544 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



23. Stoparola panayensis (Sharpe) ; Sliarpe^ Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. iv. p. 440 (1879). 



Eumy'ius 'panayensis, Steere, List Birds & Mamm. Philip- 

 pines, p. ]G (1890). 



The Panay Verditer Flycatcher has already been recorded 

 from Negros by Steere, and though he does not mention 

 Panay in his list of localities, the type specimen came from 

 that island. >S. meridionalis , Biittikofer (c/. Notes Leyden 

 Museum, xv. p. 170, 1893), is very closely allied to the 

 present species, but may be distinguished by the blue on the 

 wings and tail being somewhat brighter. The National 

 Collection has recently acquired a pair of S. meridionalis 

 from Bonthain Peak, Southern Celebes ; the wing in the male 

 measures 8 cm. ( = 3'1 inches), that of the female 7 '7 cm. 

 ( = 3'05 inches). It seems difficult to believe that two forms 

 so closely allied as S. septentrionalis and S. meridionalis can 

 be found in the same island, and I gather from Dr. Biitti- 

 kofer's descriptions that the difference is purely one of size. I 

 have not seen specimens of the typical >Si. septentrionalis from 

 Northern Celebes, but cannot help suspecting the specific 

 identity of northern and southern birds. 



24. Phylloscopus borealis (Blasius) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 113. 



A specimen of the Arctic Willow- Warbler was shot in 

 March. 



25. TuRDUs NiGRORUM, sp. n. 



This is the third new species of the genus Turdus discovered 

 by Mr. Whitehead in the Philippine Islands. So far he has 

 collected only in the high altitudes of three out of the four 

 islands visited, but on each of these three islands a new 

 Blackbird was met with when an altitude of between 5000 

 aud 6000 feet was reached. 



The present species, though a dull-coloured and by no 

 means showy bird, is extremely distinct from anything 

 hitherto described ; it appears to be most nearly allied to 

 Turdus simillimus, Jerd., from the Nilghiris, but the sexes 



