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is the species more familiarly known as B. griseosticta of Swinhoe ; and of course 

 Bonaparte's name will take precedence over the latter title. This identification was to a 

 great extent predicted by Lord Tweeddale (I. c). 



Xanthopygia, Blyth. 



56. Xanthopygia narcissina (Temm.) : Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 380. 



a. $ . Dumalon, Mindanao. Eyes hazel. 

 A lovely specimen in full plumage. This is the first time that the species has been 

 known from the Philippines, where it is doubtless only a winter visitant. 



Xantholestes, gen. n.* 



57. XajSttholestes panayensis, sp. n. 



<J . supra olivascenti-flavus, pileo saturatiore ; uropygio lajte flavo ; tectricibus alarum, 

 remigibus et rectricibus brunneis fiavido marginatis ; loris flavis ; subtus lsetissime 

 flavus, gutture vix obscuriore. Long. tot. 4*7, culm. 0*45, alee 2" 2, caudee 2 -2, 

 tarsi 0*5. 

 a. ad. Panay. 

 Closely allied to X. helianthea, Wall. (Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 66, pi. vii. fig. 1), of 

 which it is a representative species, differing in its smaller size and olive-greenish head 

 and face, the latter being yellow in X. helianthea. 



Set aria, Blyth. 



58. Setaria repicatjda, sp. n. 



S ad. supra fulvescenti-brunneus, pileo vix obscuriore; supracaudalibus caudaque 

 castaneis, rectricibus vix apicaliter brunnescentibus ; tectricibus alarum dorso 

 concoloribus, majoribus saturate brunneis extus dorsi colore lavatis; tectricibus 

 primariorum nigricantibus extus angustissime olivaceo lavatis ; remigibus satm*ate 

 brunneis extus fulvescenti-brunneo lavatis, secundariis intimis dorso concoloribus ; 

 loris cum genis et facie laterali cinereis, regione parotica fulvescenti lavata ; gula et 

 pectore abdomineque toto albis, pectore summo olivaceo lavato; hypochondriis 

 olivaceis ; tibiis cinerascenti-brunneis ; subalaribus subcaudalibusque albis, illis 

 extus olivaceis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus pallide brunneis ; iride saturate brunnea. 

 Long. tot. 5*4, culm. 0*6, alse 2 - 85, caudae 2 - 35, tarsi 0'7. 

 a. b. (J. Isabella cle Basilan, October 1874. Eyes hazel. 

 [Has the habits of a Plycatcher ; found in rather low deep woods, and only met with 

 in Basilan. — J. B. S.] 



This new species is similar to S. pectoralis, Salvad., which it strongly resembles below ; 

 but it differs in its grey cheeks and bright-chestnut upper tail-coverts and tail. In the 

 latter character it comes very close to S. affinis, which also has the upper tail-coverts and 

 tail red ; but then the latter bird has the lores and sides of face white, not grey. 



* Mijiolcstes, in which genus these birds have been placed, is a syncm^Tn of Hemipus ; cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 30-5. 



