8 Mearns — A New Genxi^ nnrJ Eleven New Philijypiiie BirrJs. 

 Muscicapula montigena sp. nov. 



MOUNT APO FIA'CATCHER. K'ri'-kri or Sal-yb-see'-bon (Bagobo). 



Type No. I!)2,236, U. S. National Museum. Adult male, from Mount 

 Apo at 6,000 feet altitude, Mindanao, P. I., July 7, 1904. Collected by 

 Edgar A. Mearns (original number, 13,658). 



It was a surprise to tind on Mount Apo a species of tliis genus ditferent 

 from the one described by W. Blasius from Davao, near the base of the 

 mountain. Mnsciciijnihi mniareusix^ M. luzoniensis, M. nigrumin and 3f. 

 moiitigevd form a related series, moie distinct from 3f. hasilanica {=M. 

 mindi(n.ensis Blasius) than from each other. 



Adn.ll male (two specimens). — General color of upperparts, including 

 lores, eye-ring, and sides of head dark slaty blue; white ej'ebrow-stripe 

 reduced to small supraorbital patches; rump slightly washed with oliva- 

 ceous ; upper tail-coverts reddish burnt umber ; tail feathers burnt umber; 

 wing-coverts like the back; quills grayish brown, edged with reddish 

 brown externally and with fawn color internally ; underparts, except bell}' 

 and sides, ocliraceous, palest on the chin and under tailcoverts; belly 

 whitish ; sides bluish slate ; lining and edge of wing ochraceous-bufF. 

 Length, 128; alar expanse, 208; wing, 65; tail, 51; bill from anterior border 

 of nostril, S.l ; culmen, 10.5; tarsus, IS. 5; middle toe with claw, 15.5. Iris 

 brown ; bill black ; feet and claws light gray. 



Adult female (two specimens).— Similar to the adult male except that 

 the slaty blue of the back and lump are more perceptibly washed with 

 olivaceous, and the lores, eye-ring, and touches on the ear-coverts are 

 ochraceous-buir. Length, 125; alar expanse, 197; wing, 62; tail, 47; bill 

 from anterior bolder of nostril, 7.5; culmen, 10.5; tarsus, 18; middle toe 

 with claw, 16.5. Iris brown ; bill black ; feet and claws grayish fiesh- 

 color. 



Immature female (No. 192,234, U. S. National Museum. Mount Apo at 

 6,000 feet, southern Mindanao, P. I., July 6, 1904).— Similar to adult 

 females, but paler below, with obscure spotting across the chest and on the 

 sides. 



Pardaliparus elegans mindanensis sp. nov. 



MINDANAO TITMOUSE. Kah-loo-ree'-nay (Bagobo). 



TnjM' No. 192,267, U. S. National Museum. Adult male, from Mount 

 Apo at 6,200 feet, Mindanao, P. I., June 25, 1904. Collected by Edgar A. 

 ]\Iearns (original number, 13,580). 



Adult male (three specimens). — Similar to Pardaliparas elegavs elegaas-, 

 but smaller with a relatively smaller bill ; coloration heavier and yellower ; 

 the black of chin and throat extending to the chest; whitish spots of up- 

 per wing-coverts and tail-feathers washed with yellow. Length, 117; alar 

 expanse, 210; wing, 67; tail, 41 ; culmen, 9.5; tarsus, 16; middle toe with 

 claw, 15. 



