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intensified to ahnost a burnt umber, and not extending backward 

 beyond the eyes; edge and lining of wings, slate color, instead of 

 rusty. 



AduJf male.^iCixt No. t>02l;J(), TLS.N.M. A topotype from the 

 summit of Mount Malindang, altitude 9,000 feet, June 5, 190G).— 

 Uniformly slate-black, becoming practicalh^ black on the whole head, 

 except a minute and wholly concealed supraorbital white spot. Iris 

 dark reddish brown; bill all jet l)lack; feet and claws plumbeous- 

 black (from fresh specimen). 



Adult female (type). — Front of head back to the eyes rusty burnt 

 umber, with eye-ring of same color; hind half of head, neck all 

 round, and all of body except abdomen, blackish slate; abdomen 

 washed with brownish gray; wings and tail brownish black, washed 

 wnth slate-color; edge and lining of wings slate-color, not russet. 

 The colors of the iris, bill, and feet were noted as exactly like those 

 of the male topotype. 



Measurements.^ Adult male (Cat. No. 20213G, U.S.N.M.) : Total 

 length, ICO mm.; alar expanse, 222; wnng, 70; tail, GO; culmen 

 (chord), 14.5; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 32; middle toe with claw, 

 24. Adrdt female (type) : Total length, 14S mm.; alar expanse, 213; 

 wing, GG; tail. 53; culmen (chord), 13; l)ill from nostril, 8.5; tarsus, 

 34; middle toe with claw, 24.5. 



HYLOTERPE APOENSIS BASILANICA, new subspecies. 

 BASILAN ISLAND THICK-HEAD. 



Type.— Cat. No. 1(')1534, U.S.N.^NI. Adult male. Collected on the 

 island of Basilan, Philippine Islands, November 8, 1887, by D. C. 

 Worcester. 



Adidt male. — Similar to typical llt/loter'pe ajmensis, but paler 

 throughout, with crown brownish in.stead of grayish; underparts 

 canary yellow instead of lemon yellow ; slightly smaller. Wing, 

 78 mm.; tail, G7; culmen, 14; l)ill from nostril, 9.2; tarsus, 17.5; 

 " Iris brown. Bill black." 



Adult female.— {OaL No. 201258 U.S.N.M. Collected on the island 

 of Basilan, Philippine Islands, February 19, 190G, by Edgar A. 

 Mearns. Original number, 139G2). Paler and dingier than the 

 male; under parts pale canary yellow from throat backward. Wing, 

 71 mm. ; tail, Gl ; tarsus, 17.5. 



Reinarhs. — Specimens in the U. S. National ]\Iuseum, collected on 

 the island of Siquijor, Philippine Islands, by F. S. Bourns and D. C. 

 Worcester, are exactly like Basilan specimens taken in February. 

 1888, and must be included as belonging to this subspecies. Lowland 

 birds from Mindanao Island connect the forms apoensis and hasil- 

 aniea. 



