from the Island of Palawan. 199 



bases; under tail-coverts white; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries white, with ashy bases ; quills below dusky, ashy 

 along the inner edge. Total length 5*7 inches, culmen 0*65, 

 wing 3"15, tail 2'3, tarsus 0*75. 



45. t Chibia palawanensis. [E., L., W.] 



46. [B.] BUCHANGA LEUCOPH^A. [S,, E., L., W.] 



47. [P.] Rhipidura nigritorquis. [S., W,] 



48. t SiPHIA LEMPRIERI. [E., L., W.] 



49. t SiPHiA ERiTHACus, sp. n. (Plate. IV. fig. 2.) 

 Adult male. General colour above rufous brown, with a 



slight olivaceous tinge ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; 

 median coverts, greater coverts, bastard- wing, primary-coverts, 

 and quills blackish brown, more or less broadly edged with 

 the same colour as the back, a little more rufous on the 

 latter ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers bright chestnut ; 

 crown of head like the back, slightly washed with olive ; 

 lores ashy grey ; feathers round the eye dusky ; ear-coverts 

 olive-brown, washed with tawny ; cheeks, throat, and chest 

 orange-rufous ; breast and abdomen pure white, as well as the 

 sides of body and flanks ; thighs dusky brown ; under tail- 

 coverts pale tawny rufous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white ; quills below dusky, whitish along their inner edge. 

 Total length 4*2 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 2"35, tail 1*7, 

 tarsus 0'8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the lores more 

 tawny. Total length 4' 2 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 2*25, 

 tail 1'5, tarsus 0'7. 



50. [P.] Xantholestes panayensis. [W,] 



Although 1 have not had a specimen of X. panayensis 

 from Panay to compare, the type being in Prof. Steere''s 

 collection in America, I believe that the single specimen in. 

 Mr. Whitehead's consignment must belong to the Panay 

 species, though of course direct comparison is desirable. 



51. [P.] CrYPTOLOPHA MONTIS. [W.] 



Only a single specimen, which appears to be identical with 

 the type of C. montis from Kina Balu. 



