240 Messrs. W. R. Ogilvie Grant mid J. Whiteliead on the 



16. Orthotomus chloronotus Grant. Green-backed 

 Tailor-bird. 



A. Clutch of 3 eggs. Province of Isabella^ North-east 

 Luzon, 29th May, 189J-. J. Whitehead. 



Shape ovate. Ground-colour pure white, thinly spotted 

 and dotted all over with brown-lake over-markings and a few 

 pale reddish-lilac under-raarkings. Measurements 16 mm. 

 X 13 mm. 



The nest of the Green-backed Tailor-bird is of the ordinary 

 type, being a pocket formed by two leaves sewn together. 

 It was placed among the herbage by the side of a path 

 about 8 inches from the ground. 



On the 19th of May a second nest was found on a small 

 islet in a stream where a few slender large-leaved plants 

 were growing just above the water. This nest contained two 

 young birds. 



17. Megalurus RUFiCEPs (Twccdd.) . Rufous-headed 

 Marsh-Warbler. (Plate V. fig. 7.) 



A. Clutch of 3 eggs. Mariuduque, 8th May, 1888. J. B. 

 Steere. 



Shape oval. Ground-colour very pale pinkish white, 

 sparingly marked all over with small blotches and minute 

 dots of light red and pale violet-grey under-markings, the 

 latter forming a more or less distinct zone round the larger 

 pole. Measurements 21 mm. x 16 mm. 



Nest of the Bulbul type, linked with fine wiry grasses and 

 fibre. 



18. Macronus mindanensis Steere. Hairy -backed 

 Babbler. 



A. Clutch of 3 eggs. Near Paranos, Samar, 15th June, 1896. 

 J. Whitehead. 



Mr. Whitehead found a nest of this species containing 

 three eggs. These were in such an advanced stage of incu- 

 bation that the young birds hatched out a few hours after 

 the eggs were placed in his room. 



Eggs pnre white, thickly speckled towards the larger end 

 with dark red. 



