50 Mr. J. Whitehead on the 



blue, with the outermost feathers centred with white, forming 

 a distinct band. 



72. Pitta erythrogastra. P. 



Fairly common, like the last species, and met with on the 

 mountains inland up to 2000 feet. The Sulu name for this 

 bird is " Wou wa," which, when whistled, is similar to this 

 Pitta's note. 



Eye hazel ; legs slate-blue ; bill black. 



The young are quite different from the adults, being of a 

 dark brown above, with slate-blue tails and pinkish-brown 

 breasts, running into pale pink on the abdomen ; neck and 

 upper breast-feathers edged with brown ; bill orange-red at 

 tip and base, rest black. 



73. TURDINUS RUFIFRONS. f. 



Common, but difficult to shoot, owing to its habits, fre- 

 quenting, as it does, the tangled masses of herbage near the 

 ground. 



Eye almost white ; legs and lower mandible pale blue, 

 upper mandible black. 



74. Mixornis woodi. f- 



Fairly common, frequenting the thick forest-growth near 

 the ground. 



Eye dull yellow. 



I found a nest of this species, which was placed in 

 a creeping bamboo, about three feet from the ground, and 

 contained two eggs, which were white spotted with red. 

 The nest is a loose ball of leaves slightly lined with fine 

 stalks. 



75. Anuropsis cinereiceps. f. 



Scarce, frequenting the thick tangled masses of jungle. I 

 took a nest of this species on 2nd September. The nest, which 

 was placed close to the ground and made of bamboo-leaves, 

 contained two blue eggs thickly speckled with dark brown. 



76. Ptilocichla falcata. f« 



Fairly common in certain localities, frequenting the tangled 

 growth on the ground. 



