1877.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 829 



48. ZoSTEROPS EA'ERETTI. 



Zosterops everetti, Tweeddale, antea, p. 7G2. 

 [Surigao, J , June. Iris yellow-brown ; bill black ; legs grey.] 

 A single example, which only differs from the type ( S ex Zebu) 

 by having the yellow on the mesial line much more developed. 



49. Dictum rubriventer (120 partim). 



Dictum rubriventer. Lesson, Tr. p. 303 ; Tweeddale, anteci, p. 763. 

 [Butuan, c^ ?, May. h. Surigao, S. May; Placer, S, July.] 

 The example marked ? only differs from a considerable series of 



males in having the upper plumage ashy grey, and not glossy black. 



Underneath it is undistinguishable from the male. 



50. DlCJ!UM CINEREIGULARE, Sp. n. 



[a. Butuan, S, May. Iris dark brown; bill black, b. Surigao, 

 $, June. Iris chocolate, c. Placer, S, July, Iris brown; bill 

 black ; legs dark grey.] 



Closely allied to Z). dorsale, Sharpe, but differs in having the 

 breast intense orange-red and the upper breast and sides of throat 

 grey slightly tinged with pale yellow. The chin and middle of 

 throat are pale yellow. These characters are present in all the 

 specimens (eight) sent by Mr. Everett from north Mindanao. 



51. ^EtHOPYGA (EUDREPANIS) BELLA. 



Mthopyga hella, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, vol. xx. 

 p. 537 (December 1, 1877). 



c?. Chin, throat, breast, and uropygium bright sulphur-yellow. 

 Forehead, vertex, minor carpal coverts, upper tail-coverts, and upper 

 sjirface of rectrices dark metallic green. Occiput, nape, and vring- 

 coverts dark olive. Cheeks, lores, behind the eye, sides of head and 

 neck, interscapulars, and back deep blood-red. Quills almost black, 

 margined with dark olive. Abdomen, flanks, vent, under tail-coverts, 

 and under wing-coverts silky white, more or less tinged with pale 

 yellow, especially on the mesial hne, under tail-coverts, and carpal 

 edge. A few blood-red feathers on the upper breast. A metallic 

 violet spot on sides of head. A narrow line of deep blood-red runs 

 along the rami of the mandible. A bold metallic moustache springs 

 from the base of the mandible, and descends the sides of the neck ; 

 the upper half violet, the lower half green. 



2. . Above, wing-coverts, and edgings to quills olive-green. Uro- 

 pygium bright sulphur-yellow as in c? • Space before the eye, 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, chin, throat, and upper breast grey tinged with 

 yellowish olive-green. Lower breast, abdomen, flanks, and under 

 tail-coverts white tinged with yellow. Under wing-coverts white, 

 faintly tinged with yellow. Quills and rectrices dark brown, mar- 

 gined with olive ; lateral rectrices tipped with albescent olive. 



