612 ON THE OENITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. [1878. 



Dimensions : — 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 



in. in. in. in. 



c? 3-37 3-50 1-00 0-94 



$ 3-12 3-25 0-95 0-87 



P,Z.S.1878, [P. Princesa, d ?, December 10, 1877 : iris pale Naples-yellow ; bill dark plumbeous ; feet 



^' ■ pale plumbeous.] 



20. Drymocataphus cinereiceps, n. sp. 



This species is congeneric with Srachyj)teryx malaccensis, Hartl., which Count T. Salvadori 

 retains under the genus Brachypteryx. But B. malaccensis is certainly nearer to Brymocataphus 

 than to Brac]iy])teryx, although it may perhaps be advisable to form a separate genus for its 

 reception, more especially as the species which inhabits Palawan, about to be described, is 

 identical in structure with the Malaccan and Bornean form (which is also said to inhabit 

 Sumatra), and also as Brachypteryx murinus is congeneric. 



Female. Forehead, crown, and occiput dark iron-grey. Ear-coverts, space before the eye, 

 and nape pale grey. Back, uropygium, scapulars, upper tail-coverts, and exposed surface of wing 

 and tail ruddy brown, brighter than in B. malaccensis. Dorsal plumes pale-shafted. Chin, 

 throat, upper breast, abdomen, and vent pure white. Flanks, a band across the breast, under 

 tail-coverts, and thigh-coverts, wing-lining, and axillaries pale rufous-brown. 



Dimensions : — 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 



in. in. in. in. 



2 2-50 1-00 106 0-75 



[P. Princesa, ?, January 1878: iris burnt sienna-orange; bill brownish grey, mandible 

 white ; legs pallid, front of the tarsi tinged brown.] 



Distinguished from B. malaccensis by its dark-grey bead, its light-grey ear~coverts, and the 

 brighter rufous of the dorsal plumage. 



21. MiXORNIS WOODI. 



Mixornis woodi, Shai-pe, t. c. p. 331. no. 69, 



[P. Princesa, d, December 5, 1877: iris dark ochre-yellow; bill black, mandible grey ; 

 legs and feet horn-yellow. ?, January 1878: iris ochreous orange; bill dark grey, mandible 

 pale grey ; legs greenish olive.] 



22. Brachtpus cinereifrons, n. sp. 



Male and female. Chin, throat, and breast pale cinereous brown, palest and whitest on the 

 chin and throat. Abdomen and ventral region pale yellowish white, in some examples with a 

 certain admixture of the colouring of the breast. Flanks pale earthy-brown. Thigh-coverts 

 ochreous yellow. Under tail-coverts light yellow, with a slight ochreous tinge. Wing-lining 



