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22. Stoparola nigrimentalis, (Plate XIV. fig. 2.) 

 Stoparola nigrimentalis, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. iii. p. 1 



(1894). 



This is a very distinct species, easily recognized by the 

 rather dull verditer-blue plumage and well-marked black 

 forehead and chin, the latter characters being only found to 

 a limited extent in the very differently coloured *S'. thalas- 

 sinoides. The general colour is brighter than that of 

 S. sordida, and apparently of much the same tint as in 

 S. panayensis, but there is only an immature male specimen 

 of the latter species in the National Collection. 



The two sexes are perfectly similar in plumage, and may 

 be briefly described as follows : — 



General colour above dull verditer-blue, brighter on the 

 outer Avebs of the quills, and paler on the forehead and under- 

 parts of the body. Belly and under tail coverts white. 

 Narrow frontal band, lores, chin, and feathers above and 

 below the eye deep black. Total length 6'2 inches, wing S'l, 

 tail 26, tarsus 0'65. 



23. SiPHiA PHiLippiNENsis, Shappc, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, iv. 

 p. 450 (1879). 



24. Phylloscopus borealis (Bias.); Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 408. 



25. Cettia seebohmi, sp. n. 



Having entirely failed to identify this Cettia from North 

 Luzon with anything hitherto known, I have been obliged to 

 describe it as new. 



The general appearance of N. Luzon birds reminds one 

 somewhat of C. cetti, but the head and back are of a more 

 olive-rufous shade, in marked contrast with the colour of the 

 wings, which are strongly washed with rufous. The much 

 stronger bill, the length of the tail, and other characters show 

 them to be really most closely allied to the group including 

 C. cantans (Temm. and Schl.), and especially C minuta 

 (Swinhoe). 



