collected in the Philippine Islands. 239 



servants brouglit in a female Crossbill, wliicli, judging by the 

 state of the breast, I thought to be a nesting-bird, so I went 

 with him to the place where he shot it. After a fruitless 

 search, which lasted two hours, I sent the boy away and lay 

 down beneath the pines, enjoying the warm sun, watching 

 some Tits [Parus elegans), which were singing and busily 

 engaged picking about among the branches. Now and then 

 the whistling pipe of the new Bullfinch was heard, and a few 

 entered the fir-tree directly over my head ; they did not touch 

 the cones, but worked for their food among the young shoots. 

 Presently the male Crossbill perched in a tree close by, but 

 flew away into the forest again. As he did not return, I took 

 a stroll to one of the waterfalls which tumble for ever 

 from the summit of Data's most western side ; here several 

 butterflies were disporting themselves, among them a Red 

 Admiral, almost identical with the British species. When I 

 returned to my position, after waiting some ten minutes, the 

 Crossbill entered the tree on which he had perched before 

 and settled on the side of a lump of lichen. This I knew 

 must be the nest, so when my boy returned I sent him up 

 the tree, and he reported four youngsters nearly fully fledged. 

 Before he left the nest two of these flew away, and were met 

 by their parent and encouraged to fly still furtlier. 



I found a nest in Benguet which contained eggs, but it 

 was on the end of a pine-bough which stretched over the 

 mountain-side, and could not be reached. 



Ad. Iris, bill, and feet dark brown. 



Juv. Bill yellowish green ; feet dull flesh-colour. 



185. Pyrrhula leucouenys Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 455, 

 pi. xiv. 



During my first expedition to the highlands of Benguet 

 I failed to meet with this interesting Bullfinch, the reason 

 being the absence of the oak-forests, in which doubtless are 

 the berry-bearing shrubs on which it feeds. Later on I 

 found it fairly common on the summit of Monte Data : it 

 was generally met with in small families of five or six, the 

 young birds having almost changed into their adult plumage, 



