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109. Phyllopneuste magnirosteis. 



Phylloscopus magnirostris, Blytli, J. A. S. B. 1843, p. 966, "vicinity of Calcutta;" p. 1008, 

 « Arracan ; " Ibis, 1870, p. 168. 



Mr. Blyth {I. c.) states that his Warbler also occurs in the Philippines ; it may, how- 

 ever, prove to be the nearly allied P. horealis, Blasius. 



Calamodytin^. 

 AcROCEPHALUS, Naumann. 



110. AcROCEPHALUS ORIENTALIS. 



Salicaria turdina orientalis, ScMegel, Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 50, pi. 21, " Japan." 



Calamoherpe orientalis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 285 (1850), ex ScKlegel; Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 64. 



Sylvia turdo'ides, ap. Kittlitz, Liitke, Voy. (Postels), iii. p. 327, " Manilla." 



Hab. Luzon, February 7 ; Zebu, March ; bill above grey-brown ; below reddish ; legs 

 and nails pale grey {Meyer). 



I am unable to separate these Philippine individuals from Amoy examples. Wing 

 3"25 ; tail 3-12 ; tarsus 1-12. It must have been specimens of this species, brought to 

 France by Sonnerat from the Philippines, which were confounded by Montbeillard with 

 La Rousserole (Month. Hist. Nat. iii. p. 294). 



Detmoicin.^. 

 CisTicoLA, Kaup. 



111. * CiSTICOLA SEMIRUFA. 



Cisticola semirufa. Cab. J. f . O. 1866, p. 10, no. 25, " Luzon " [descr. nulla) ; op. cit. (1872) p. 316, 

 no. 5 [descr. princeps). 



According to Dr. Cabanis, closely allied to G. ruficeps, Gould. 



Orthotomus, Horsfield. 



112. * Orthotomus derbianus. 



Orthotomus derbianus, F. Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 309, pi. 76, "Philippines." 



Described from an example obtained by Cuming and preserved in the Derby Museum, 

 Liverpool. 



113. * Orthotomus castaneiceps. 



Orthotomus castaneiceps, Walden, Ann. N. H. (4) x. p. 252, " Guimaras " (1st October, 1872) . 



Hab. Guimaras {Meyer). 



To be readily distinguished from all described species by its dark chestnut head, iron- 

 grey mantle, and bright golden olive-green wings and tail. Its nearest known ally is 

 0. derbianus. 



