Birds of the Philippine Islands. 551 



We have received from Mr. Whitehead a small series of the 

 Guimaras Nuthatch, which is now recorded for the first time 

 from Negros. The birds agree perfectly with the original 

 description taken from the type obtained by Prof. Steere in 

 Guimaras. The figure, however, given in the ' Transactions ' 

 of the Linnean Society is not quite correct, for the white 

 band across the lores, although an important specific cha- 

 racter, is entirely omitted, and the tail, which is depicted as 

 being entirely black, with a white subterminal spot on the 

 inner webs of the outer pairs of feathers, is, in reality, widely 

 tipped with greyish blue, and the white spots, which are 

 only developed on the two outermost pairs of feathers, are 

 inconspicuous. This species is now known to occur in the 

 islands of Samar, Panay, Guimaras, Negros, Cebu, and 

 Basilan. 



39. ^THOPYGA MAGNiFiCA, Sharpc J Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. ix. p. 24 (1884). 



This magnificent Sunbird, one of the most splendid species 

 of a brilliant genus, appears to be fairly common about the 

 Canloon volcano. Mr. Whitehead found two of its nests, 

 one of which, together with a pair of birds, he has most kindly 

 presented to the British Museum, where it will shortly be on 

 exhibition. He writes : — ^' The nest was dangling from the 

 orchid to which it still adheres, and was situated close to the 

 stem of a huge tree, at about 3 feet from the ground. The 

 nest was well sheltered, so as to look like a piece of forest 

 rubbish." 



40. CiNNYRis JUGULARis, Liuu. ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 451, 

 1896, p. 468. 



The Philippine Yellow-breasted Sunbird appears to be 

 universally distributed throughout the islands. There is a 

 fine male in the present collection, shot in the neighbourhood 

 of the volcano of Canloon. 



41. ZosTEROPS siQuiJORENsis, Boums & Worcester, Occ. 

 Pap. Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. i. p. 21 (1894). 



The Siquijor Silvereye was obtained near the summit of 

 the volcano of Canloon. It was the only common bird met 



