collected in the Philippine Islands. 221 



above the surface. My specimens were all males, which met 

 their doom owing to their powerful and beautiful song, which 

 was the only clue to their whereabouts. The female has 

 never yet been obtained. That this Tailor-bird is a distinct 

 form of the genus and not closely allied to the rest of the 

 group is, I think, reasonably certain, as its different coloration 

 and its powerful and beautiful song separate it from the rest 

 of the genus. 



Iris light brown ; upper mandible dark brown, lower 

 yellowish white; feet pinkish brown. 



117. Phyllergates cinereicollis Sharpe. (Grant, Ibis, 

 1894, p. 510; 1895, p. 448.) 



This Kina Balu species was met with in Benguet at 6000 

 feet, frequenting the tangled masses of ferns and grass which 

 choke the deep rain-cut gullies ; on Monte Data at higher 

 altitudes this bird was rare, only one specimen being obtained. 

 The species may occur in Mindoro, but we failed to meet 

 with it. 



Iris dark brown ; upper mandible black, lower mandible 

 and feet yellowish flesh-colour. 



118. CisTicoLA cisTicoLA (Tcmm.). (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 510.) 



We obtained one specimen of this Fantailed Warbler in 

 Benguet, at an altitude of 4000 feet, where doubtless further 

 specimens might have been procured, but our time was 

 so occupied with other work that we did not pay much 

 attention to this species. C. cisticola is recorded from 

 Mindanao and Bohol, and is common in Palawan. 



Iris light hazel ; bill brown ; legs flesh-colour. 



119. Cisticola exilis (Vig. & Ilorsf.). (Grant, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 117). 



This Fantailed Warbler is both more common and more 

 widely distributed over the Philippines than the last species, 

 occurring in most of the islands ; in Luzon it is plentiful on 

 the lalang grass-covered hills. 



Iris light brown ; upper mandible brown, lower pinkish 

 brown ; feet yellowish pink. 



