NO. 1679. LIST OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS— MEARNS. 443 



ZOSTEROPS GOODFELLOWI MALINDANGENSIS, new subspecies. 

 MOUNT MALINDANG SILVER-EYE. 



Tijpe.—Cat No. 202401, U.S.N.M. Adult male. Summit of 

 Mount Lebo (Malindang group), altitude 5,750 feet, Misamis Prov- 

 ince, northwestern Mindanao, May 21, lOOG. Collected by Edgar A. 

 Mearns (original number 14109). 



Characters. — Smaller than typical Zosterojys goodfelloiri.^ with 

 stouter bill, front half of head grayish brown instead of olive-green; 

 nape greenish gray instead of olive-green ; auricular patch more 

 sharjoly defined and less greenish; malar region washed with brown 

 instead of being dirty white; throat and upper breast more distinctly 

 washed with brown. The iris is reddish brown in both ; bill black in 

 malinda)igensis, plumbeous-black in (joodfcJJowi; feet and claws pale 

 olive, yellowish on under side of toes in both. 



Measurements of Zosterops goodfellowi goodfellowi and Zosterops 

 goodfeUowi maUndangensis eontrasted. — Adidt males (measured in 

 the flesh by the writer) : Total length, 156-147 mm. ; alar expanse, 

 231-218; wing, 75-70; tail, 61-57; culmen (chord) 13-15; tarsus, 

 21-21; middle toe with claw, 16-16.5. Adult females (measurements 

 from dry skins): Wing, 70-63 mm.; tail, 59-54; culmen (chord), 

 12.5-13.5 ; tarsus, 21-21. 



Material. — Seven specimens of typical goodfeUowi from Mount 

 Apo and eleven of the present form from the Malindang group of 

 mountains. 



Range. — From 5,000 feet on Lebo and Bliss peaks up to the summit 

 of Grand Malindang (9,000 feet). 



CYRTOSTOMUS JUGULARIS MINDANENSIS, new subspecies. 

 MINDANAO YELLOW-BREASTED SUNBIRD. 



Type.—C^t. No. 192061, U.S.N.M. Adult male. Collected Janu- 

 ary 24, 1904, at Zamboanga, western Mindanao, Philipi:)ine Islands, 

 by Edgar A. Mearns. (Original number, 13177.) 



Characters. — Most closely resembling CyrtoRtomus jugidaris jagn- 

 laris of Luzon, but slightly larger, with the upper parts olive-green 

 instead of brownish olive-gray ; under parts nearly uniform lemon 

 yellow instead of canary yellow. 



Com,parative measurements. — Males of Cyrtostomns jugulcans min- 

 danensis average : Wing, 54 mm. ; tail, 44; culmen (chord), 18 ; tarsus, 

 15. Males of C. j. jugulaiis average : Wing, 50 mm. ; tail, 40; culmen, 

 18 ; tarsus, 15. Females of C. j. mAndanensis average : Wing, 52 mm. ; 

 tail, 38; culmen, 18; tarsus, 14. Females of C. j. jugidaris average: 

 Wing, 48 mm; tail, 38; culmen, 17; tarsus, 14. 



Matericd. — Twenty-six skins, from Mindanao and the offlying 

 islands of Talicud and Buluan, the latter showing a tendency to 



