532 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



shows that it is a species of Zosterornis, most nearly allied to Z. dennis- 

 touni Grant from Luzon. Young birds have the top of the head brownish 

 and the interscapular region darker than in the adult, and both these 

 parts have well-defined whitish shaft-stripes; the color of the chin and 

 throat is also paler than in the adult, while the outer webs of the primary- 

 quills are pale sandy. 



"(The black-headed babbler is common in Samar ami Leyie, and fre- 

 quents the higher branches of the undergrowth. Iris two-colored, having 

 an outer ring of red and an inner one of pale yellow : bill black ; le.^s dull 

 lead-blue. J. W.)" (Grant.) 



"Fairly common in the deep forest of Samar. .Never seen in any 

 other locality by us. Seven males average: Length, 140; wing, ;>.. 

 tail, 59; culmen, 17 ; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 10. Five females, 

 length, 139; wing, 67; tail, 57; culmen, 10; tarsus, 17; middle toe 

 with claw, 1G. Iris varies from light brown to brick-red, in young- 

 birds it is dull yellow; legs and feet light olive-brown, often with a 

 wash of yellow; nails brown to yellow; bill black. Breeding in j u l\ 

 and August." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



512. ZOSTERORNIS AFFINIS McGregor. 

 RUFOUS-CHINNED TREE BABBLER. 



Zosterornis nigr oca pita ta McGBEGOB and WORCESTER, 1 land-List (11)06), 



82, (part). 

 Zosterornis affinis MCGREGOR, Phil. Journ. Sci. (1907). 2, sec. A, 292. 



Luzon ( Celestino ) . 



Male (type). Forehead and crown black, the shafts obscurely whitish ; 

 a small patch of chestnut behind each eye next to the black crown ; 

 general color above dull olive-gray, feathers of neck and mantle with 

 conspicuous, narrow, whitish shaft-lines; rump uniform : a narrow ring 

 around eye, ear-coverts, and cheeks gray with pale yellow shaft-lines; 

 chin, throat, and fore breast pale lemon-yellow, the chin heavily washed 

 with chestnut-rufous which becomes gradually less on throat and dis- 

 appears on breast; middle of breast and abdomen very pale yellow, 

 their sides gray, overlaid with a faint yellow wash; under tail-coverts 

 pale yellow; wings blackish brown, outer edges of quills lighter and 

 inner edges whitish; median and lesser coverts with light shaft-lines; 

 upper tail-coverts dull olive-brown ; rectrices dark brown, except the outer- 

 most feathers, their outer webs edged with olive-brown, all but the center 

 pair tipped with white, increasing in extent toward the outermost feather 

 which has its outer web almost entirely white. Length, 152; wing, 68; 

 tail, 61; culmen from base, 17; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 19. 



This species is similar to Z. nigroccipitatus, but is slightly larger and 



