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the silky frontal tuft and other characteristics, must be referred to 

 C. j)ectoralis, does uot show any apparent specific differences, though 

 it must be allowed that the present examples have no trace of frontal 

 plumes. On the other hand, several of the Sulu birds are equally 

 devoid of it. 



7. HiRUNDO JAVANiCA, Sparrm. 

 a. 2 (April 3rd). 



Flying about in numbers in the vicinity of the crater-lakes in the 

 month of April. 



8. MiXORNIS CAGAYANENSIS, sp. Hov. (Plate XXV.) 



M. bornensi similis ; sed fronte, superciliis et regione parotica 

 cinereis, et dorso cinerascenti-olivaceo, haud castaneo, facile 

 distinguendus. 



a. S • 



b. Sex. incert. 



Iris pale yellow ; bill and feet lead-coloured; length about 14*5 

 centims. ; wing 6-4 centims. ; tail 6'0 centims. ; bill from gape TS 

 centim. ; tarsus 2*0 centims. 



Above greyish olive ; the forehead greyish, with black shafts to 

 the feathers, the occipital region with a tinge of chestnut ; feathers 

 round the eye and in the parotic region ashy ; throat and chin pure 

 white, broadly striped with black ; breast pale yellow, also broadly 

 striped, shading off below into the yellowish olive-grey of the crissum 

 and under tail-coverts ; thighs with a slight reddish tint ; under 

 wing-coverts white ; wings chestnut ; tail brown, with traces of dark 

 barring. 



This species, which was common in low bushes in the more open 

 situations in the island, is at once distinguishable from M. bornensis 

 by the upper surface being of an ashy olive-brown instead of chest- 

 nut. It has a loud note of alarm, is very restless in its movements, 

 and apparently rarely flies far off the ground. 



9. Orthotomus cineraceus, Blyth. 



a. (S . 



Iris brown ; bill and legs flesh-coloured. Is identical with 

 O. borneoensis of Salvadori, which Mr. Sharpe (Cat. B. vol, vii. 

 p. 226) considers to be the adult male of the present species. 



10. Anthothreptes malaccensis, Scopoli. 



a, b. S • 



c. Juv, <S . 



Iris brown, with no ruddy tinge. The under surface is inter- 

 mediate between the bright yellow and chlorogaster varieties. Size 

 somewhat large, the wing measuring 6-9-7"0 centims. ; tail about 

 5*5 centims. 



11. Calornis panayensis, ScopoH. 

 a-d. (S . 



e,f. 2- 



Iris brilliant red-orange; bill and tarsus black. Length 22-0- 



