230 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



1. Orthotomus samarensis. Samar, Leite. 



"^2. ,, niyriceps. Northern Mindanao. 



3. ,, cinereiceps. Mindanao and Basilan. 



4. ,, frontalis. Samar, Leite, Dinagat,Bohol, 



Mindanao, and Basilan. 



5. „ ruficeps. Calamianes, Palawan, Borneo, 



Sumatra, Malay Peninsula. 



6. „ derbianus. South and Central Luzon, 



7. „ chloronotus. North-east Luzon (only the 



type from Engano known). 



8. „ castaneiceps. Panay, Guimaras, Negros, 



and Masbate. 



27. CisTicoLA ExiLis (Vig. & Horsf.) ; Bourns & Wor- 

 cester, Occ. Pap. Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. 1, p. 40 

 (1894); Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 117. 



Two males of the Red-headed Fantail-Warbler from 

 Samar. 



28. Ptilocichla minuta, Bourns & Worcester, Occ. Pap. 

 Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. 1, p. 24 (1894). 



This small Fluffy-backed Babbler was met with on both 

 islands, but in Samar it appeared to be extremely rare, only 

 a young male being procured. In Leite, however, five 

 specimens were added. As Messrs. Bourns and Worcester 

 have shown, this species is extremely distinct from the birds 

 found in Mindanao and Basilan. From the former locality 

 I have only the adult male type of P. mindanensis for 

 comparison ; indeed, so far as I know, this is the only 

 specimen that has been procured on the island. From 

 Basilan there are four examples, including the types of 

 P. basilanica. The differences pointed out by Prof. Steere 

 are extremely slight, and I very much doubt if the Min- 

 danao bird is really separable ; it certainly has the back 



* Only the type obtained by Mr. A. H. Everett at Butuan is known. 

 That his bird is evidently not quite adult seems certain, and we should 

 not be altogether surprised if it turned out to be merely a younger stage 

 of plumage of O. samarensis. 



