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feet slate-gray.. (Whitehead.) Length, 102; culmen, 13; wing, 53; 
tail, 39; tarsus, 16.5.” (Grant.) 
509. ZOsTERORMS PLATENI (Blasius). 
PLATEN’S TREE BABBLER, 
Mizxornis plateni Buastus, Journ. fiir Orn. (1890), 147. 
Zosterornis platent GRANT, Ibis (1897), 233, (key to species); SHARPE, 
Hand-List (1903), 4, 51; McGrecork and Worcester, Hand-List 
(1906), 82. 
Mindanao (Platen). 
Diagnosis.—Similar to Zosterornis capttalis, but noticeably smaller. 
Description of female.—Above olive-brown; rump and tail-coverts 
more rust-colored ; upper back with white shaft-stripes ; entire head above 
and on sides, neck, and breast red-brown, with fine white shaft-stripes; 
chin and throat more blackish with broad white shaft-stripes ; tail-feathers 
uniformly brown, washed with olive-brown on the outer webs; tail- 
feathers above and upper wing-coverts similar; under wing-coverts and 
axillars whitish. Length, 120; wing, 55; tail, 47; culmen, 10; tarsus, 
15.* 
510. ZOSTERORNIS CAPITALIS (Tweeddale). 
RUFOUS-CROWNED TREE BABBLER. 
Mizornis capitalis TWEEDDALE, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1877), 20, 535; 
Proc. Zool. Soe. (1878), 110, pl. 7, fig. 2; SHarpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 
Mus. (1883), 7, 582. : 
Zosterornis capitalis GRANT, Ibis, (1897), 233, (key to species); SHARPE, 
Hand-List (1903), 4, 51; McGrecork and Worcester, Hand-List 
(1906), 82. 
Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Dimagat 
(Everett) ; Leyte (Everett); Mindanao (Platen, Goodfellow, Celestino) ; Panaon 
(Everett). 
Adult (male and female).—Forehead and crown rufous-chestnut or 
reddish auburn, some of the feathers with yellowish shaft-stripes ; occiput. 
back, and lesser and median wing-coverts dark brown with pale yellow 
shaft-stripes; rump and tail-coverts slightly. olivaceous and without 
* The original description of Mizornis (—Zesterornis) plateni follows: 
“Mizornis plateni, bedentend kleiner als M. capitalis, mit welcher Form die 
Art, besonders von der Oberseite gesehen, eine gewisse Aehnlichkeit in der 
Firbung bsitzt. ; 
Oberseite olivenbraun, Biirzel und Schwanzdeckfedern mehr rostfarben, am 
Vorderriicken weisse Schaftstriche. Ganzer Kopf, oben und an den Seiten, Nacken 
und Brust rothbraun mit feinen weissen Schaftstrichen. Kinn Kehle mehr 
schwirzlich mit breiteren weissen Schaftflecken. Schwanzfedern einfarbig braun, 
an der Aussenfahen olivenfarben verwaschen. Ebenso die schwanz federn oberseits 
und die oberen Fliigeldeckfedern. Untere Flugeldeckfedern und Achselfedern 
weisslich. Masse: @Q Long. tot. 12 em. Ala 5.5 em. Caud. 4.7 em. Culmen 1.0 
em. Tarsus 1.5 em. Type: Museum Brunsvicense.” 
