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species, which I have named Z. striatus on account of its 

 striped undcrparts_, though displaying all the generic differ- 

 ences which mark Z. whiteheadi (Ibis, 1894, plate xv. fig. 1), 

 at the first glance reminds one strongly of the members of 

 the allied genus Mixornis (especially M. montana, Sharpe, 

 from Kina Balu) in its general coloration and style of 

 markings, but this resemblance is only superficial. 



The other new bird is an Oriole named Oriolus isabellcB, of 

 which unfortunately only the female was obtained ; but, as 

 may be seen from the full description given below, it can 

 readily be distinguished from the only allied form 0. albiloris, 

 the type of which was obtained during Mr. Whitehead's 

 second expedition, and described in the volume of ' The Ibis ' 

 for 1894 (p. 504) . Several specimens of the rare Fruit-Pigeon, 

 Carpophaga nuchalis, Cabanis, were obtained, and Mr, 

 Whitehead has now ascertained beyond doubt that the 

 smaller Fruit-Pigeons, PtUocolpa griseipectus and P. carola, 

 are respectively the male and female of one and the same 

 species. Another important point has also apparently been 

 settled regarding the little Kingfishers commonly known as 

 Ceyx cyanipedus (La Fresnaye) and C. philippinensis, Gould. 

 For many years these beautiful birds have been considered 

 as merely sexes of one species, but now a male and female 

 have been sent in the C. cyanipectus plumage and a pair in 

 that of C. philippinensis. As the sex of all these four speci- 

 mens was carefully determined by Mr. Whitehead himself, 

 I think there can be no doubt that Gould was perfectly right 

 in describing C. philippinensis as distinct, 



Mr. Whitehead's start on this third expedition was by no 

 means successful, for the only man who had proved to 

 be a good taxidermist during the previous trip, and who had 

 promised to accompany him again to the mountains of the 

 North-east, was not on board the steamer when it started 

 from Manila, having purposely missed it. A second man 

 who professed to be a good shot and an experienced collector 

 turned out worse than useless, being afraid to fire off his gun 

 and being perfectly incompetent as a taxidermist, so that 

 Mr. Whitehead, having only in addition two comparatively 



