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rest of the underparts are pale whitish buff, with dirty buff 

 margins, shading into brownish on the sides and flanks. Tail 

 dark brown. Total length 3"o inches, wing 2"2, tail 1"1, 

 tarsus "9, bill from gape '7. 

 Habitat. Miri Hills, Assam. 



XXXVI. — On the Birds of the Philippine Islands. — Part V.* 

 The Highlands of the Province of Lepanto, North Luzon. 

 By W. R. Ogilvie Grant. With Field-Notes by John 

 Whitehead. 



(Plates XII.-XIV.) 



The second collection formed by Mr. Whitehead in the 

 Benguet district, teeming as it was with novelties and rare 

 birds, is, as a whole, far surpassed in interest by the great 

 collection now sent home from the Province of Lepanto. 

 This lies immediately to the north of the scene of his former 

 labours, and includes what is believed to be the highest part 

 of Luzon, Mount Data attaining an elevation of over 8000 

 feet. Unfortunately Mr. Whitehead has furnished us with 

 only a somewhat vague account of his various movements, 

 but I believe I am correct in stating that the whole of the 

 present collection, or very nearly all of it, was made in the 

 Lepanto district. As we ornithologists look at the drawers 

 full of perfect bird-skins, not a bad or soiled specimen among 

 the lot, and remember the many difficulties under which 

 they have been collected, we are filled with admiration for 

 the wonderful energy and ability of this collector, who has 

 proved himself to be one of the best, perhaps the best, of the 

 field-naturalists of his time, at a time when the study of bird- 

 life has reached such a pitch of perfection that ornithologists 

 are no longer content with indifferently collected specimens 

 devoid of exact particulars, but expect not only perfect 

 specimens, with the sex correctly ascertained by dissection, 

 and the exact locality and date of capture, but also field- 



* For Part I. see Ibis, 1894, pp. 406-411; Part II. ibid. pp. 501-522; 

 Part III. Ibis, 1895, pp. 10(5-117 ; Part IV. ibid. pp. 249-267. 



