86 Mearns — Descriptions of Eight Ncin Philippine Birds. 



buff." In C. affi,7iif( f/riscatii.^ tlie bars are spread over tbe wliole of tlie lower 

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

 rufescent than in C. affivis mludanensift, which appears to be closest to the 

 form of ('. affinis inhabiting the Celebes. 



Phyllergates heterolgemus sp. nov. 



MOUNT APO TAILORBIRD-WARBLER. 



Type.—N'o. 192,258, U. S. National Museum, from Mount Apo, at (i,700 

 feet altitude, Mindanao, P. I., June 21, 1904. Sex not determined. Col- 

 lected by Edgar A. Mearns. (Oiiginal number, lr],550.) 



Description qfadall {ti/ix'). — Whole toj) 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, lo.5. 



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



Cephalophoneus suluensis sp. nov. 



SULU LONG-TAILED SHRIKE. 



Ti/pr No. 191,895, U. 8. National .Museum. Adult male, from Bual, Sulu 

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

 number, 13,855.) 



In size and color pattern this species closely resembles LimiuK nasuius 

 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 

 al)domen. 



jb/((// (y^r//^' (two specimens). — Whole top and sides of neck, and hind 

 neck, black; mantle gray (No. 10, Ridgway), fading to pale cream-butf 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 l)y white bands crossing the external webs of third to sev- 

 enth primaries opposite the end of the bastai'd wing; secondaries black, 

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

 gray at base, tipped with grayish white ; chin, throat, bi-east, thighs, axil- 

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

 ceous; under tail-coverts buffy wliite. 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 (Bugoho). 

 Tape 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.) 



