86 Mearns Descriptions of Eight New Philippine Birds. 



buff." In C. affinix griseatus the bars are spread over the whole of the lower 

 abdomen, thighs, and lower tail-coverts, and the color is more grayish 

 rufescent than in C. affinis mindanensi*, which appears to be closest to the 

 form of C. affinis inhabiting the Celebes. 



Phyllergates heterolaemus sp. nov. 



MOUNT APO TAILORBIRD-WARBLER. 



Type. No. 192,258, U. S. National Museum, from Mount Apo, at 6,700 

 feet altitude, Mindanao, P. I., June 21, 1904. Sex not deter nined. Col 

 lected by Edgar A. Mearns. (Original number, 13,550.) 



Description of adult (type}. Whole top and sides of head cinnamon-rufous ; 

 chin, throat, and sides of neck cinnamon ; upperparts olive-green, yellower 

 on upper tail-coverts ; upper wing-coverts and wing-quills brownish black, 

 edged with olive-green on outer webs ; tail-feathers drab, edged with olive- 

 green ; breast and belly canary yellow ; thighs and crissum olive-yellow ; 

 axillars and under wing-coverts yellow; quills edged with white on inner 

 webs. Iris brown ; bill with maxilla brown, mandible yellow tipped with 

 red; feet pale yellowish brown. Length, 121 ; alar expanse, 150; wing, 50; 

 tail, 47 ; culmen, 14 ; tarsus, 21 ; middle toe with claw, 13.5. 



This bird was shot in bushes, and was the only one of its kind seen. 



Cephalophoneus suluensis sp. nov. 



SULU LONG-TAILED SHRIKE. 



Type No. 191,895, U. S. National Museum. Adult male, from Bual, Sulu 

 Island, P. I., February 21, 1904. Collected by Edgar A. Mearns. (Original 

 number, 13,355.) 



In si/e and color pattern this species closely resembles Lanius nasutus 

 Scopoli, from which it may be distinguished by the pale color of the 

 scapulars, back, and rump, as well as by the pinkish vinaceous color of the 

 abdomen. 



Adult male (two specimens). Whole top and sides of neck, and hind 

 jieck, black; mantle gray (No. 10, Ridgway), fading to pale cream-buff on 

 back; scapulars pale cream buff, broadly bordered with white; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts pinkish buff; primaries black, with an exposed spot of 

 white formed by white bands crossing the external webs of third to sev 

 enth primaries opposite the end of the bastard wing; secondaries black, 

 tipped and edged externally with white ; tail black, with outer feathers 

 gray at base, tipped with grayish white ; chin, throat, breast, thighs, axil 

 lars, and lining of wings pure white; sides buff; abdomen pinkish vina 

 ceous; under tail-coverts buffy white. Length (of skin), 240; wing, 95 ; 

 tail, 135 ; culmen, 17 ; depth of bill at angle of gonys, 8.7 ; tarsus, 28. 



Hyloterpe apoensis sp. nov. 



MOUNT APO THICK-HEAD. Pbe' a-oi'-toi (Bagobo). 



Type No. 192,247, U. S. National Museum, from Mount Apo at 6,000 feet 

 altitude, Mindanao, P. I., June 20, 1904. Adult male. Collected by Edgar 

 A. Mearns. (Original number, 13,538.) 



