484 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds from 



49. SlPHIA PHILIPPINENSIS. 



Siphia philippinensis Sharpe; Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 464. 



Cyornis philippinensis McGregor & Worcester, p. 72. 



a-i. <J ? • Davao, Feb. to May. Nos. Ill, 117, 321, 

 385, 394, 450, 453, 455, 458. 



" Iris very dark brown ; bill black, inside of mouth black ; 

 feet and nails reddish slate-coloured, ash-grey, or silvery- 

 grey." 



Male examples of the Philippine Red-breasted Flycatcher 

 from Luzon have the rufous of the throat, as a rule, 

 continued right up to the black on the chin. Typical birds 

 from the central islands usually have the top of the throat 

 slightly paler, sometimes inclining to whitish, and in one of 

 the specimens (No. 450) collected by Mr. Goodfellow on 

 the south-east coast of Mindanao the top of the throat is 

 pure white. In an example from Basilan (Steere Coll.) this 

 character is even more marked. I have examined the fine 

 series now available from the various Philippine Islands, but 

 cannot see that it is possible to recognise more than one form. 

 The most that can be said is that in birds from the north 

 the throat is, on the whole, more rufous and uniform in 

 colour, while in those from the central and southern islands 

 the throat is usually a trifle paler above, and sometimes even 

 white. 



50. Pitta erythrogaster. 



Pitta erythrogaster Temm. ; McGregor & Worcester, p. 68. 



«,&.<??. Davao, May. Nos. 412, 460. 



Male. " Iris dark brown; bill brownish- black; feet ashy- 

 grey." 



Female. "Iris sepia-brown; bill black; feet light slate- 

 coloured." 



51. Thriponax javensis. 



Thriponax javensis (Horsf.) ; McGregor & Worcester, p. 66. 

 <i. <J vix ad. Davao, Feb. No. 130. 

 b. S ■ Piso, April. No. 338. 



J adult. " Iris red ; upper mandible black, lower light 

 slate; feat dull slate-coloured." 



