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olive-yellow, the two middle pairs of feathers uniform^ and 

 the three outer pairs with a black subtemiinal blotch near 

 the extremity of the inner web, and a yellow terminal spot. 

 Total length 7'7 inches, wing 4"3, tail 2"9, tarsus 0*85. 



A single female specimen of this extremely distinct species 

 is all that has been received as yet. It is apparently most 

 nearly allied to the 0. samarensis, Steere, another remark- 

 able form, from which it differs in having the whole of the 

 underparts bright yellow, with indistinct dusky shaft stripes 

 on the flanks only, and the lores and chin white. 



10. DiCRURUs BALiCASsius (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 408. 



11. Artamides striatus (Bodd.) ; Grant, Ibis, ISQi, 

 p. 408. 



The present collection contains adult birds of both sexes. 



12. EnoLiisoMA c^RULESCENS (Blyth) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. iv. p. 44 (1879). 



The examples sent by Mr. Whitehead are typical specimens 

 of this species, and the males are quite distinct from E. alte- 

 rum, Wardlaw-Ramsay, from Cebu. 



13. Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafr. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. iv. p. 83 (1879). 



14. Pericrocotus, sp. inc. 



An apparently adult male has been obtained by Mr. White- 

 head which may represent a new species nearly allied to 

 P. flammeus from S. India and Ceylon, but it is impossible 

 to form definite conclusions from this single individual. 



15. Pratincola caprata, Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. iv. p. 195 (1879). 



16. MusciCAPULA LuzoNiENsis, sp. n. 



^ adult. Most nearly allied to M. hyperythra, but much 

 paler, and differing in the following well-marked particulars: — 

 The white eyebrow-stripes are composed of two patches of 

 perfectly white feathers, not confluent on the forehead ; the 

 general colour of the upper parts is paler and greyer, wit font 

 any trace of bluish ; the chin is white tinged with buff instead 



