160 Mr. E. G. Wardlaw Ramsay on Birds 



13. LoCUSTELLA LANCEOLATA. 



New to the Philippine list. 



14. Ctsticola cursitans (197). 



Cisticola cursitans, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 710 (p. 622). 

 New to the island of Luzon. 



15. Anthus gustavi (209). 

 Two specimens. 



16. Alauda wattersi (266). 



Alauda ivattersi, Sw. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 389 ; Tweedd. 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 710 (p. 623). 



Three specimens of this Lark, identified by Lord Tweeddale 

 with A. vj alter si, which is closely allied to, if not identical 

 with, A. ccelivox, Swinhoe, one of the niimerous subspecies 

 of A. arvensis. 



Wing 3"3 inches. 



It evidently breeds in the islands, as one of Mr, Heriot^s 

 specimens is that of quite a young bird. 



17. MiRAFRA PHILIPPINENSIS, Sp. UOV. 



Seven specimens of a small Mirafra, allied to M. parva, 

 Swinhoe, of Flores, but very much darker in plumage than 

 that or any of the other species. 



Above deep brown, each feather margined with pale brown ; 

 lores and superciliaries yellowish white or buft"; outer edge of 

 some of the primaries and secondaries chestnut, which colour 

 extends more or less over the shoulders, especially in young 

 birds. Beneath buff, slightly rufous on the flanks and breast 

 in some specimens ; feathers of the throat and breast with a 

 triangular brown spot. Wing 2'7 inches, tail 2, tarsus -8. 



18. Ptilocolpa griseipectus (280). 



19. Excalfactoria chinensis (297). 



The Philippine bird belongs to the true E. chinensis. See 

 AVald. Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 224 (p. 387). 



20. Gallicrex cinerea (319). 



