Birds of the Philippine Islands. 517 



from tlie liighlands of N. Luzon^ but when he wrote and 

 said he had discovered a resident Crossbill^ and taken its 

 nest, I felt (not unreasonably, I think) some doubts, and 

 imagined he might have found some new form perhaps allied 

 to Himaiione or Vestiaria, from the Sandwich Islands. On 

 the arrival of the collection this bird proved to be a true Loxia, 

 most nearly allied to the small Himalayan Crossbill, but so 

 remarkably different that I have considered it advisable to 

 record it under a distinct name, though no doubt those who 

 follow Dr. Sharpe in uniting all the different forms under the 

 name L. curvirostris may consider the name superfluous. In 

 size the Philippine bird is about as large as L. himalayana, 

 the total length and wing-measurements being nearly alike in 

 both, but the bill of the former is very much stouter and 

 larger. The Philippine males have, moreover, the general 

 colour of the plumage more rosy and never orange-red. 



The females are also easily distinguished, apart from the 

 difference in the size of the bill. The new species is almost 

 devoid of all trace of yellow, with the exception of a small 

 patch on the rump, the underparts being dull brownish grey, 

 with only the faintest yellow tinge on the breast. 



c?. Total length 5-4-5-6 inches, wing 3-2-3-3, tail 2-0, 

 tarsus 065, culmen 0'68-0-7. 



2 . Total length 5 •1-5-4 inches, wing 3*2, tail 1-9, tarsus 

 0-6-0-65, culmen 0-68-0-7. 



57. Emberiza pusilla, Pall.; Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. 

 xii. p. 487 (1888). 



58. Emberiza sulphurata, Temm. & Schl. ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 519 (1888). 



Both these Buntings are, so far as I am aware, recorded 

 for the first time from the Philippine group, though E. sul- 

 phurata was obtained in Formosa by Swinhoe. 



59. Artamus leucogaster (Wagl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 3 (1890). 



60. Sarcops calvus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, 

 xiii. p. 97 (1890), 



