548 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Graut on the 



Worcester, Occ. Pap. Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. i. p. 23 

 (1894)] the male of this new species appears to differ in 

 having the eyebrow-stripes no wider than in C. luzoniensis ; 

 a partially concealed patch o£ white feathers in the middle 

 of the lower back ; the lateral upper tail-coverts white, only 

 the median ones black ; the bend of the wing black, and, as 

 mentioned above, the outer tail-feathers black, with only the 

 smallest white spot at the extremity, while the flank-feathers 

 are washed with brownish buff. 



I have not seen an example of C. super ciliaris, but, from 

 what Messrs. Bourns and Worcester say in their description, 

 the width of the superciliary stripes should alone be suf- 

 ficient to distinguish it from C nigrorum ; and if the length 

 of the tarsus (0*86 inch) is correct, the leg of the Masbate 

 bird must be very much shorter. 



Adult male. Head, upper parts, and chest shining black ; 

 wide eyebrow-stripes (commencing in front of the eye and 

 extending down the sides of the neck), partially-concealed 

 patch of feathers on the middle of the lower back, lateral 

 upper tail-coverts, rest of underparts, and a spot at the tip 

 of the outer tail-feathers white ; flanks washed with brownish 

 buff. 



Total length 6'5 inches, culmen 0*72, wing 3'25, tail 2*9, 

 tarsus I'l. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the upper 

 parts deep brownish black ; the white eyebrow-stripes nearly 

 confluent on the forehead ; the outer webs of the primaries 

 edged with reddish brown ; the chin and throat white, divided 

 by a blackish band from the rest of the underparts ; and the 

 upper breast, as well as the flanks, washed with tawny 

 buff. 



Total length 5*8 inches, culmen 0'72, wing 295, tail 2*5, 

 tarsus I'l. 



32. Megalukus ruficeps (Tweedd.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 448 ; 1896, p. 467. 



A male of the Rufous-headed Marsh- Warbler was obtained 

 on the 28th of March. 



