58 BOURNS AND WORCESTER: PRELIMINARY NOTES, 



were obtained in March and April, The differences enumerated by 

 Dr. Steere (1. c.) certainly existed between the Cebu and Basilan 

 birds but we failed to detect them in the birds from Samar. Our 

 private collections contained typical Z. everetti from Samar and the 

 birds from that island were so identified by us. 



On our present trip we again collected in Basilan in the autumn 

 and the same differences show themselves between the birds then 

 collected and those obtained in Cebu in July of the following year. 

 Our collections in Sulu and Tawi Tawi were made later than those 

 from Basilan and while many of the birds secured there are young, 

 or in poor plumage, we have typical Z. everetti from both locali- 

 ties. Dr. Sharpe also records Z. everetti as collected in Tawi Tawi 

 and Bongao by Everett but we do not know in what month. 



We find no difference in either the breadth or depth of color of 

 the yellow stripe on under surface of the northern and southern 

 birds and think the slight difference in the amount of yellow about 

 the lores to be purely .a matter of season, the amount of yellow 

 increasing as the breeding time approaches. 



Cittocincla cebuensis Steere. 



Cittocincla cebuensis Steere, List B. and M. Steere Exped. p. 20 (1890); id. 

 Ibis. 1890, p. 314. 



Apparently confined to the island of Cebu where it is very rare. 



An immature female is slaty black above, tail dull black. Wing- 

 coverts brown tipped with distinct spots of rufous brown, these 

 spots forming two irregular bars. Quills fulvous brown. Prima- 

 ries faintly washed on outer webs with rufous brown. Forehead 

 brownish. Lores, ring around eye, sides of face and chin light 

 rufous brown. Center of throat and upper breast slaty grey, a few 

 of the feathers still retaining brownish centers. Rest of under 

 surface slaty black washed with brown. Under tail-coverts black 

 with brown shaft stripes. 



Mixornis plateni Bias. 

 Mixornis plateni Bias. J. f. O. pp. 145, 147, 1890. 



A Mixornis apparently of this species, with which it agrees in 

 size, was found by us in Samar. But two specimens were secured. 

 One of these is immature. The head was broken from the other in 

 shipping and has been lost so that we are unable to identify the 

 Samar birds with absolute certainty, but they are either M. plateni 

 or a very closely allied species. Length of adult bird 4.25 inches. 

 Tarsus, .56. Tail, 1.85. Wing, 2.12. Iris with yellowish white inner 

 and red outer ring. 



