436 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



In the present collection special interest attaches to the 

 Marche's Fruit-Pigeon, mentioned above, and KocVs Pitta 

 {Pitta kochi) . The latter was for many years known only 

 from the type in the Darmstadt Museum, and since it was 

 described only one immature example has been recorded — the 

 specimen obtained by M. Marche, and now in the Paris 

 Museum. Of both these extremely rare birds of unrivalled 

 beauty Mr. Whitehead has procured young and adult speci- 

 mens. The novelties include a very large Short-eared Owl 

 (Scops white headi), the largest species known to inhabit the 

 Old World; a beautiful Flycatcher {Rhinomyias insignis) (see 

 Plate XII. fig. 2), which, curiously enough, is more nearly 

 allied to R. gularis, discovered by the same collector on Kina 

 Balu, than to the new species described by Messrs. Bourns 

 and Worcester from other intermediate Philippine Islands. 

 Thirdly, we have Seebohm's Bush-Warbler [Lusciniola see- 

 bohmi) , most closely allied to the Himalayan species L. man- 

 dellii and L. luteiventris. Fourthly, there is the beautiful little 

 Short-wing [Brachypteryoc poliogyna) (see Plate XII. fig. 1), 

 which is also nearest the Kina Balu species B. erythrogijna, 

 but, as its name (grey female) implies,the female has the under- 

 parts bluish-grey instead of rust-red. The fifth new species 

 is the extraordinary Hedge-Sparrow-like bird {Pseudothar- 

 rhaleus caudatus) (see Plate XIII,), with its very short rounded 

 wings and long pointed tail; here again the nearest known ally 

 is the equally curious Androphilus accentor from Kina Balu. 

 A lovely Silver-eye comes next, with greenish-yellow back 

 and golden-yellow underparts and lores {Zosterops aureiloris) . 

 The new White-cheeked Bullfinch {Pyrrhula leucogenys) which 

 follows is quite as wonderful a discovery as was the Cross- 

 bill first met with in the Benguet district, and also deserves 

 special attention. Both sexes are beautifully figured by 

 Mr, Keulemans in Plate XIV,, which accompanies this 

 paper. A large species of Swiftlet (Collocalia whiteheadi) is 

 nearly allied to C. lowi, but has the tail very distinctly forked 

 and the tarsi naked. The ninth novelty is a small species 

 of Frog-mouth [Batrachostomus microrhynchus), remsLrkahle, 

 as its name implies, for its comparatively small bill. 



