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has kindly compared it with the type of O. steerii in the British 

 Museum, considers " that it is distinct from the Negros Oriole, and 

 that it differs in having the greater wing-coverts grey and not yellow, 

 and in having the spots on the tail-feathers so very small ; the grey 

 on the breast comes much lower down." 



32. Megalurus ruficeps. 



Meffalurus ruficeps, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, vol. xx. 

 p. 94. 



[Cebu, male, March. Iris dull burnt-sienna brown.] 

 Identical with the Luzon types. The sexes do not appear to differ 

 in dimensions. 



33. Hypsipetes philippensis (102). 



[Cebu, male and female, March. Iris burnt-sienna brown, bill 

 brownish black, legs brown.] 



34. Phyllornis flavipennis, n. s. (Plate LXXVII. fig. 1.) 



[Cebu, male, April. Iris hazel, bill lead-grey, yellowish along the 

 margin, legs and feet greenish leaden.] 



The colours of the soft parts of the female are noted by Mr. Everett 

 to be like those of the male, excepting that the yellowish commis- 

 sure is not mentioned. 



Male. Grass-green above, pale verditer-green underneath. Lores, 

 chin, throat, and thigh-coverts yellowish green. Primaries brown 

 on their inner webs, tinged with dark green along the shaft ; outer 

 webs of first three primaries green tinged with yellow ; lower half 

 of the outer webs of remaining primaries margined with yellow. Inner 

 margin of all the quills, seen from below, yellow. The female like 

 the male, but the colouring not altogether so bright. 



Wing 3-75, tail 3-50, tarsus 0-80, culmen 0-87. 



If the four examples sent by Mr. Everett have the sex correctly 

 noted (of which there is little doubt), and if the males are in mature 

 plumage (and there are no indications of immaturity), the sexes in 

 this species do not essentially differ. There is no trace of any blue 

 in the plumage of the males. 



35. Pratincola caprata (104). 



[Cebu, male, March and April. Iris brown, bill and legs black.] 



36. Copsychus mindanensis (106). 



37. Phylloscopus borealis. 



Phyllopneuste borealis, Blasius, Naumannia, 1858, p. 313. 

 Phylloscopus magnirostris, Blyth, Walden, I. c. no. 109. 



[Cebu, male and female, April.] 



38. Calobates melanope (Ho). 

 [Cebu, male and female, March.] 



