51 
tail feathers dark green; ear patch and anterior half of moustachial 
line deep blue. Measurements in inches: Length, 3$; wing, 1.68; 
tail, 1.16; exposed culmen, 0.56. 
Female.—No. 1552, Philippine Museum; Port Tilig, Lubang, 
Philippines; October 25, 1902; R. C. McGregor and A. Celestino. 
The female may be described briefly as follows: Dull olive green 
above, grayish green on breast, throat, and sides of neck; abdomen 
and flanks white with a wash of pale yellow on middle of belly; 
rump pale lemon yellow. Measurements of the type in inches: 
Total length, 34; wing, 1.56; tail, 0.90; exposed culmen, 0.51. 
In this species the yellow throat and breast are of the same 
shade as that found in Hudrepanis jefferyi, while in Avthopyga 
flavipectus, its nearest relative, the color is much deeper, as in 
4. bonita. Near the center of breast patch there are traces of 
the red lines such as are developed in other Philippine species of 
this genus—e. g., shelleyi and bonita. This varies in different 
individuals of rubrinota from a narrow line on a single barb to 
small patches extending over several barbs, but in no case are the 
red marking evident except upon close examination. This variation 
occurs in nine of the fifteen skins before me and is found in 
immature males as well as in those fully adult. 
LOCUSTELLA LANCEOLATA (Temm.). 
Our first specimens of this small grass warbler were taken in 
Benguet, Luzon, where one was killed well up in a small pine April 
18 and another May 14, 1903. In October and November of the 
same year we found the species not uncommon in Calayan, where 
its habits were very different from those observed in Benguet. 
Near the town of Calayan were large meadowlike fields covered 
with short grass, clumps of low weeds, and stunted guava bushes. 
It was in the shelter of these weeds and bushes that lanceolata 
hid and skulked, taking to its weak wings only when hard pressed, 
and then ducking beneath the first cover. I mever saw one of 
these birds take flight voluntarily and even when flushed they 
seldom flew more than 20 or 30 feet, just clearing the tops of 
intervening weeds. Dr. Richmond has identified our specimens. 
LOCUSTELLA FASCIOLATA (Gray); McGregor, Bull. Phil. Mus., 
No. 4, p. 29. 
Our Calayan specimen referred to this species has been examined 
by Dr. Richmond and he considers my determination correct. 
