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section belonged the birds from Palawau and Balabae, called 

 D. frontalis by Sbarpe. D. corallipes from Borneo, with its 

 red bill and red legs, was quite distinct. 



All the Philippine birds bad a white loral spot, greenish 

 bill, and dark greenish-brown legs. Two species had been 

 described, D. anochlamys, Sbarpe, and D. mesoleuca, Ogilvie 

 Grant. The former had been described from a Guimaras 

 specimen of Prof. Steere^s. Mr. Whitehead showed that the 

 same form was found in Cebn, Negros, and Pauay, but that in 

 Samar, Leyte, and Basilan a very much darker form occurred, 

 which was worthy of separation on account of the suffusion of 

 dark lilac over the whole of the under surface of the body. 

 He proposed to call the Samar form 



Dendrophila lilacea, n, sp, 

 D. similis D. (enoclihimycU, sed gastrseo toto vivid^ lilascenti- 

 vinaceo, nee lilascenti-brunneo, distinguenda. 



Mr. Whitehead also showed that D. mesoleuca from the 

 highlands of Luzon looked, at first sight, distinct enough ; 

 but on comparing a series from different elevations, it was 

 clear that the bird from the coast-region and the lower ele- 

 vations of the mountains showed very little difference from 

 D. (snochlamys, but that, as higher elevations were reached, 

 there appeared more and more Mhite on the back, and 

 more white on the breast, until typical D. mesoleuca was 

 reached. 



Messrs. C. B. Rickett and J. De La Touche sent for 

 exhibition examples of the following apparently new species 

 of birds from China : — 



Brachypteryx sinensis, llickett, n, sp. 

 (^ similis B. crurali ^, sed ubique pallidior : subtus pallid^ 

 cinerea: loris et fascia lata anteoculari cinereis nee 

 nigris distinguenda. Long. tot. 5*5 poll., culm. OG, 

 alse 2*6, caudse 1"9, tarsi 1-15. 

 5 similis B. crurali 5 , fronte, facie laterali et superciliis 

 olivaeeo-brunneis, nee rufesccntibus : cauda olivaceo 

 nee rufo lavata distinguenda. Long. tot. 5*4 poll., 

 alae 2-6. 



Hub. Kuatun, N.W. Fohkien. 



