NO. 1079. U^T OF PniLIPPINE BIRDS— MEARN8. 441 



Comparatire mcafi^ironcnU of Cryptolophn mindnncnfiis and C. 

 malindangensis. — Adult males (from skins) : Wing, 58, 50 mm.; tail, 

 48, 4G; bill from nostril, 7, 7; tarsus, 21, 21. 



Material. — Five specimens of C nj ptolo plia ni'mdanensls and 11 of 

 G. malindarujensis. 



Raiujc—Vvom 5,000 to S),000 feet on the Malindang Mountains. 



PSEUDOTHARRHALEUS MALINDANGENSIS, new species. 

 MOUNT MALINDANG WOOB-ACCENTOR. 



Type.— Cat Xo. 210853, U.S.N.M. Adult male. Summit of 

 Mount Malindang, northwestern Mindanao, Philippine Islands, alti- 

 tude slightly above 9,000 feet, June 0, 190G. Collected by Edgar A. 

 Mearns. (Original number, 14277.) 



Characters. — The largest known species of Pseudotharrhaleus/ gray 

 of cheeks and supraorbital stripe obscured by heavy markings of 

 brown ; feathers of chest heavily marked with black centers. 



Advlt male (type and only specimen). — General color above burnt 

 umber, washed with Vandyke brown on rump and upper tail-coverts ; 

 tail darker ; wing-quills brownish black, W' ith outer webs broadly 

 margined wdth the same color as the upper parts and extending to 

 the outer webs of the under side of wing; head sepia above, without 

 an appreciable supraorbital stripe ; sides of head grayish brown, 

 maculated with bister; chin and upper throat dirty whitish; much 

 obscured by dusky macules occupying the centers of the feathers; 

 middle of chest gray, heavily marked with blackish centers to the 

 feathers; sides, crissum and under tail-coverts, axillars, and lining of 

 wings like the back, this color shading to wood brown on middle of 

 belly; iris brown; bill plumbeous-black; feet and claws brown (from 

 fresh specimen). The following measurements were taken from the 

 type specimen, freshly killed, by the writer : Total length, 196 mm. ; 

 alar expanse, 212; wing, GG; tail, 90; culmen (chord), 1G.5; bill from 

 nostril, 10.3; from occiput to tip of bill, 42; tarsus, 28; middle toe 

 with claw, 25. 



This bird was usually found in hollows under mossy logs. Its note 

 resembles the alarm call of the American Pip'do fuscus mesoleucus. 



BRACHYPTERYX MALINDANGENSIS, new species. 

 MOUNT MALINDANG SHORTWING. 



Type.~Q.Ai. No. 202137, U.S.N.M. Adult female. Summit of 

 Grand Malindang Mountains, altitude 9,000 feet, Misamis Province, 

 northwestern Mindanao, Philippine Islands, June 5, 190G. Collected 

 by Edgar A. Mearns. (Original number 14269.) 



GharacterH. — Most closely related to Braehypteryx hrunneiceps 

 Grant and B. mindanensis Mearns. Smaller than hnmneieeps, about 

 equaling mindanensis; coloration very dark; russet of front of head 



