234 



Mr. W. R. Offilvie Grant on the 



wMteheadi. 



capitalis. 



nigrocapitatus. 

 dennistouni. 



pygmceus. 



D. Forehead and crown black ; otherwise much 



like Z. capitalis, but the white shaft-stripes 

 on cheeks and back narrower, and the chest- 

 nut on throat forming a patch on each side. 

 Wing 2*7 inches Z. nigrocapitatus. 



E. Forehead, crown, and throat brilliant golden 



yellow; otherwise much like Z. nigrocapi- 

 tatus, but the back and underparts washed 

 with yellowish. Wing 2-7 inches Z. dennistouni. 



Zosterornis striatus. Province of Isabella and Cape 



Engano, North-east Luzon. 



Benguet and Lepanto districts, 

 Nortli-west Luzon. 



Dinagat, Basilan, and Min- 

 danao. 



Samar and Leite. 



Cape Engano, North - east 

 Luzon. 



Samar and Leite. 



Mindanao. 



32. Hylotekpe philippinensis, Walden ; Grant, Ibis, 

 1895, p. 254. 



This Yellow-bellied Thick-head is represented in both 

 collections ; it is known to occur in Luzon, Samar, Leite, 

 Siquijor, Mindanao, and Basilan. 



It appears to me highly probable ihsitHyloterpe mindorensis, 

 Bourns and Worcester, is synonymous with my H. albiventris. 

 If this is so, the latter name has priority. Although the 

 description given of the adult female does not quite agree 

 with the specimens of //. albiventris from Mindoro, the 

 discrepancies are comparatively slight. 



33. Rhabdornis minok, Grant, Bull. B, O. C. no. xl, 

 p. xvii (1896). 



Rhabdornis sp.. Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 550. 



In my previous paper on the birds of Negros, the opinion 

 was expressed that it would probably be necessary to separate 

 the little Flower-creeper from typical R. mystacalis. The 

 present collections include examples of both sexes from 

 Samar as well as Leite, and I find that, besides the difference 



