6 BANGS — STRIATED GRASS WARBLER [^vlf Vlf' 



me one collected in Luzon in October. Dr. Richmond also has 

 lent me one additional skin from Java. 



Megalurus palustris forbesi, subsp. nov. 



TijTpe, no. 64,247, M. C. Z., adult cT, Baguio, Benquet, Luzon, Philip- 

 pine Islands, April 24, 1913, W. Cameron Forbes. 



Characters. — Similar to Megalurus palustris palustris Horsf. of Java, 

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

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

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

 and breast dull white in summer, dull grayish white ui autiman. 



Measurements. — Type, adult cf: wing, 97; tail, 129: tarsus, 36; ex- 

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

 tarsus, 33; exposed cuhnen, 17.5 mm. 



