1878.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 617 



[P. Princesa, J 2, December 10, 1877: iris pale Naples- 

 yellow ; dill dark plumbeous ; feet pale plumbeous.] 



20. Drymocataphus cinereiceps, ii. sp. 



This species is congeneric with Brachypteryx malaccensis, Hartl., 

 which Count T. Salvadori retains under the genus Brachypteryx. 

 But B. malaccensis is certainly nearer to Drymocataphus than to Bra- 

 chypteryx, although it may perhaps be advisable to form a separate 

 genus for its reception, more especially as the species which inha- 

 bits Palawan, about to be described, is identical in structure with the 

 Malaccau and Bornean form (which is also said to inhabit Su- 

 matra), and also as Brachypteryx murinus is congeneric. 



Female. Forehead, crown, and occiput dark iron-grey. Ear- 

 coverts, space before the eye, and nape pale grey. Back, uro- 

 pygium, scapulars, upper tail-coverts, and exposed surface of wing 

 and tail ruddy brown, brighter than in D. malaccensis. Dorsal 

 plumes pale-shafted. Chin, throat, upper breast, abdomen, and vent 

 pure white. Flanks, a band across the breast, under tail-coverts, and 

 thigh-coverts, wing-lining, and axillaries pale rufous-brown. 



Dimensions : — 



[P. Princesa, 2> January 1878: iris burnt sienna- orange ; bill 

 brownish grey, mandible white ; legs pallid, the front of tarsus tinged 

 brown.] 



Distinguished from D. malaccensis by its dark-grey head, its 

 light-grey ear-coverts, and the brighter rufous of the dorsal plumage. 



21. MlXORNIS YVOODI. 



Mixornis woodi, Sharpe, t. c. p. 331. no. 69. 



[P. Princesa, 3 , December 5, 1877: iris dark ochre-yellow; bill 

 black, mandible grey ; legs and feet horn-yellow. 2 , January 1878 : 

 iris ochreous orange ; bill dark grey, mandible pale grey ; legs 

 greenish olive.] 



22. Brachypus cinereifrons, n. sp. 



Male and female. Chin, throat, and breast pale cinereous brown, 

 palest and whitest on the chin and throat. Abdomen and ventral 

 region pale yellowish white, in some examples with a certain admix- 

 ture of the colouring of the breast. Flanks pale earthy-brown. 

 Thigh-coverts ochreous yellow. Under tail-coverts light yellow, with 

 a slight ochreous tinge. Wing-lining and axillaries pale yellow ; 

 carpal edge ochreous yellow. Ear-coverts pale cinereous, with 

 almost white shafts. Space before the eye uniform dull brown. 

 Cheeks dull cinereous brown, with a few white- shafted feathers. 

 Head and nape olive-brown, tinged with pale grey, the frontal 

 feathers being distinctly tipped and centred with pale grey. Back, 

 scapulars, wing-coverts, and uropygium olive- brown, olive predomi- 



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