614 ON THE OENITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. [1878. 



axillaries, and carpal edge bright yellow. Feathers of the throat, cheeks, and upper breast of the 

 same yellow, the centres towards the apices being pale grey. These parts have thus a streaked 

 appearance. Sides of the breast and the flanks clouded with pale brown ; a few of the nareal 

 plumes bright yellow. Space before the eye yellowish grey. Head, ear-coverts, and nape 

 reddish brown, the frontal and coronal plumes being sublanceolate and with pale central streaks. 

 P.Z.S.1878, Back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and uropygium ruddy olive-brown. Upper tail-coverts, which are 

 almost concealed by the mass of loose and lax uropygial plumes, ruddy brown. Rectrices of a 

 darker tone than the tail-coverts. Quills brown, margined with the colour of the dorsal 

 plumage. 



Dimensions : — 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 



in. in. in. in. 



d 2 . , . . 3-25 3-20 0-75 0-87 



[P. Princesa, c? , January 1878: iris lemon-yellow. $, December 27, 1877: iris lemon- 

 yellow ; bill dark smoky grey, the mandible whitish ; legs and claws pale brown.] 



26. Phtllohnis palawanensis. 



Phyllornis palawanensis, Sharpe, t. c. p. 333. no. 72, t. 50. f. 1, 2, 



[P. Princesa, s S , January 1878.] 



The only example marked ? has the terminal portions of the moustache deep blue. Two 

 examples marked s have it white. Mr. Sharpe's conclusions (/. c.) on the point were the 

 reverse. This is one of the most beautiful species of the genus. The throat is bright golden ; 

 and the whole colouring of Mr. Keuleman's figures (/. c.) is much too pallid. 



27. ^GITHINA SCAPULARIS. 



lora scapularis, Horsf. Tr. L. S. xiii. p. 158. 



[P. Princesa, <s 2 , December 12, 1877 : iris white; bill lead-grey, the culmen black; legs 

 and feet bluish grey ; claws black.] 



All the males are without a trace of black on the upper parts. They agree with Bornean 

 and Malaccan examples (/. viridis, Bp. Vj. Bornean individuals are stated by Count T. Salvador! 

 to be identical with Javan (Ucc. Borneo, p. 191). 



28. MONTICOLA. SOLITAEIUS (103). 



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



29. CiTTOCINCLA NIGRA. 



Cittocincla nigra, Sharpe, t. c. p. 335. no. 82, t. lii. f. 1, 2. 



[P. Princesa, 6, December 14, 1877: iris very dark broA^-n; bill, legs, and feet black. 

 $ , January 1878 : iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs lead-grey.] 



