1875.] THE PHILIPPINE AECHIPELAGO. 359 



Tardus camfschatkensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 817, no. 58 (1788), ex Latham; Blytli, Ibis, 18G5, 

 p. 30, " rhilippines." 



Mr. Blyth (/. c.) includes this bird among the Philippine species he observed in the Derby 

 Museum at Liverpool. It is probably only a winter resident. 



SYLVIID.E. 



SYLVIIN.E. 



Geeygone, Gould. 



108. * Gertgone simplex. 



Gerygone modesta, Cab. J. f. O. 1866, p. 10, no. 23, " Luzon" {descr. nulla), nee v. Pelzeln. 

 Genjgone simplex. Cab. op. cit. 1872, p. 316, no. 4 {descr. princeps). 

 According to its describer, nearly allied to G. inornata, Wallace. 



109. Puyllopneuste magnirosteis. 



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Phylloscopus magnirostris, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1843, p. 966, " vicinity of Calcutta; " p. 1008, '^ {^^^ 

 " Arracan ; " Ibis, 1870, p. 



Mr. Blyth {I. c.) states that this Warbler also occurs in the Philippines ; it may, however, 

 prove to be the nearly allied P. horealis, Blasiusf. 



Calamodytin^. 

 ACROCEPHALUS, Naumann. 



110. AcROCEPHALUS ORIENTALIS. 



Salicaria turdina orientalis, Schlegel, Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 50, pi. 21, '• Japan." 

 Calamoherpe orientalis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 285 (1850), ex Schlegel; Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc. 

 viii. p. 64$. 



Sylvia turdo'ides, ap. Kittlitz, Liitke, Voy. (Postels), iii. p. 327, " Manilla." 



Ilah. Luzon, February 7 ; Zebu, March ; bill above grey-brown ; below reddish ; legs and 

 nails pale grey {Meyer). 



I am unable to separate these Philippine individuals from Amoy examples. Wing 3*25 ; 

 tail 3-12 ; tarsus 1-12. It must have been specimens of this species, brought to France by 

 Sonnerat from the Philippines, which were confounded by Montbeillard with La Eousserole 

 (Month. Hist. Nat. iii. p. 294). 



Deymoicin^. 



CiSTicOLA, Kaup. 



111. * CiSTICOLA SEMIEUFA. 



Cisticola seminifa, Cab. J. f. O. 1866, p. 10, no. 25, " Luzon ' {descr. nulla) ; op. cit. (1872) 

 p. 316, no. 5 {descr. princeps). 



According to Dr. Cabanis, closely allied to C. rujiceps, Gould. 



t [This surmiso lias been confirmed. — Ed.] % \_Aniea., p. 165. — Ed.] 



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