1875.] THE PHILIPPINE AECIIIPELAGO. 363 



ferruginous. The bill is thicker than in C. rufula (ex Malacca), of which species this Guimaras 

 bird is a representative. 



Wing 3 inches; tail 2-50 ; bill, from nostril 0-37 ; tarsus 1-12 ; hind claw 0-50. 



This Pipit is closely allied to CorijdaUa hasscUi, Tcmm.f, ex Borneo, of Gray's Hand-list, 

 no. 3655 ; but, judging from the single example so entitled in the British Museum, the Bornean 

 species differs sufficiently to make a comparison with a greater number of individuals desirable. 



Corydalla infuscata (Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1801, p. 96, "Philippines"), was described from a 

 Foochow-hills specimen, a small and dark-plumaged race of C. richardi, sent by Mr. Swinhoe to 

 Mr. Blyth {cf. Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 272, no. 75). 



PAPJD^. 



PARlNiE. 



Machlolophus, Cabanis. 



118. * Machlolophus elegans. 



Parus elegans, Lesson, Tr. p. 456, patr^ non indie. (1831); Pucheran, Eev. et Mag. Zool. 

 1854, p. 68 ; Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxviii. p. 63 ; Coll. Delattre, p. 45 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 34, 

 note. 



Parus quadrivittafus, La Fresnaye, E. Z. 1840, p. 129, " Manilla or India." 



Hab. Philippines {Pucher(M). * 



Lesson's type was brought to Paris from the Philippines by Dussumier in 1820 {fide Puch. 

 I. c). Bonaparte {J. c.) mentions that numbers of individuals were sent to the Brothers Verreaux 

 about the year 1854 ; but the exact habitat still remains unrecorded. 



MELIPHAGID^E. 



ZosTEKOPS, Vigors & Horsfield. 



119. * ZOSTEROPS METENI. 



Picoeum flavum, Kittlitz, Kupfert. pt. 2, p. 15, pi. 19. f. 2, "Luzon" (1833); Mem. 

 presentos a I'Acad. St. Petersb. ii. p. 142, pi. 3. f 3, "Luzon" (1833), nee Horsf. 



Sylvia flaiia, Meyen, Nov. Act. Ac. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. xvi. suppl. p. 79, "Manilla" (1834). 

 Zosterojis meijcni, Bp. Consp. i. p. 398, ex Kittlitz (1850) ; Hartl. J. f O. 1865, p. 17. 



Hah. Luzon, February [Meyer). 



Closely resembles Z. falpehrosa and Z. simplex, but differs from both in having the breast 

 and belly nearly pure white, and in wanting the black lores and dark subocular shading. Above, 

 the shade of green is intermediate between the two. The yellow of the throat and crissum agrees 

 best in shade with Z. simplex, but descends lower. 



The Zosterops mentioned by Mr. Sclater (P. Z. S. 1803, p. 219) is in all probability Z.parvula, 

 Hombr. & Jacquin. Voy. Pole Sud, Ois. pi. 19. fig. 4, ex Banjermassing, and considered by 



t Apparently a Museum title. No description of the species has hitherto appeared. [Handl. Dierk. i. p. 263 (1857). — 



TWEEDDALE. (MS. UOto. Ed.)] 



Tr. Z. S. ix 

 p. 199. 



