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dale_, who was the first to describe Z. everetti from Cebu, 

 subsequently identified Mindanao birds with this species, he 

 was, no doubt, in error ; the British Museum possesses a good 

 series of Z. basilanica, including examples from the islands of 

 Samar, Leyte, Dinagat, North and South Mindanao, Basilan, 

 and Bongao in the Sulu Archipelago. The Bongao bird has 

 been identified by Dr. Sharpe as Z. everetti, but appears to 

 be typical Z. basilanica. 



42. ZosTEROPS NiGRORUM, Tweedd. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. ix. p. 186 (1884). 



Mr. Whitehead also sends a good series of the Negros 

 Silvereye, which was met with on the lower slopes of Canloon. 

 It is very like Z. luzonica, Grant, from Luzon, but at once 

 distinguished by the black band under the fore part of the 

 eye. Some of the specimens in the present collection have 

 the throat and middle of the underparts brighter yellow than 

 in the types, which were obtained by Mr. A. H. Everett at 

 Valencia, Negros. 



43. Dictum HiEMATosTiCTUM, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 X. p. 35 (1885) ; Steere, List Birds & Mamm. Philippines, 

 p. 21 (1890). 



Mr. Whitehead found the nest of this beautiful Blood- 

 breasted Flowerpecker and has presented it, together with 

 a pair of birds, to the British Museum. The nest, which is 

 suspended from the end of a branch, will shortly be exhibited 

 in the Bird Gallery, the birds having been beautifully mounted 

 by Mr, J. Cullingford, of Durham. 



44. Dictum dorsale, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 40 

 (1885). 



This handsome Orange-breasted Flowerpecker appears to 

 be fairly common in the neighbourhood of the Canloon 

 volcano. 



45. Prionochilus inexpectatus, Hartert ; Grant, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 469. 



It seems curious that this species, but recently described 

 from specimens collected by Mr. A. H. Everett in Luzon and 



