NEW SPECIES OP BIRDS. 23 



27. Cryptolopha flavigularis sp. nov. 



Adult male. Above bright olive green. Head like back. All 

 the wing feathers broadly edged with olive green. Tail olive green 

 above, the inner webs of the outer three pairs of feathers narrowly 

 edged with bright yellow. Shafts dark brown above. A bright 

 yellow superciliary line extending from base of bill to ear. A simi- 

 lar line below eye and not extending beyond it. Lores olive brown. 

 Sides of face and ear-coverts light olive yellow with lighter yellow 

 shaft markings. Chin, throat and upper breast white heavily 

 washed with light yellow. Rest of under surface whitish streaked 

 with light yellow. Under tail coverts yellow, shafts white. Under 

 surface of tail olive green, shafts pure white. Axillaries, under 

 wing coverts, inner edge of quills, yellowish white. Bend of wing 

 light yellow. Length, 5.00. Wing. 2 29. Tail, 1.88. Culmen, .63. 

 Tarsus, .72. 



Legs, feet and nails very light brown. Upper mandible dark 

 brown, lower light brown. 



Habitat: Cebu. 



The specimen described is in breeding plumage. 



28. Geocichla cinerea sp. nov. 



Entire upper surface very dark ashy, nearly black. Tail and tips 

 of wing feathers rusty brown. Wing coverts brownish black, each 

 tipped with a large spot of white, these spots forming two irregular 

 wing bars. Lores whitish. Spot under eye brownish black. Chin 

 and center of throat white. A broad line of brownish black extends 

 from the gape to the breast where it joins a large patch of black 

 formed by feathers the bases of which are white. Rest of under 

 surface white, the feathers of sides of breast and flanks with narrow 

 black tips. Center of lower breast and abdomen as well as under 

 tail 'coverts unspotted. A slight tawny wash on flanks. Axillaries 

 white tipped with ashy grey. Under wing coverts ashy grey 

 tipped with white. A prominent spot of white on inner web of each 

 secondary, the spots together forming a patch. Bend of wing 

 white. Wing, 4.40. Tail, 2.86. Culmen, .91. Tarsus, .98. 



Habitat: Mindoro. 



29. Cittocincla superciliaris sp. nov. 



Adult male: Entire upper surface, sides of head, chin, throat 

 and fore- breast glossy black. A broad superciliary stripe of pure 

 white begins in front of eye, tapering to a point on the hind-neck 

 where it approaches, but does not meet, the stripe of other side. 



