238 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



41. Arachnothera flammifera, Tweedd. ; Gadow, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. ix. p. 104 (1884) ; Steere, List Birds & Mamm. 

 Philippines, p. 22 (1890). 



Althougli Dr. Gadow regards the Orange-tufted Spider- 

 hunter as merely a smaller race of A. longirostris, the birds 

 appear to me to be perfectly distinct. A. flammifera has the 

 cheeks uniform grey, the throat and breast of a much more 

 pronounced grey, this colour extending right over the belly. 

 A. longirostris has a well-defined blackish-grey moustachial 

 streak, and the breast and rest of underparts are yellow. 

 The Philippine species has the tufts on the sides of the breast 

 brilliant orange, while in A. longirostris they are yellowish 

 orange. In addition to these differences, we may call atten- 

 tion to the much shorter bill of the Philippine bird. 



[Iris red-brown; upper mandible black, lower mandible 

 and feet greyish blue. — J. W.] 



42. Anthothreptes griseigularis, Tweedd. ; Grant, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 120. 



I have the Grey-throated Sun-bird from Samar. 



43. Zosterops basilanica, Steere, List Birds & Mamm. 

 Philippines, p. 21 (1890) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 552. 



The Basilan Silver-eye is represented in both collections. 

 Remarks on this and allied species will be found in my 

 previous paper. 



Unlike the allied species [Z. siquijorensis) from Negros, 

 this bird is found in the low country from 1000 to 2000 feet. 



44. DiCiEUM rubriventer. Less. ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 120; Steere, List Birds & Mamm. Philippines, p. 22 

 (1890) ; Bourns & Worcester, Occ. Pap. Minnesota Acad. 

 Sci. i. no. 1, p. 38 (1894). 



The Red-bellied Flower-pecker is in both collections. 

 Leite appears to be a new locality. 



45. DiCiEUM LuzoNiENSE, Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 453. 



I have a single adult male from Samar which, if not 

 identical with the Red-breasted Flower-pecker from Luzon, 

 is very closely allied. It appears to differ in the following 



