228 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



22. Pycnonotus goiavier (Scop.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 446. 



The Yellow-vented Bulbul was met with on both islands. 



23. loLE EVERETTi (Tweedd.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



vi. p. 57 (1881) ; Steere, List Birds & Mamm. Philippines, 

 p. 19 (1890). 



The type of Everett's Yellow Bulbul is a male from 

 Northern Mindanao. The species has also been met with in 

 the islands of Dinagat, Samar, and Leite, and examples from 

 both the last-named islands are included in the present 

 collection. As in all the birds of this genus, the adult male 

 and female are similar in plumage. 



[Iris lake-brown; upper mandible black, lower dull slate- 

 blue ; legs brownish pink. — J. W.] 



24. Irena ELLiE, Steere, List Birds & Mamm. Philippines, 

 p. 18 (1890) ; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 313, pi. viii. 



There are examples of the Samar Fairy Blue-bird in both 

 collections. 



[Iris lake-red ; bill and feet black. When I arrived at 

 Samar, in the middle of May, these birds were in splendid 

 plumage, but most difficult to obtain, owing to their habit of 

 frequenting the topmost branches of the highest trees, though 

 their peculiar whistling note might be heard almost any day. 

 In Leite, however, I found this species abundant at an 

 elevation of about 1000 feet, frequenting even low growth ; 

 but they were then in full moult and not worth collecting. — 

 J. W.] 



25. Orthotomus sAMARENSis, Stccrc, List Birds & Mamra. 

 Philippines, p. 20 (1890). 



There is a small series of this beautiful Yellow-breasted 

 Tailor-bird, hitherto only known from the male type obtained 

 by Prof. Steere in Samar. The plumage of the female still 

 remains unknown, for all the specimens in the present 

 collections prove to be males. The amount of white on the 

 throat varies considerably in different individuals — some, 

 like the type, have the white patch confined to the chin ; in 

 others it covers the greater part of the throat. 



