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Zosterornis whiteheadi Grant. 



Whitehead's tree babbler was very abundant and was often observed 

 in eompany with other small birds. 



Brachypteryx poliogyna Grant. 



A'ery abundant, but shy and ditKcult to collect. A young female, ]\tay 

 24, ma}' be described as follows : Above dark brown ; feathei's of the 

 crown, nape, sides of neck, and lu;east with rusty-brown median linos; 

 chin and throat rusty-brown; no blue anywhere in the plumage. 



Planesticus thomassoni (Grant). 



Very abundant. A young male, with tail just showing, has the 

 plumage nearly all black; head, neck, and throat black; middle of lower 

 breast and abdomen with shaft-lines of rusty-brown; feathers of abdo- 

 men, thighs, and under tail-coverts fringed with rusty brown. 



Horornis seebohmi (Grant). 



The plumage of j'oung birds diilers somewhat from that of the adult. 

 Above blackish-brown, head like the back; under parts dusky olive - 

 browir; chin and middle of abdomen light ocherous-brown. 



Cephalophoneus validirostris (Grant). 



Three specimens collected; not common. 

 Hyloterpe albiventris Grant. 



Fairly abundant; three males collected. 

 Pardaliparus elegans (Lesson). 



This titmouse is one of the most conspicuous elements in the liocks 

 of small birds seen in the mossy forest. A young male, collected May 

 24, has the upper plumage suffused with dark olive-green ; below yellow, 

 throat .and chin yellow, but with a dark streak along each side of the 

 throat. 



Callisitta mesoleuca (Grant). 



Very common in flocks of small birds. 

 Pyrrhula leucogenys Grant. 



This bullfinch is one of the few birds the range 'of which is limited 

 to the mossy forest. Two, three, or four individuals were usually ob- 

 sen"ed together and feeding, nearly always, in the larger evergreens. 

 Single birds could at times be attracted by imitating their plaintive 

 whistle. Iris dark brown; legs and feet clay-color or pale flesh-color; 

 nails gray; bill mostly black, more or less of the basal portion of the 

 lower mandible yellowish white. The young is similar to the adult, 

 but cro-mi and nape brown, slightly darker than the back; the white 

 cheek-patch small and ill-defined; chin brown like tlie throat. 



