258 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



with olive on the sides and flanks. Total length 3*8 inches, 

 wing- rS, tail 1"4, tarsus 0'6. 



I had some hesitation in adding another species to the 

 host of Zosterops already described ; but, there beiug no name 

 for this quite distinct form, saw no alternative. 



Dictum rubriventer. Less. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 X. p. 36 (1885). 



Only met with in the district of Albay. 



HiRUNDO JAVANICA, Sparrm. ; Grant, Ibis, 1894^, p. 516. ' 

 A male in moult from Catanduanes. 



MoTACiLLA MELANOPE, Pall. ; Sharpc, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 X. p. 497 (1885). 



An immature female from Catanduanes. 



MoTAciLLA FLAVA, Liuu. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 

 p. 516, pL vi. figs. 3-5 (1885). 



A male from Catanduanes. The only previous record 

 from the Philippines is from the island of Negros. 



Emberiza spodocephala (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xii. p. 522 (1888). 



An immature male was obtained on Catanduanes, and the 

 species is now recorded for the first time from the Philippine 

 group. 



Artamus leucogaster (Wagl.); Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 517. 

 From both Albay district and Catanduanes. 



Sarcops calvus (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 517. 



Dr. Sharpe, in writing of the changes of plumage in this 

 bird, expressed his opinion (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 97) 

 that " from the remains of grey both above and below, over- 

 spreading the black plumage, it would appear that the pure 

 silvery-grey colour is a seasonal pluaiage." Having gone 

 through the series in the British Museum, I was at first 

 inclined to arrive at the same conclusion ; but now, having 

 received a good many additional specimens from Mr. White- 

 head, and Mr. Rothschild having also kindly lent me his 

 series for comparison, I have a much larger amount of mate- 

 rial before me, and, as I shall presently show, Dr. Sharpe's 

 conclusions are apparently incorrect. He did not appreciate 



