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10. Oriolus samarensis, Steere, List of Birds & Mamm. 

 Philippines^ p. 17 (1890) ; Bourns & Worcester, Occ. Pap. 

 Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. 1, p. 54 (1894) ; Grant, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 533. 



There is a fine adult pair of the striped Samar Oriole from 

 that island, and a less mature male from Leite. The latter 

 undoubtedly belongs to this species, which is referred to in 

 our previous paper on the birds of Negros, quoted above. 



[Adtilt. Iris red, bill pinkish brown; feet grey-black. 

 Immature. Iris grey ; bill dull brownish pink ; feet dusky 

 grey. 



This species, according to my experience, was extremely 

 rare in both islands, the first Samar collection, which was 

 lost, only containing four specimens. — J. W.] 



11. DiCRURUs STRiATUs, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 545; 

 Steere, List Birds & Mamm. Philippines, p. 15 (1890). 



Mr. Whitehead obtained the Striped Drongo on both 

 Samar and Leite. It may be worth calling attention to the 

 outermost flank-feathers, which are pale grey in younger 

 examples, and nearly pure white in the fully adult. This 

 rather marked character appears to have escaped Lord 

 Tweeddale^s notice, for he does not mention it in the original 

 description. 



This species is also known to occur in Panaon, Nipah, 

 Mindanao, and Basilan. 



[Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. — J. W.] 



12. Lalage minor (Steere) ; Bourns & Worcester, Occ. 

 Pap. Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. 1, p. 41 (1894). 



Pseudolalage minor, Steere, List of Birds & Mamm. 

 Philippines, p. 15 (1890). 



This rare Cuckoo- Shrike, which was originally described 

 by Prof. Steere from examples from Mindanao, and subse- 

 quently recorded by Messrs. Bourns and Worcester from 

 Samar, has now been found in Leite. Mr. Whitehead 

 obtained two males and one female, which agree perfectly 

 with Steere's types. 



