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feet slate-gray." {Whitehead.) Length, 102; culnien, 13; wing, 53; 

 tail, 39; tarsus, 16.5.'' (Grant.) 



509. ZOSTERORNIS PLATENI (Blasius). 



PLATEN'S TREE BABBLER. 



Mixornis plaieni Blasius, Journ. fiir Orn. (1890), 147. 



Zosterornis platcni Grant, Ibis (1897), 233, (key to species); Shabpe, 



Hand-List (1903), 4, .51; ^McGrecjor and Worcestkr, Hand-List 



(1906), 82. 



Mindanao ( Platen ) . 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Zosterornis capiialis, but noticeably smaller. 



Description of female. — Above olive-brown ; rump and tail-coverts 

 more rust-colored ; upper back with white shaft-stripes ; entire head above 

 and on sides, neck, and breast red-brown, with fine white shaft-stripes; 

 chin and throat more blackish with broad white shaft-stripes ; tail-feathers 

 uniformly brown, washed with olive-hrown on the outer webs ; tail- 

 feathers above and upper wing-coverts similar; under wing-coverts and 

 axillars whitish. Length, 120; wing, 55; tail, 47; culmen. 10; tarsus, 



15.* 



.510. ZOSTERORNIS CAPITALIS (Tweeddale ) . 



RUFOUS-CROWNED TREE BABBLER. 



Mixornis capitalis Tweeddale, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1877), 20, 535; 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 1 10, pi. 7, fig. 2; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. (1883), 7, 582. 

 Zosterornis capitalis Grant, Ibis, (1897), 233, (key to species); Shabpe. 

 Hand-List (1903), 4, 51: McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List 

 (190C), 82. 

 Basilan (Everett, titeere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Dinagat 

 (Everett); Leyte (Everett); Mindanao {Platen, Goodfellow, Celestino) ; Panaon 

 ( Everett ) . 



Adult {male and female). — Forehead* and crown rufous-chestnut or 

 reddish auburn, some of the feathers with yellowish shaft-stripes ; occiput. 

 l)ack, and lesser and median wing-coverts (Uirk l)rown with pale yellow 

 shaft-stripes ; rump and tail-coverts slightly olivaceous and without 



* The original description of Mixornis (:=Zostcrornis) pluteni follows: 

 ■'Mizornis plateni, bedentend kleiner als M. capitalis, mit welclicr Form die 

 Art, besonders von der Oberseite gesehen, eine gewisse Aehnlichkeit in der 

 Farbung bsitzt. 



Oberseite olivenbraun, Biirzel nnd Sciiwanzdcckfedern nudir I'ostfaibi'n, am 

 Vorderriicken weisse Scliaftstriche. Ganzer Kopf, oben und an don Seiten, Nacken 

 und Brust rothbraiin mit feinen weissen Schaftstrichen. Kinn Kehle mehr 

 scbwiirzlicb mit brfiteren weissen Schaftllecken. Scliwanzfedern einfarbig braiin. 

 an der Aussenfahen olivenfarben verwaschen. Ebenso die schwanz federn oberseits 

 und die oberen Fliigeldeckfedern. Untere Flugeldeckfedern iind Achselfedern 

 weisslich. Masse: 9 Long. tot. 12 cm. Ala 5.5 cm. (and. 4.7 cm. Culmen I.O 

 cm. Tarsus 1.5 cm. Type: Museum Brunsvicense." 



