6 BANGS — STRIATED GRASS WARBLER [^v!if VlF' 



iiic one collcclc'd in Luzon in October. Dr. Richmond also has 

 lent me one additional skin from Java. 



Megalurus palustris forbesi, subsp. nov. 



Type, no. 04,247, M. C. Z., adult <^, Baguio, Benquet, Luzon, Philip- 

 piiu" Islands, April 24, 1913, W. Cameron Forbes. 



('Iiaradcrs. — Similar to Megalurus paliuilris palustris Ilorsf. of Java, 

 but .slightly smaller, with slightly larger bill; colors paler and grayer through- 

 out, less ochraceous-tawny ; upper parts, including head, apart from the 

 black streaking, tawny olive to Isabella color, with a grayish tinge; chest 

 and breast dull white in summer, dull grayish white in autumn. 



Measurements. — Type, adult &: wing, 97; tail, 129: tarsus, 30; ex- 

 posed culmen, 18 mm. No. 64,248, topotype, adult 9 : wing, 86; tail, 109; 

 tarsus, 33; exposed culmen, 17.5 mm. 



