552 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



with at this high altitude, being found as far as the fumes 

 and eruptions from the volcano permit vegetation to ap- 

 proach its summit. 



The Negros birds agree perfectly with the description given 

 by Messrs. Bourns and Worcester, but the wing-measure- 

 meut is slightly longer. 



Wing. 



in. 



Two males 2*35 



One female 2-27 



Four males 2*25 



One not sexed 2'23 



Two males 2-22 



One male 2"21 



The wing-measurement of the Siquijor birds is given as 

 2*16 inches. It may be worth while to call attention to two 

 obvious misprints in Messrs, Bourns and Worcester's paper, 

 viz. : in the measurements given of the male type from 

 Siquijor we find '^ Culmen 1*55, tarsus 1'57." This should, 

 of course, read — Culmen 0*55, tarsus 0"57. 



The tarsus in this species is unusually large and strong, 

 and proportionately very much larger than in the allied 

 Z, meyeni. 



I will take this opportunity of making some remarks on 

 the closely allied Z. basilanica, Steere. In spite of what 

 Messrs. Bourns and Worcester have written \_cf. Occ. Pap. 

 Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. i. p. 57 (1894)], Dr. Steere was, 

 in my opinion, perfectly justified in separating the southern 

 birds from Z. everetti, which inhabits Cebu. They appear to 

 have missed the great point of difference between the two 

 species, for the black patch under the eye, combined with 

 the bright yellow lores, serves at once to distinguish the 

 Cebu bird from Z. basilanica. The male type of Z. everetti 

 was shot in Cebu in the month of April, and we have com- 

 pared this bird with an adult male collected in Leyte at the 

 same date. In these two birds the specific differences are 

 strongly marked and are evidently in no way seasonal. We 

 find all our Samar specimens are typical Z. basilanica and 

 diff'er constantly from Cebu birds. Although Lord Tweed- 



