1878.] THE ISLAND OF PALAWAN. 611 



16. HiRUXDO JAVANICA. 



Hirundo javanica, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 100. 

 [P. Princesa, ? , December 7, 1877.] 



17. Broderipus palawanensis, n. sp. P 2 g igyg 

 [P. Princesa, ? , January 1878.] ^■^^'^• 

 A representative form of B. acrorhynchus, but smaller and with a shorter bill. The yellow 



space included with the black horseshoe-mark on the head extends far beyond the eyes, and 

 measures in depth over one inch. There is no yellow alar spot. 



Dimensions : 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 



in- in. in. in. 



5-9 4-5 1-0 1-5 



18. Oriolus xanthonotus. 



Oriolus ocantlionotus, Horsf. Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 153 ; Zool. Res. Java, t. 46 ; Temm. PI. 

 Col. 214. 



[P. Princesa, d , December 30, 1877 : iris crimson ; bill burnt sienna ; legs dark lead-grey. 



In the colouring and markings the single specimen sent by Mr. Everett (an adult male) is 

 not to be distinguished from Malaccan, Bornean, and Sumatran individuals ; but it greatly exceeds 

 them by its dimensions — wing 4'63 inches, tail 3'50. 



19. Trichostoma RUFiFRONs, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. inorig.) 



Mr. Everett has sent three skins of a Timeliine bird which appear to belong to a somewhat 

 aberrant form of the genus Trichostoma. The bill, seen in profile, has the exact contour of the 

 bill of T. ahboti, but is somewhat stouter ; at the base it is slightly broader ; and the rictal 

 bristles are longer. The tail is also more graduated, the outer pair of rectrices being shorter 

 than the penultimate pair, which, again, are not quite so long as the remainder. Perhaps this 

 species is congeneric with the two described and figured by Mr. Sharpe [t. c.) under the titles of 

 Zeocephus cinnamomeus and Z. cyanescens (species with which I am unacquainted) ; but if so, 

 they cannot be classed under the Muscicapidae. 



Male and female. Forehead bright rufous-brown, contrasting with the duller rufous-brown 

 of the vertex and occiput. Nape and back earthy brown, tinged witli olive and paler on the 

 nape. Long, lax feathers of the uropygium bright rufous. Upper tail-coverts pure chestn,ut ; 

 rectrices dull chestnut. Lores and supercilium, which extends behind the eye, pure grey. 

 Cheeks and ear-coverts greyish bro^vTl. Chin, throat, and vent pure white. Breast, abdomen, 

 flanks, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts tawny, with a pale brown shade on the breast. 

 Primaries brown, edged with pale tawny chestnut. Remaining quills and the wing-coyerts dull 

 chestnut, tinged with the colouring of the back. 



