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an altitude of 5000 feet, we met with several, including the 

 female, which is quite different in colour to the male. 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; feet brown. 



107. CopsYCHUs MiNDANENSis (Gmel.). (Grant, IbiSj 1895, 

 p. 448 ; 1896, p. 547.) 



This Magpie-Robin is of wide distribution in the Philippines, 

 being recorded from most of the islands ; but I do not think 

 it is so numerous as are the species found in Borneo and 

 the Malay Straits in their respective countries. Like other 

 members of the genus, the Philippine Copsyclms delights in 

 the vicinity of native villages, being seldom observed in or 

 near forests. 



108. CiTTociNCLA LuzoNiENsis (Kittl.). (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 408 ; 1895, pp. 254, 447 ; 1896, p. 116.) 



Is fairly common in the thick lowland forests of Luzon, 

 and at times reaches considerable elevations. I noticed a 

 pair near the summit of Monte Arayat at an altitude of over 

 3000 feet. In the forests of Cape Engano I was fortunate 

 in finding two nests. The first was placed in a rotten, 

 hollowed-out palm-stem, at a considerable distance from the 

 entrance, and contained two hard-set eggs. The other was in 

 a small stump, only a few inches from the ground, in a muddy 

 forest- path, and contained two eggs, one of which is beauti- 

 fully figured in this Journal (1898, pi. vi. fig. 4). 



This species always seemed to be a wary bird and a 

 frequenter of dark shady patches in the forests, where it is 

 almost invisible, as it takes great care to keep its black back 

 turned towards the enemy. It is very quick in its movements, 

 and on the least alarm disappears into the sombre thickets. 

 It was met with in Catanduanes ; and this or an allied 

 species, I have reason to believe, occurs on Monte Dulungan 

 in Mindoro. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs pinkish white. 



109. CiTTociNCLA NiGRORUM Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 547. 

 This species was observed in the high dark forests about the 



base of Canloon, in Negros. The males of this genus are 

 sufficiently difficult to shoot, but the females are more so ; 



