220 TIMELIID^. 



h'. Chin black, like the throat 



c" . Head grey cinereiceps S , p. 222. 



d". Head black niffriceps (^ , p. 222. 



c'. Chin cinnamon, like the sides of the face. 

 c". Baclv gi'ey, as also the throat and sides of 



the body ; middle of abdomen white . . cineracetts, p. 225. 

 f". Back greenish ; throat gvey ; sides of 

 body greenish ; centre of breast and ab- 

 domen yellowish sepmm, p. 227. 



b. Wings entirely rufous ; head like back, vina- 

 ceous grey or ashj', washed sometimes with 

 iTifous enjthropterus, p. 228, 



1. Orthotomus frontalis. 



Orthotomus frontalis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 112, pi. ii. fig. 1 ; id. 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. new series, Zool. i. p. 336 (1877) ; Tweedd. 

 P. Z. S. 1877, p. 828, 1878, pp. Ill, 710, 950. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above olive-green, 

 the wing-coverts coloured like the back : quills dark brown, ex- 

 ternally edged with the same green as the back, the innermost 

 secondaries exactly like the latter ; tail olive-brown, with dusky 

 undulations in certain lights, the feathers edged with bright olive- 

 yellow and tipped with whity brown, before which is an in- 

 distinct subterminal shade of darker brown : forehead and a narrow 

 superciliary line bright chestnut; crown, nape, and sides of neck 

 ashy grey ; lores fulvescent ; sides of face whitish, the ear-coverts 

 shaded with ashy grey ; cheeks and entire throat sUky white ; rest 

 of under surface of l3ody creamy white, the flanks pale greenish 

 yeUow ; thighs tawny: "iris light hazel" (/. B. Steere); bill 

 dark brown, mandible white ; legs light transparent brown ; iris 

 claj'-brown " {A. Everett). Total length 3*7 inches, culmen 0"55, 

 wing 1-6, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-75. {Mus. J. B. Steere.) 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 

 4 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 1-G5, tail 1"3, tarsus 0-7. {Mus. B. G. 

 Wardlaw Ramsay.) 



Youtvi female. Differs from the male in wanting the particoloured 

 head, which is only a shade darker olive-green than the back ; the 

 subterminal mark on the tail very much moi'e pronounced than in 

 the adult male ; entire under surface of body silky white. Total 

 length 3-7 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 1*75, tail 1'6, tarsus Owo. 



Hab. Confined to the Philippine archipelago, where it is at present 

 known from the islands of Mindanao, Dinagat, Basilan, and Bohol. 



a. Juv. sk. Basilan. Prof. J. B. Steere [C.]. 



i, c. (S 2 ^^- ^^- Zauiboanga, Mindanao Capt. G. R. Wardlaw 



(A. Everett). Ramsay. 



d. S ad. sk. Dinagat, June 1877 Capt. G. R. Wardlaw 



(A. Everett). Ramsay. 



2. Orthotomus atrigtilaris. 



Orthotomus atrigularis, Temm. PI. Col. iii. texte to livr. 101 (1836) ; 

 Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 162 (1848) ; Bp. Cotiap. i. p. 232 (laSO) ; 



