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feel quite confident that the origin of the specimen was indisputable 

 (for I had also examined it) ; and the species was therefore not in- 

 cluded by me in my list of Philippine Birds. Professor Koch, how- 

 ever, sends me three examples from Manilla. 



Erythropitta kochi. (Plate XXVI.) 



Pitta kochi, Briiggemann, Abhandl. naturw. Ver. zu Bremen, v. 

 p. 65, t. iii. f. 6. 



Professor Koch has kindly sent me the type specimen of this Pitta, 

 from which the accompanying figure is taken. The species is un- 

 doubtedly distinct from all the other known members of the sub- 

 genus. It is almost as large as Hydrornis nipalensis. The tarsus 

 measures nearly two inches. Its specific characters and points of 

 difference are fully detailed by its describer (/. c). 



Acrocephalus fasciolatus. 



Acrocephalus fasciolatus, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. I860, p. 349. 



Acrocephalus insularis, AVallace, 'Ibis,' 1862, p. 350. 



Calainoherpe fumigata, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 91, 293. 



Calamoherpe subflavescens, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 243. 



A single example from Manilla in the yellow under-plumage of 

 A. fasciolatus, with which species I identify A. insularis. New to 

 the Philippines. 



Anthus gustavi. 



Corydalla gustavi, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 366; Briigge- 

 mann, Abhandl. naturw. Ver. zu Bremen, v. p. 67 ; Sharpe, Tr. Linn. 

 Soc. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 338. 



Dr. Briiggemann, who first made known the occurrence of this 

 bird in the Philippines (/. c), correctly identified the same example 

 Professor Koch has sent to me. It was obtained by H. v. Othberg 

 near Manilla. Some months later, Mr. Sharpe (/. c.) made known 

 that Dr. Steere had discovered the same species in the island of 

 Basilan. 



Anthus maculatus. 



Anthus maculatus, Hodgs., Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 83 ; Tweeddale, 

 P.Z.S. 1877, p. 696. 



Two examples from Manilla are sent by Professor Koch. Mr. 

 Everett also procured it at Monte Alban (ef. Tweeddale, I. c). 



