, 53. Pilumnus vespertilio (Fabr). Five specimens were collected on the beach at Port Molle (Ios. 95, 103) (first collection). Prom the second collection are retained a female from Thursday-island beach (No. 167), a male from a coral-reef at Clairmont (No. 151), a female from West Island, Prince of Wales Channel (No. 149), and a small female from Dundas Straits, N.W. Australia, Item. (No. 161). In nearly all the hairs with which the carapace is clothed are of a cinereous colour. Hess mentions its occurrence at Sydney. It is said by Mr. Hasweu to be common in Australia on coral-reefs. A very large series of specimens of this widely distributed species is in the Museum collection, from the following localities — Mauritius (Old Collection) ; Seychelles (Dr. E. P. Writjlit) ; Java coll. Dr. Bleeker) ; Timor Laut H. 0. Forbes) ; N.W. coast of Australia, Nicol Bay Mr. du Boidae) ; Madjica-sima group H.M. isamarang' types of P. ursulus) ; Philippine Islands, Siquijor (Cumin f); Cumberland Island, Sir C. Hardy's Island (J. B. Jukes); New Zealand (Dr. A. Sinclair, R.N) ; Piji Islands, Vanua Levu, Bau (H.M.S. Herald ') ; Samoa Islands, Upolu, c. (Rev. S. J. Whitmee) ; New Hebrides (J. Macgillivray) ; besides others without definite or well-authenticated localities. I have in my report on the late Dr. Bleeker's collection of Malaysian Crustacea given the principal references to the synonymy of this species. 54. Pilumnus pulcher. (Plate XXII. fig. A) In this species the carapace is regularly convex and somewhat orbiculate, the antero-lateral margins being as long as the posterolateral and regularly arcuate ; the upper surface of the body and legs is rather thinly clothed with very long fulvous hairs, beneath which the carapace is granulated ; the median frontal lobes are very prominent, deflexed, and divided by a very narrow (or closed) median fissure ; the orbital margins are denticulated ; between each of the four principal spines of the antero-lateral margins are three or four scarcely smaller spinules. The pterygostomian regions are smooth ; the sternum coarsely punctured. All the segments of the postabdomen distinct in both sexes. The basal antennal joints are robust and reach to the subfrontal processes ; the merus-joints of the outer maxillipedes small and smooth. The chelipedes are moderately robust, and in the specimens examined nearly of equal size ; arm short, trigonous, smooth, with a strong spine near the distal end of its upper margin ; wrist granulated externally, with only a small spinule near the distal end of its inner margin ; palm with three spines on its upper margin (see fig. a), its outer surface strongly tuberculated, the tubercles arranged in longitudinal series,
t9S» 2ud Ser. ZOOLOGY] VOL. II, PART I. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. CON T V. N T S. I. On the Germs Actinometra, Mill, with, a Morphological Account of a new Species (A) polymorpha from the Philippine Islands, — Part I. By P. Herbert Carpenter, M.A, Assistant Master at Eton College. Communicated his W. B. CA.RPBXTER, C.BM.I, LL.D, F.B.SF.L.S) (Plates 1-8) Piigos 1-122 LONDON: PRINTED BY TAYI-OH AND FRANCIS. KKI) LION COURT, FLEET STREET: SOLD AT THE SOCIETY APARTMENTS, BURLINGTON-HOUSE ; AN1> BY LONGMANS, GREEN, READER, AND DVER, PATERNOSTER-ROW. December 1879.
64 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU i FISHERIES. of maxillary, their length 2 in head, their tips reaching first anal spine; pectoral 11 in head, tin' tip reaching origin of anal; caudal deeply forked, its length 11 in head. Color in spirits, yellowish white, a tint of blue above; tip of snout and tip of under jaw dusky; no distinct opercular spot, hut posterior margin of opercles with some slight shading of dusky dorsal slightly tinted with dusky, most distinct on margin of soft dorsal: scarcely a trace of dusky on tip of caudal: pectorals, ventral-, and anal unmarked. This species is year< '. hoops, of which we have many specimens. It may he at once separated, however, by the more anterior location of the anal spine-, the less projecting under jaw. greater length of head, and greater width of the interorbital space. Fig. i— Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, Dew species. Type. One specimen (no. 3324, type, no. 5591 31. S. National Museum: 91 in. long), from San Fabian; collector. Mr. C. L. Hall. We take pleasure in naming this species for Dr. Paul C. Freer, who, a-director of the Philippine Bureau of Science, is doing so much to advance our knowledge of the natural resources of the Philippine Islands. 63. Caranx cynodon Bleeker. One tine specimen from Bacon () (no. 4165: length 13 in). Head 34 in length; depth 29: eye 385 in head; snout 375; pectoral long and falcate, 275 in length; maxillary 2 in head, its distal end on line with posterior margin of eye. Caranx cynodon Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind. i. 4ti2, 1850, Batavia; Giinther, Cat, n, 447. 64. Caranx affinis Ruppell. Two specimens from Bulan (no. 39S1 and 3s: 17: length 5 and t> in). Differing from Hawaiian specimens apparently only in the somewhat larger black opercular spot. Caranx affinis, Ruppell, Neue il. Fishes, 49, pi. 14. fig. 1. 65. Caranx speciosus (Forskal). One specimen from Bulan (no. 3638; length 65 in). Scomber speciosus Forskal. Descr. Anim. 54. 1775, Red Sea. Caranx spt CIOSUS, Giinther, Cat. II. 444. 66. Caranx ophthalmotsenia (Bleeker). Four specimens from Bulan (no. 3907 to 3910: length 3 to 45 in). Dorsal v, 27; anal n— i, 23; depth 2: head 305; anterior dorsal and anal rays elongate; a brown band from base of mandible upward and backward thru eye to nuchal region: ventrals dusky. Carangoidt s ophthalmotnia Bleeker. Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind, ill, 270, 1852, Amboyna; Giinther, Cat, II, 451.
FI8HE8 OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 65 67. Caranx sexfasciatus CUJO Gaimard. Nine specimens from San Fabian (no 1325 to 1333 length 35 to 4 in) Head 31 in length de eye 3 in head; snout 12; pectoral 33; maxillary 21, its distal end scarce) reaching posterior margin of eyi tip of dorsal black. Carangus rhabdotus Jenkins, from Honolulu, close resembles this species, lui differs from it in the hea ier bodj smaller eye, and the broader cross-bands. Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, Voy, n . 358, pi. 6fi fla I L824, Papous Islands. 68. Caranx armatus (Forskal). Buensang-lapse; Amaaligan. Sixteen specimens from San Fabian (no. 3498, 3446, 1940, anil 1941; length 32 to 6 in). X. 1032 length 3 in. -Ik--, fr Bulan, is also placi il with i Inspect s, although it i-slightly deeper and seems to differ in a slight degree. armata Forskal, Der iani 53, 177a Red Sea. in armatus, Giinther Cat u 15 69. Caranx kalla Cn ier li Valenciennes. One specimen from Bulan (no. 3767; length 3 In I, Lateral line becoming straight under about the sixth dorsal ray, which readily distinguishes tins species from C. djeddaba, to which it is closely related. kalla Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat Poiss, ix, 37 19 1831, Pondicherry; l> Fishes] lii 119, pi. xii. fig. 5. ( aran i i her, Cat, n, 133 70. Caranx djeddaba (Forskal). (nr small specimen from "Philippines" (no. 37s2: length 35 in). Head 325 in length; depth 275; eye 32 in head; snout I: manilla 3; mandible 21; interorbital . 7: dorsal v. 25; anal i. ': scutes it. 37 in curved portion: lateral line becoming si right under tini i t — t dorsal raj laba Forskal, Itescr. Aidin. 177a. Red Sea. Carana djeddaba, Gtinther Cat, ti 432; Day, Fishes India, 218, pi. xux. fig. 3. 71. Caranx brevis (Bleeker). Three sp. simi ns fr Philippines'' (no. 3888; length 3 to 32 in. Head 35 in length; depth 2 I eye 3 in head; dorsal vin, 25; anal n — i, 19; lateral line 34+46. Teeth in jaws, vomer an. I palatines; no canines; curved portion of lateral line 195 in straight, th. straight under anterior dorsal rays; a distinct opercular spot; breast scaled. ker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. nd i. 1850, 361, Batavia. Giinther, Cat, n 72. Megalaspis cordyla linna nsi Ba Three line specimens from Bulan in. H55 to 4157; length II to loo in) and 3 from Jolo In. 4111 t. 1113: length 85 to 9 in Scomber cordyla Lim 298, 1758, America. i rottleri Bloch, ichth, , . 346, I7i7. i i m. 424. rotth ri, Bleeker, Makreelachtige tusschen, 49, Verh. Bat. Gen, xxiv (Batavia 73. Citula halli Evermann & Scale, new species. Pampanon. Head 3 in length; depth L5; eve 32 in head: dorsal iv— i, 10; anal n, 38; 76 scales in lateral line, I which are in straight portion, and scarcely ar d; snout 35; maxillary 3, its distal end on line with anterior margin of eye. Body elevated, compressed anterior profile rounded; caudal peduncle narrow, 55in head ; body including breast, covered with deciduous scales, which are of small si. thorax; lateral line almost straight, the curve being very long and low, the greatest depth of curve 7 in its length, the straight portion ! line 2> in curved part I. I! I I
FISHES OF THE rilllliiink ISLANDS. l( i ; viii iiiii)i. 75. Leiognathus virgatus Fowler Two specimens from Bulan (no 3916; length 25 and 275 in). rgatui Fowler, journ < Nat. Scl. Phila, 2d ser, u 1904 iii 10), 515, pi. tv, fig. 1, Pedang. Sumatra. 76. Leiognathus dussumieri (Cuvier & Valenciennes) Malaway Two specimens From San Fabian (no. 32 Id and 3212; lciitli li and 62 in). Hi ad A2 iii length; depth 19; eye 31 in head; snout -M spine-shaped presl on nuchal region not reaching halfway to base of first dorsal spine. ri Cuvter 4 Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss, x56 (77), pi. 283, is. Coromandel: Gunthi r, I at, n, 500 77. Leiognathus splendens i Cuvier i Masangui Two specimens from San Fabian (no. 3955 and 3959; length 25 and 375 in), one from " Philippines" mi local label, No. 3765; length 275 in), and i from I 'a. on (no 1030; length 25 to 275 In Breast scaled; supraorbital serrate; lateral line not so strongly arched as in . edentulus, the anterior part slightly concave ; tip of dorsal Mark. Equal splcndctu Cu II, 212, 1829, Indies; Giinther, Cat, n501. 78. Leiognathus stercorarius Evermann & Seale, new species. Head 37 in length; depth 3; eye 3 in head; snout 3; interorbital 3; dorsal v, 17: anal in. 1 I scales 57 Body oblong, moderately c pressed, the upper and lower profiles almost evenly curved; jaws equal; depth of caudal peduncle I 9 in head; entire body covered with thin deciduous scales; cheek and breast scaled; lateral lini plete, with a long low curve from caudal peduncle to head; mouth verj protractile; room for the processes of the maxillary extending to a line with posterior margin of eye, the l-i part i of the bonj spine-shaped presl extending back from the groove 26 in head; upper jaw heavy; minute teeth X. Sifipvsasffiwi. l i v specie type. in jaws, none on vomer, palatines oi tongue; no canines; i were gillrakers on lowi r limb, i In-longest about 2 in pupil: maxillary ending on a line with anterior margin of eye, scarcely one-half exposed; mandible '' in at angle of 30; width of preorbital L85 in snout ; lower limb of prop- rele denticulate on it-in: i; opercle entire ; eye with slight adipose eyelid. ( ri r in of dorsal -limit l posterior to origin oi ventrals, longest dorsal spine 175 in head, about "111-1111 If depth of I. . other specimen a cotype 'Inspine measures 14 in head and is greater than one-half 1. 1 al 1 of 1 1 nl 1, the (ir-i dorsal spine minute, the second longest, the dorsal continuous, none of the spines or
PISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE islands. 71 Our specimens agree perfectly with Bleeker's figure of tln~ species, lui differ from Giinther's description in the shorter second anal spine. They seem to differ from Hyena (Ruppell) in the lower curve of the dorsal oul line and the absence of dark lateral lines along the rows of scales rr. < Bleek r, Nat. Tijds. Ned. nd11, 851, is. Batavia. ojxw Bleeker, Atlas, Yin, 127, pi ccclxi, fig 3 (East nel r, r r, i tape giinther, Cat, i Family 1 ENID E. 87. Emmelichthys leucogrammicus Bleeker Nine specimens from Bulan (no. 3971; length 25 to 32 in), and one from Bacon (no 3758 length 185 in These agree well with Bleeker's figure chlhyt i, ucogrammii u Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind1, 103, 1850, Celebes; Atlas, vii, pi. ccxciv, fi| Erythricht hys leueogramm ew, Gunther, Cat, I, ' pi erygonotus leucogrammicus Bleeker, ah. is. vii, 12 Family SCORPIDIDC. 88. Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus One specimen from Bulan (no. 3594; length 375 in. Head » in length; depth 12; eye 26 in head: snout 52. Color in spirits dusky silvery, a black band from nape through eye to lower edge of gill-opening and another across body ami base of pectoral just posterior to gill-opening to origin of dorsal and anal and then extending on those fins in tips "l produced rays. Linnaeus, A n lead. IV, 249 Gilnther, Cat, It, -is: Family APOGOMCHTHV1I). 89. Amia fraenata (Valencienne One specimen from Bacon (no. 3766: length o7> in). (Not Frenatus of Gunther) Ilad 25 in length: depth 318; snout 4: eve very large, longer than snout. l in head: side with a well-defined black band about width of pupil, extending through eye and across tip of snout, where it is most distinct a distinct black spot on caudal peduncle at base of caudal lin: a black bar on base of anal: am dorsal spines Mack. From Am in snyderi this species seems to differ in the larger eye. more slender body, and better defined black caudal spot and lateral band. The two may, however, lie identical. Apogon fra nat t Valei Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat, 57, pi. 4, fig. 4. 1832. 90. Arnia koilomatodon (Bleeker Two fine specimens from Bacon (no. 3509 and 3511; length 175 and 52 in. These agree in every respect with specimens from Samoa. koilomatodon Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind, iv, l4, 1853, Ternate. koilomatodon Bleeker, Atlas, vi. pi. 1 1 vu, fig. 1; Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bu. Fish. XXV, 1905 (1906), 240, fl. 34. 91. Arnia quadrifasciata (Cuvier & Valenciennes Bakuiut. Twenty-nine specimens from Jolo (no. 3555 to 3583; length 25 to 35 in. all showing the indistinct vertical bands, in addition to the 2 distinct longitudinal stripes, no caudal spi the lower longitudinal stripe extending to tip of caudal. Apogon quadrifaria watut Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss, u, 113 (153), 1828, Pondicherry; Gunther, tat, i, 239; Day, Fishes India 59 ; Bleeker Atlas, vi, 88, pi. cccxxxv, fig. 1.
y-KJ-CJ uii m " wi abulia YALE PEABODY MUSEUM OF Natural History FEG2 59ca Number 51 June 2T. 11))1 New Haven, Conn. THE CRESTED LIZARD HAWK (AVICEDA JERDONI ) IX THE RHHJPPINES Kenneth C. Parkes Carxecii: MRSEIM, Pirtsbirdii, Pennsylvania The genus Avicula contains about five species of small hawks distributed through the Old World tropics. Two forms of this genus have been described from the Philippines: Hyptiopus magnrrostns Kaup, 18-tn, and Baza Jcncopias Sharpe, 1888. The latter was based on a single specimen from the island of Palawan. The application of these two names to the Crested Lizard Hawks of the Philippines has varied. Modern authors agree that the Philippine birds belong to the Indo-malaysian species Aviceda jerdoni. Peters (1931: 196) used the name A. j. magnirostris for the populations of Luzon and Mindanao, and attributed those of the islands of Romblon, Samar, and Palawan to a subspecies to which he attached Sharpe's name leucopias. He was followed in this treatment by Hachisuka (1934: 34-35) and Swann and Wetmore (1936: 294-295) ; the former author adopted the emendation to "leiicopais'' published by Whitehead (1890: 43) at Sharpe's request. The most recent manual on Philippine birds (Delacour and Mayr, 1946: 40) abandons the concept of two subspecies, using the name magnirostris for the birds of all five islands (Palawan, Iaizou, Romblon, Samar, and Mindanao) from which Aviceda has supposedly been recorded. The description
2 Post ill a Yale Peabody Museum No. 51 of the "miniature" A. j. magnirostris given by Delacour and Mayr, however, is based on the unique type of leticopias, which was described as a "young female" b' Sharpe. I have examined the type of hlicopias, now in the American Museum of Natural History (Rothschild Collection), which remains to this writing the only specimen of Aviceda known from Palawan. It is my belief that this bird (figured in color by Whitehead, 1890: pi. 2) is albinistic, and that there is no definite evidence that the Icucopias coloration represents a normal "immature" plumage of magnirostris as described by Delacour and Mayr. Truly "immature" specimens of Aviceda of any species are rare in collections, and examination of the entire series of this genus in the American Museum suggests that this is because such plumages are held very briefly, unlike the situation in many other Accipitridae. Two juvenile specimens of A. jerdoni ceylonensis in the American Museum are similar to definitively plumaged adults, but have the feathers of back, crown, wing coverts, etc, edged With white, and the upper breast streaked longitudinally. It seems very unlikely that A. j. magnirostris, of which the adults rather closely resemble other subspecies, would have a juvenal plumage as radically different as that represented by leucopias. As mentioned above, other Aviceda hold the juvenal plumage only briefly the type of leucopias is, in part, badly worn and bleached to an extent that juvenile Aviceda would not normally have time to attain before molting. It thus seems probable that the tye of leucopias represents a "dilute" or albinistic adult female. The fate of the name depends on whether a case can be made for two subspecies of Aviceda jerdoni in the Philippines, The presence of the small island of Romblon in the list of Philippine localities from which Aviceda has been taken rests on the record of Bourns and Worcester (1894: 33), who reported Baza leucopais Sharpe" from Romblon and Samar. These authors had not seen the unique type of leticopias, and identified their specimens from descriptions only. Their single Romblon specimen is now in the collection of Carnegie Museum (no. 137904). It is not an Aviceda at all, but an immature female Spilornis cheela, collected September T, 1892, just seven days before Bourns and Worcester collected an adult female