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Hanks washed with olive; quills and coverts edged with same bright 

 olive green as back, except first long primary and large feathers of 

 bastard wing, which are blackish brown; inner webs of quills margined 

 with white ; under wing coverts white with pale, yellow wash ; auxiliaries 

 and edge of wing yellow, the latter darker; tail brown, edged above 

 with olive green, the inner webs with narrow whitish margins. From 

 gape t<> and below eve a black line; circle of eye feathers silky white; 

 across the forehead and reaching eye on each side, a band of golden 

 yellow shading into the color of the crown. Measurements of type: 

 Length, 4.50; wing, 2.20; tail, 1.74; exposed culmen, 0.43; bill from 

 nostril, 0.32.; tarsus, 0.65. Female like male, possibly a trifle lighter 

 below. 



Measurements of 20 skins of each are as follows: 



Males: Wing, 2,14-2.29 (average, 2.22); tail, 1.60-1.80 (average, 

 1.69; exposed culmen, 0.40-0.4? (average, 0.44); bill from nostril, 

 0.29-0.35 (average, 0.32) ; tarsus, 0.62-0.74 (average, 0.68). 



Females: Wing, 2.11-2.27 (average, 2,17); tail, 1.58-1.75 (average, 

 1.65) ; exposed culmen, 0.40-0.46 (average, 0.43) ; bill from nostril, 

 0.30-0.34 (average, 0.32) ; tarsus, 0.63-0.80 (average, 0.68). 



This species appears to be most nearly related to Z. aureiloris, but is 

 distinguished by its larger size. I have compared flavissima with a 

 March specimen of aureiloris from Mariveles and the two species are 

 distinct. Our few skins of Z. nigrorum are in bad plumage, but that 

 species is evidently much darker and greener than the new species. 



Grant gives the following dimensions for Z. aureiloris : 



"Adult male. — Total length about 4.5 inches, wing 1.85-2.05, tail 

 1.4-1.5, tarsus 0.6. 



"Adult female. — Total length about 4.5 inches, wing 1.95-2.05, tail 

 1.4-1.5, tarsus 0.6." 



Abundant on Cagayancillo, where it is known as "tammig." 

 Pardaliparus elegans (Less.). 



A number of skins from Calayan. 

 Saxicola (enanthe (Linn.) ; Seebohm, Cat. Bds., V, p. 391. 



A male bird killed near our house on Calayan October 24 is probably 

 of this species in winter plumage. I believe this genus is unrecorded 

 from the Philippines. 



HYLOTERPE FALLAX, new species. 



Specific characters. — Nearly related to H. philippinensis Walden, but 

 at once distinguished by the paler and less extensive yellow on under 

 surface and the heavier shaft streaks on throat. 



Type. — No. 4040, adult male, Collection Philippine Museum, Cala- 

 yan Island, Babuyanes, P. I. Collected December 9, 1903, by K. C. 

 McGregor and A. Celestino. 



