254 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



CiTTOCiNCLA LuzoNiENsis (Kittl.) ) Graiit^ Ibis, 1894-, 

 p. 408. 



Two males from Catanduanes. 



Megalurus palustriSj Horsf. ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 510. 

 A male from Catanduanes. 



Orthotomus derbianus, Moore ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 408. 



Obtained both in tbe Albay district and at Catanduanes. 

 Mr. Whitehead procured the nest of this species in a bush 

 (at present not identified), the large pointed leaves being 

 sewn together in the usual Tailor-bird fashion, and forming 

 a deep cup with a woven lining of spiders' webs and down. 



Parus elegans. Less. ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, pp. 408, 511. 



An adult male and a bird in immature plumage were 

 obtained in Albay district. The immature bird has the 

 general colour above dark olive, darkest on the crown, a 

 small yellowish- white patch on the middle of the nape and 

 one on each side of the neck ; the wing-coverts tipped with 

 yellowish white. Chin, throat, and fore neck dirty yellow 

 down the middle, shading into dark olive on the sides; the 

 rest of the underparts yellow, but paler than in the adult. 



Hyloterpe PHiLippiNENSis, Waldcn ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 409. 



Obtained in Albay district. Being fresh moulted, the 

 specimens before us have the upper parts richer olive 

 inclining to brown, and the yellow of the underparts is more 

 brilliant than in the type specimens, which are in rather 

 worn plumage. 



Lanius lucionensis (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 513. 

 A fine adult from Catanduanes. 



CiNNYRis SPERATA (Liuu.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 ix. p. 63 (1884). 



It seems curious that two such nearly allied species as 

 C. whiteheadi and C. sperata should both be found in Luzon, 

 though in different parts of that large island. The present 

 species is extremely distinct from C. whiteheadi, which was 



