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brown, ■svith slight greyish margins to the feathers ; wings resem- 

 bling the back, some of the outer median coverts tipped with 

 fulvous : quills brown cxternallj', margined with olivaceous ; upper 

 tail-covcrts ashy brown ; tail-feathers dark brown, very narrowly 

 mai-giued on the outer web with olivaceous ; head dark ashy grey, 

 the feathers brown in the centre and lanceolate, with ashy-grey 

 margins ; lores, feathers over the eye, and sides of face dull brown, 

 the feathers at the base of the lower mandible ochraceous ; entire 

 throat dull tawny rufous, browner on the jugular region ; rest of 

 under surface white, the feathers slightly edged with pale yellow, 

 producing a streaked appearance, the flanks washed with brown ; 

 under wing-coverts white, slightly washed with yellow ; bill and legs 

 blackish brown ; iris cherry-red. Total length 9"8 inches, culmen 

 1-1, wing 4-45, tail 4-25, tarsus 0-85. {Coll. J. B. Steere.) 



Aditlt female. Similar to the male in colour, but a little duller. 

 Total length 8*7 inches, eulraen 1, wing 4'5, tail 4, tarsus 0"8. 



The Eufous-throated Eulbul has, as yet, only been met with in 

 the islands of Mindanao and Malamaui, in the Philippine archipelago. 



a. Ad. sk. Malamaui Island, Philippine ar- Prof. J. B. Steere [0.]. 



chipelago. 



b,c. S ■ <^- 2 Pasananca, prov. of Zamboanga, Voyage of H.M.S. 



ad. sk. Mindanao (J. Murray). ' Challenger.' 



5, lole pMlippensis. 



La petite Grive des Philippines, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p. 316. 

 Philippine Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. part 1, p. 38. 

 Tardus philippensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 814 {ex Month.). 

 Galgulus philippensis, Kittl. Kiipf. Voy. p. 8, Ta£ 12. fig. 2. 

 Hypsipetes philippensis, StricJcl. Ann. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 413 ; Grai/, 



'Gen.B. i. p. 238; Bp. Consp. i. p. 261; von Martens, J. f. O. 1866, 



p. 13 ; Walden, Trans. Zool. Sac. ix. p. 192 ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. 



Soc. new series, Zool. i. p. 335 ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 546, 696, 



761, 827, et 1878, pp. 285, 342, .381. 

 Philedon gularis, Cuv. Mas. Paris ; Pucher. Arch. Mus. vii. p. 344, pi. 18. 

 Microscelis philippensis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 235 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 263 ; 



von Martens, J. f. O. ] 866, p. 13 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 268, 



no. 3917. 

 Hypsipetes gularis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 272, no. 3992. 



Adult male. Above olivaceous brown, more olivaceous on the 

 upper tail-coverts ; wings dark brown, with slight olivaceous edgings 

 to the wing-coverts and cjuills ; upper tail-coverts and tail dark 

 brown, the latter narrowly edged with olivaceous ; head dark ashy 

 grey, the feathers lanceolate, with dark brown centres ; lores, feathers 

 over the eye, and sides of face rufous-brown, mesially streaked with 

 tiny lines of rufous-buif ; throat tawny rufous, with a narrow shaft- 

 streak of white ; the rest of the under surface white, strongly washed 

 with olive-greenish, all the feathers with white shafts, the sides of 

 the body uniform olive-brown ; thighs dull white, washed with yellow, 

 and brown at the base ; under tail-coverts white, with a slight yel- 

 lowish wash; axillaries white, washed with yellow, the under wing- 



