554 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



Miadoro, should now turn up in Negros. We have three 

 males from the vicinity of Canloon which agree perfectly 

 with a typical example of the Grey-breasted Thick-billed 

 Flowerpecker from Laguna de Bai, Luzon ; but the male 

 sent in the previous collection from Mindoro appears to differ 

 slightly in the colour of the upper parts, the back, as well as 

 the top of the head, being black slightly glossed with purple, 

 whereas in the Negros and Luzon birds the back has a dis- 

 tinctly greenish gloss. We liave only this one male specimen 

 from Mindoro for comparison, but it seems probable that the 

 slight difference mentioned is individual or seasonal. 



46. Anthus GUSTAVi, Swinhoe; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 X. p. 613 (1885). 



Gustave's Pipit is a winter visitor to the Philippines, and 

 has been met with in most of the islands, but it is now 

 recorded from Negros for the first time. 



47. Artamus leucogaster (Wagl.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 258. 



We have a female of the White-bellied Wood-Swallow. 



48. Sarcops calvus (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 469. 



As already mentioned in my previous paper on the Min- 

 doro collection, the Bald-headed Grackle is represented in 

 the present collection by the black-backed form. 



49. MuNiA jAGORi, Cabanis ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 337 (1890). 



Munia brunneiceps, Waiden; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 338 (1890) ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 261. 



The present collection contains three fine black-headed 

 examples of this little Chestnut Weaver. Having gone care- 

 fully through all the material in the National Collection, 

 I have no hesitation in saying that M. brunneiceps is merely 

 the worn autumn plumage of M. jagori. In the series 

 examined from the Philippines we find that the brown head 

 begins to make its appearance in July specimens, and is 

 strongly marked, in birds shot in September and October. 

 The birds obtained at Albay and Catanduaues in September 



