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JxjNE 6, 1919 Vol. VII, pp. 5- 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL CLUB 



A NEW STRIATED GRASS WARBLER FROM 

 THE PHILIPPINES 



BY OUTRAM BANGS 



The great striated grass warbler, resident in the Philippines, 

 has always, so far as I know, been referred to Megalurus palustris 

 Horsfield, the type locality of which is Java. On comparison of 

 specimens, however, it proves to be much paler and grayer than 

 the Javanese form, from which it is easily told in either fresh 

 autumnal plumage or worn midsummer dress. I take pleasure 

 in naming it for Governor W. Cameron Forbes who, during 

 his official residence in the Philippines, made such valuable 

 collections of birds for the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



The Philippine form lives in the open fields and bamboo 

 thickets, and is resident, breeding in April and May. It has a 

 wide distribution in the islands, having been recorded from 

 Bohol, Catanduanes, Luzon, Marinduque, Masbate, Mindanao, 

 Mindoro, Samar, and Ticao. I have had no opportunity to com- 

 pare skins from various isl9,nds, one with another, and I base the 

 new form wholly upon the bird of Luzon. 



Our six specimens all are in spring plumage, but Dr. C. W. 

 Richmond has kindly compared the material in the U. S. 

 National Museum, including autumnal specimens, and has lent 



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