532 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



shows that it i.s a species of Zosterornis, most nearly, allied to Z. dennis- 

 touni Grant from Luzon. Young birds have the top of the head brownish 

 and the interscapular region darker than in the adult, and both these 

 parts have well-defined whitish shaft-stripes; the color of the chin and 

 throat is also paler than in the adult, while the outer webs of the primary- 

 quills are pale sandy. 



"(The black-headed babbler is common in tSamar and Leyte, and fre- 

 quents the higher branches of the undergrowth. Iris two-colored, having 

 an outer ring of red and an inner one of pale yellow; bill black; legs dull 

 lead-blue.-^. IF.)" (Grant) 



"Fairly common in the deep forest of Samar. Xever seen in any 

 other locality by us. Seven males average : Length, 140 ; wing, 66 ; 

 tail, 59; culmen, IT ; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 16. Five females, 

 length, 139; wing, 67; tail, 57; culmen, 16; tarsus, 17; middle toe 

 with claw, 16. Iris varies from light brown to brick-red, in young 

 birds it is dull yellow; legs and feet light olive-brown, often with a 

 wash of yellow; nails brown to yellow; bill black. Breeding in Julv 

 and August." (Bourns and Worcester 31 S.) 



512. ZOSTERORNIS AFFINIS McGregor. 



RITFOirS-CHINNED TREE BABBLER. 



Zosterornis nigrocapitata McGregor and Woeckster, Hand-List (1906 ) , 



82, (part). 

 Zosterornis afp,nis McGregor, Pliil. Journ. Sci. (1907). 2, sec. A, 292. 



Luzon ( Cclestino ) . 



Male (type). — Forehead and crown black, the shafts obscurely whitish ; 

 a small patch of chestnut behind each e3^e next to the black crown ; 

 general color above dull olive-gray, feathers of nock and mantle witli 

 conspicuous, narrow, whitish shaft-lines; rump uniform; a narrow ring 

 around eye, ear-coverts, and cheeks gray with pale yellow shaft-lines ; 

 chin, throat, and fore breast pale lemon-yellow, the chin heavily washed 

 with chestnut-rufous which becomes gradually less on throat and dis- 

 appears on breast; middle of breast and abdomen very pale yellow, 

 their sides gray, overlaid with a faint yellow wash; under tail-coverts 

 pale yellow; wings blackish brown, outer edges of quills lighter and 

 inner edges whitish; median and lesser coverts with light shaft-lines; 

 upper tail-coverts dull olive-brown ; rectrices dark brown, except the outer- 

 most feathers, their outer webs edged with olive-brown, all but the center 

 pair tipped with white, increasing in extent toward the outemiost feather 

 which has its outer web almost entirety white. Length, 152; wing, 68; 

 tail, 61; culmen from base, 17; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 19. 



This species is similar to Z. nigrocapitaius, but is slightly larger and 



