Birds of the Philipijiiie Islands. "H9 



and feeble, the 1st primary being much the shortest, the 4th 

 about equal to the 10th, and the 5th to the 8th subequal and 

 longest. The plumage is soft and loose, especially of the 

 flanks and tail-coverts, and the webs of the tail-feathers are 

 decomposed, while the shafts are decidedly stiff, somewhat 

 recalling the Dendrocolaptine genus Sijnallaxis. 



I have unfortunately received no particulars regarding 

 the capture of this very remarkable species ; but its general 

 build and structure seem to suggest that the greater part of 

 its existence is spent on the ground beneath thick jungle and 

 cover, its somewhat worn and pointed tail-feathers appearing 

 to have been partially denuded by constant contact with 

 surrounding objects, while its very small wing also seems to 

 betoken extremely limited powers of flight. Both male and 

 female of the Long-tailed Wood-Accentor are perfectly 

 similar in plumage, and may briefly be described as follows : — 



Adult male and female. General colour above umber-brown, 

 slightly washed with sienna on the back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts ; quills brownish black, the outer webs margined 

 with the same colour as the upper parts ; a somewhat indis- 

 tinct supra-orbital stripe of a dirty yellowish white ; sides of 

 the throat, neck, and breast dull grey, with a distinct greenish 

 tinge on the former ; chin and middle of the throat white, 

 each feather with a greyish middle, giving these parts an 

 indistinctly striped appearance ; sides, flanks, belly, and under 

 tail-coverts like the back ; tail darker than the rest of the 

 upper parts. 



Adult male. Total length 7-5 inches, wing 2-45, tail 3'45, 

 tarsus 1*0, middle toe and claw 0'95. 



Adult female. Total length 7'o inches, wing 2-15, tail 3-4, 

 tarsus 0'9, middle toe and claw 0*85. 



48. Parus ELEGAXS, Less.; Grant, Ibis, 1894, pp.408, 511; 

 1895, p. 254.. 



This handsome and universally distributed Philippine Tit 

 was again collected. 



49. Hyloterpe ALBivENTRis, Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 511. 

 Additional adult examples of both sexes of the White- 



