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p. 371 (1879) ; Steere, List Birds & Mamm. Philippines, 

 p. 16 (1890) ; Bourns & Worcester, Occ. Pap. Minnesota 

 Acad. Sci. i. no. i. p. 41 (1891) ; Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 506, 

 & 1895, p. 443. 



That this little yellow Philippine Flycatcher should prove 

 to be identical with C. helianthea from Celebes is another 

 instance of the affinity between the highland forms met 

 with in these two localities. There can be no doubt about 

 the correctness of this identification, for among our Celebean 

 examples is Dr. Wallace's type of C. helianthea, and we have 

 a large series of Philippine specimens. Dr. Sharpe quite 

 agrees as to the propriety of uniting these two forms. 



21. Cryptolopha NiGRORUM (Mosclcy) ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 443, 1896, p. 464. 



A pair of the little yellow Flycatcher-Warbler agree 

 perfectly with Moseley's type, which was obtained at Danao 

 in Southern Negros. 



22. Cryptolopha olivacea (Moseley) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 112. 



The Olive Flycatcher- Warbler was met with on the volcano 

 of Canloon. The differences between young and old birds 

 are worth noting. In the adults the feathers of the crown of 

 the head are dark grey, edged on the sides with dull olive- 

 green ; the chin and throat white, with faint indications of 

 yellowish streaks; and the outer webs of the outer primaries 

 are hoary. Young birds have the crown olive-green like the 

 rest of the upper parts, the chin and throat pale yellow, and 

 the outer webs of the outer primaries olive-green like the rest 

 of the quills. 



The differences which Mr. Moseley gives as characteristic 

 of the female are really due to immaturity. Mr. Whitehead 

 sends two specimens, one a young male, which is precisely 

 similar in plumage to the female type obtained at Lake 

 Danao, Southern^Negros ; the second, a more mature bird 

 of which the sex is not recorded, has the crown of the head 

 and edges of the primary quills as in the adult, but the chin 

 and throat pale yellow. 



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