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7. Circus philippinensis^ sp. nov. {Op. cit. p. 7.) 

 Adult female. — Ashy brown. Head and neck streaked 



with white; hinder crown streaked with cinnamon. Scapulars 

 and feathers of interscapular region narrowly tipped with 

 white^ and showing more or less of large ashy- white spots on 

 both webs. Outer surface of folded wing ashy white, banded 

 with black. Tail ashy white, banded with ashy brown and 

 tipped with white. Upper tail-coverts white. Under surface 

 white, narrowly streaked with ashy brown on throat and 

 breast. Belly, thighs, and under tail-coverts pure white. 

 Under surface of tail white, with ashy, and faintly banded^ 

 Hab. Mindanao, Gruimaras, Lu2ion. 



8. Spilornis panayensis, sp. nov. {Op. cit. p. 7.) 

 Adult male. — Head black, feathers of crest sulphur-white 



at base, then black, narrowly edged with whitish. Rest of 

 upper surface, with wings, light ashy brown, all the feathers 

 edged with whitish. Tail broadly tipped with white, and 

 with two broad whitish bars and part of a third basal one. 

 Throat bluish ash, unmarked. Best of under surface pale 

 cinnamon, shaded with ash and spotted and banded as in 

 S. holospilus. Length 19'75 inches, wing 12*50, tail 9*0, 

 tarsus 2'80. Distinguished from S. holospilus by its small 

 size and pale colouring. 



Hab. Guimaras, Panay, Negros. 



9. Thriponax philippinensis, sp. nov. {Op. cit. p. 8.) 

 Adult male. — Rump bufFy white. Crest scarlet, with the 



bases of the feathers of the crown and nape white ; cheeks 

 and sides of face largely scarlet, nearly joining the scarlet 

 feathers of the crest behind the eye. The feathers of the 

 chin, throat, and neck narrowly tipped with scarlet ; lower 

 mandible horn-white, upper blackish. 

 Hab. Guimaras, Masbate. 



10. Thriponax MiNDORENSis, sp. nov. (Ojo. aY. p. 8.) 

 Adult male. — Much smaller than T. philippinensis. Rump 



white. Much white upon ear-coverts and throat. Scarlet 

 cheek-patch limited to a narrow bar upon the lower jaw. 



