584 >[AXUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Genus ACAXTHOPXEUSTE Blasius, 1858. 



Bill slender and acute, a slight notch near its tip: ricral and nasal 

 bristles short ; wing long and pointed ; first primary verv short, slender 

 and acute, usually little more or less in length than primary-coverts; 

 third and fourth primaries longest ; tail moderate in length and square ; 

 tarsus and toes slender; bill from nostril less than one-half tarsus 

 and equal to hind toe with half its ckw; divisions between tarsal 

 scutes obsolete. Upper parts dull olive-green, under parts pale yellow 

 or white. The birds of this genus resemble some of the small flycatchers 

 (Crivt'-'^or-nn^. but are distinguished by their short first primary. 



Species. 



a}. Second primary equal to or greater than the sixth. 



6'. First primary shorter, from 7.5 to 11.5 ram. in length, equal to or less than 



the primary-coverts; under parts grayer borealis (p. 5S4) 



6'. First primary longer, from 12.5 to 15 mm. in length, and longer than primary- 

 coverts : under parts yellower zanthodiyas i p. 5So ) 



c'. Second primary equal to or greater than the ninth, and from 17 to 20 mm. in 

 length: under parts grayish yellow lu^bris p. 5S6) 



5i?S. ACANTHOPNEUSTE BOREALIS ■ Blasius . 

 KOETTTElty WTLLOW WASBLEK. 



PktiUopHevste boraxUs Blasivs, Naumannia ijlSoSK 313. 



Phyilcsccyus bcrcahs Seebohm. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. tlSSl>, 5, 40: WnrrK- 

 HEAD. Ibis (1SP91. 210 ( migration K 



Aeat^thopneuste borenUs Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind. B<.is. (1SS9^ 1, 412; 

 Sharps, Hand-List il903), 4, 216; Gates and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs 

 11905), 4, 227: McGeegob and Wobcestek, Hand-List il906K 90. 



Balabac [Ec€rett)i Bantayan \ ilcOregor) ; Basilan {iIci7regor) ; Bohol [ile- 

 Grrgor)-. Calamianes i Bcurns «jf Wortxsier, ilcGreffor) ; Calayan {llc<iregor) ; 

 Caluya [Porter); Cebu {McGregor); Cuyo {McGregor); Fxiga [McGregor); 

 Guimaras [Bourns d Worcester) ; Leyte [Ererett) ; Lubang {McGregor) ; Luzon 

 {Everett. Whitehead, McGregor, Bartsch) ; Maestre de Campo (McGregor i 

 Worcester); Masbate {Steere Exp.); Marinduque {Steere Exp.); Mindanao 

 (Everett, Steere Exp., Celestino) : Mindoro y Bourns d Worcester. Whitehead, 

 t ■gor); Xegros (TlA:"refcead^ : Palawan {Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., 

 ■ s rf TTonfster) : Panay [Steere Exp.) : Polillo {McGregor); Romblon 

 ii^-ums tf Won.t-s't-r\ : Samar {Bourns d Worcester); Sibuyan {Bourns d 

 Wncjuter) : Siquijor {Celestino): TaMas [Bourns d Worcester); Ticao (Mc- 

 Gregor)-. Verde {McGregor). Xorthem Europe, northern Asia, Alaska, Com- 

 mander Islands: in winter to China, Formosa, Indo-Chinese provinces, Malay 

 Peninsula, and Borneo. 



"Coloration. — Upper plumage olive-green, lighter on the rump: wings 

 brown, the outer webs edged with olive- green : wing-coverts brown on 

 the iimer and olive-green on the outer webs: the median and greater 

 coverts with yellowish white tips forming two bars: tail brown, the 

 outer webs edged ^vnth olive-green: a broad and well-defined eve-streak, 

 reaching to the nape, yellowish white: lores brown: ear-coverts olive 



