312 Dr. J. B. Steere —Philippine Ornithology. 



The grey of the wing-coverts and primaries and secondaries 

 replaced by yellow. Feathers of breast and flanks streaked 

 as in 0. steerii, but washed with yellow. Under wing-coverts 

 light yellow. 

 Hub. Samar. 



35. Mackonus mindanensis, sp. nov. {Op. cit. p. 17.) 

 Head and nape brown, streaked with whitish. Throat 



white, washed with fulvous, this colour becoming more pro- 

 nounced on the breast and abdomen, taking the place of the 

 olivaceous colouring of M. striaticeps. 

 Hah. Mindanao, Samar, Leyte. 



36. MiXORNIS NIGRO-CAPITATUS, Sp. UOV. {Op. cit. p. 17.) 



Head black, tinged with dark rufous at the sides. Back 

 dark ashy, with very narrow lighter shaft-lines. Chin and 

 moustachial stripe dark rufous. Throat saflfron-yellow, 

 washed with rufous. Rest of under surface yellowish 

 white. 



Hah. Samar, Leyte. 



37. Ptilocichla basilanica, sp. nov. {Op. cit. p. 18.) 

 (Plate VII.) 



Sexes alike. Above olive- brown, becoming rufous on wings 

 and rump. Feathers of head and nape broadly edged with 

 black. Feathers of lower back very long, overlapping the 

 rufous upper tail-coverts, silky, and with narrow whitish 

 shaft-stripes, and with concealed broad white tips beneath. 

 White eye-stripe reaching to nape. Chin and throat white, 

 with black moustachial stripe. Breast black, tinged with 

 rufous, and with broad white shaft-stripes, this colouring 

 continuing on the belly and under tail-coverts, but the rufous 

 predominating. Length 6*0 inches, wing 3*25, tail 2'30, 

 tarsus O'll, culmen 0*75. 



Hah. Basilan. 



38. Ptilocichla mindanensis, sp. nov. {Op. cit. p. 18.) 

 Above fulvous brown. Feathers of head narrowly edged 



with black. Feathers of back showing indistinct shaft-stripes. 

 Below much as in P. basilanica, which it equals in size also. 



