570 ON THE OENITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. [1878. 



24. POLIOLOPHUS UROSTICTUS (101). 



[Dinagat, cj , June : orbital ring lemon-yellow, b, 2 , June.] 

 Sexes alike. 



25. Ckiniger eveketti. 



Criniger everetti, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 535 [antea, p. 563], 

 et P. Z. S. 1877, p. 827, pi. Ixxxiv. [antea, p. 553]. 

 [Dinagat, 6 ? , June.] 



P.Z.S.1878, 26. OrTHOTOMUS FRONTALIS. 



Orthotomus frontalis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 112, t. ii. f. 1 ; Tr. L. S. (2) Zool. i. p. 336. 

 [Dinagat, 6 ? , June.] 



27. ZOSTEROPS EVERETTI. 



Zosterops everetti, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 762, 829. [Antea, pp. 536, 555.] 



[Dinagat, 6 , June : iris yellowish brown ; bill blackish ; legs pale grey, h, ? , June.] 

 Dinagat, North-Mindanao, and Zebu birds do not differ. 



28. DiCiEUM EUBRiVENTER (120 partim). 



Dicceiim ruhrivenfer, Lesson, Tr. p. 303 ; Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 763. [Antea, p. 536.] 



[Dinagat, d , June.] 



The Dinagat birds in no respect differ from Luzon, Zebu, and North-Mindanao examples. 



29. Dictum schistaceum. (Plate VIII. fig. 1, in orig.) 



Dicceum schistaceum, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 537 (December 1, 

 1877). [Antea, p. 564.] 



[Dinagat, 6 , June.] 



cj . Above fuliginous ashy ; below ashy white. Eemiges and rectrices above dark ashy 

 brown, underneath paler. Under wing-coverts and axillaries pure white. Base of mandible (in 

 dry specimens) yellowish white. Apex and the maxilla pale ruddy brown. 



Wing 2-25 inches, tail 1"37, tarsus 0-62, culmen 0-35. 



A large species with a short stout bill. 



30. Dictum everetti. (Plate VIII. fig. 2, in orig.) 



Dicceum everetti, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 537 (December 1, 

 1877). [Antea, p. 564.] 



[Dinagat, d , June : iris greyish brown ; bill brown, base orange ; legs light grey.] 

 d . Above dark olive-green, paler on the cheeks. Chin, throat, and breast pale grey. 

 Remainder of underparts albescent grey tinged with palish yellow. Major coverts narrowly 

 margined with greenish yellow. Quills above dark brown, almost black, with very narrow pale 



