336 MR. R. B. SHAlRPE ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY 



$ . niari similis, sed minor et abdomine albo, hypochondriis rufescentibus distinguenda. 

 Long. tot. 7 - 2, cnlm. - 6, alse 0-15. caudse 3'6, tarsi 1*0. 

 a,b. d ■ Puerto Princesa, Palawan, July 1874. Eyes black. 

 c. J . Puerto Princesa, July 1874. 



The chief difference between the genera Cittocincla and Copsychus seems to lie in the 

 long tail of the former, this being much longer than the wing in Cittocincla but about 

 equal to it in Copsychus. Therefore the present bird is a new species of the greatest 

 interest, as being a true Cittocincla in structure with the plumage of a Copsychus; and of 

 course its black breast distinguishes it from C. suavis, C. macrura, &c. The difference 

 in the sexes is very extraordinary, and quite unlike any thing else known to occur in 

 this genus. 



SYLVILDiE. 



Phtlloscopus, Boie. 



83. Phylloscopus lttgubkis, Blyth : Seebohm, Ihis, 1877, p. 78. 

 ' a. $ Dumalon, Mindanao, Oct. 1874. Eyes hazel. 



I am able to state, with pleasure, that my friend Mr. Henry Seebohm, who has so 

 thoroughly worked out the Phylloscopi, has identified the above specimen for me as 

 P. lugubris. He considers that it is a young male, a bird of the year, not having 

 quite completed its moult. 



Cisticola, Kaup. 



84. Cisticola, sp. ? 



a. San Bernardino, Negros, Jan. 1875. Eyes light hazel. 

 [Shot in grass in fields of sugar-cane near S. Bernardino. — J. B. S.] 



Oethotomus, Horsfield. 



85. Orthotomtjs frontalis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 112, pi. ii. fig. 1. 



6 ad. supra olivascenti-viridis, uropygio paullo fiavicante ; tectricibus alarum dorso 

 concoloribus ; remigibus saturate brunneis, extus dorsi colore lavatis ; rectricibus 

 obvascenti-brunneis, pallidius terminatis et macula saturatiore brunnea subter- 

 minali notatis et anguste flavido lhnbatis ; fronte et supercilio angusto castaneis ; 

 pileo summo cum nucha et colli lateribus cinereis ; facie laterali albida, regione 

 parotica cinereo lavata ; genis et gutture toto sericeo-albis ; corpore reliquo subtus 

 fulvescenti-albo, hypochondriis et subcaudalibus fiavicanti-viridibus ; tibiis pallide 

 castaneis ; subalaribus albis flavicanti lavatis, margine alari lsete flavo ; rostro 

 saturate brunneo, mandibula fiavicante; pedibus flavicanti-brunneis ; iride pallide 

 brunnea. Long. tot. 3'7, culm. 0"55, alse V6, cauda3 1'5, tarsi 0'75. 



a. 6 . ad. Zamboanga, Mindanao. Eyes light hazel. 



b, c. $ juv. Basilan (Isabella) . Eyes grey. 



[This small Tailorbird was very abundant in the grass near Isabella de Basilan. — 

 J. B. S.] 



