598 OX THE OENITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. [1878. 



25. Bkoderipus acroehtnchus (90). 

 [Amparo, 2 , July ; S. Leyte, c? $ , September.] 



26. MiXOENIS CAPITALIS. 



Mixornis capHalis, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 110, pi. vii. fig. 2. [Antea, p 569.] 

 [S. Leyte, $ , October : iris white.] 



27. IXUS GOIAVIER (99). 



[Amparo, ? , July ; S. Leyte, 6 2 , September.] 



28. Htpsipetes philippinensis (102). 

 [S. Leyte, d , September.] 



29. MONTICOLA SOLITAEIUS (103). 



[S. Leyte, s 2 , October.] 



Three examples are in dull plumage, the feathers, especially on lower surface, broadly 

 margined with brown ; above, a bluish tinge. These are marked female by the collector. A 

 fourth example (marked 2 ) is passing over from this stage, the blue tinge above being much 

 more marked, while most of the abdominal plumage and the under tail-coverts are rich chestnut. 

 A fifth example (marked d ) is in nearly full blue and dark rich chestnuu pltmage. 



30. CoPSTCHUS mindaot:nsis (106). 

 [S. Leyte, d 2 , September.] 



31. PnTLLOSCOPUS BOEEALIS. 



PhyUopneuste horealis, Blasius, Naumannia, 1858, p. 313, 

 [S. Leyte, <s , October.] 



P.Z.S.1878, 32. Calobates melanope (115). 



p. 343. 



[S. Leyte, 2 , September.] 



33. Mtz.\]S'the ptgm^a (121). 



[S. Leyte, d , October : iris chocolate.] 



34. Arachnotheea flammifera, n. sp. 



[S. Leyte, 6 , September : iris salmon-red ; bill black ; legs dark lead-grey.] 



Above uniform rich olive-green; chin, throat, sides of head, and neck pale grey; upper 



breast pale grey, tinged with yellow ; lower breast a purer pale yellow ; abdomen, flanks, ventral 



region, and under tail-coverts deep yellow ; wing-lining silky pale grey, almost white ; pectoral 



tufts (which measure some three quarters of an mch long) bright vermilion-red ; quills broAvn, 



