Birds of the Philippine Islands. ] 1 7 



chestj for the basal part of her feathers iu autumn plumage is 

 greyish^ not black. It seems just possible that a mistake 

 may have been made in ascertaining the sex. 



20. CopSYCHUs MiNDANENsis (Gm.) ; Grant, Ibis^ 1895, 

 p. 448. 



A pair of the Philippine Magpie-Robin from Eiigailo. 



21. Orthotomus chloronotus. (Plate III. fig. 1.) 

 Orthotomus chloronotus, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. no. xxix. 



p. ii (1895). 



Only a single example of the Green-backed Tailor-bird was 

 obtained, in the neighbourhood of Cape Engaiio. 



As already remarked, it is easily distinguished from its 

 nearest ally, 0. derbianus, from having the back and upper 

 parts, as well as the under tail-coverts, uniform olive-green. 

 In the colour of the upper parts it resembles the smaller 

 O. atrigularis, Temm., from Burmah and the Malay Penin- 

 sula, but among other differences the latter may be distin- 

 guished at a glance by the tail being olive-green instead of 

 rufous brown. 



Adult male. Top and sides of the head, including the eye, 

 dull chestnut ; back and wing-coverts olive-green, quills 

 dark brown edged with olive-green on the outer web ; cheeks, 

 ear-coverts, and underparts grey, with white middles to the 

 feathers, less conspicuous on the flanks, which are tinged 

 with olive ; thighs chestnut ; under tail-coverts olive-green ; 

 tail-feathers rufous brown, edged on the outer web with 

 yellowish olive-green. Total length 4*8 inches, culmen 0*75, 

 wing 2*2, tail 1*8, tarsus 0'8. 



22. CisTicoLA ExiLis (Vig. & Horsf.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. vii. p. 269 (1883). 



The Red-headed Fantail- Warbler was obtained at Laguna 

 de Manila in April. It is in full summer-plumage, with the 

 crown and nape chestnut, shading into dull rufous brown on 

 the hind neck; chin, throat, and underparts ferruginous. Our 

 bird agrees exactly with C.erythrocephala from Southern India 

 (Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 371) . I am very doubtful 

 whether it is correct to call the Philippine bird C. exilis ; it 



