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TIMELIID/E. 

 Dasycrotapha speciosa Tweeddale. 



The type of this curious species was collected by A. H. Everett at 

 Talencia in southern Negros and was described and iigured by Tweeddale 

 in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1878. Other 

 specimens were secured in Negros by the Steere Expedition and by the 

 Menage Expedition. The collection now under consideration contains 

 a series of seven males and one female. The sexes appear to be similar 

 in color. The structure of the feathers is very similar to that found in 

 the various species of Mixo7-nis and Macronous, but the feathers of the 

 lower back are not noticeably lengthened, while the orange-colored 

 feathers above and behiud the eyes are stiff and harsh. The length of 

 specimens in the flesh, as given by the collector, is from 145 to 150 milli- 

 meters. 



Measurements of four males and one female are given herewith. 



Measurements of Ddsycrotapha speoiosa. 



Sex. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Culmen 

 from 

 base. 



Bill 

 from 

 nostril. 



Tarsus. 



Male ; 



Do - - - - - - 



67 

 70 

 68 

 68 

 65 



56 



58.5 



56 



59 



53 



16 



17 

 17 

 16 

 15 



10.5 



11 



11 



11 



10 



mm. 



18.5 



19 



18 



17 



18 



Do 



Do . 







TURDID/C. 



Kittacincia superciliaris Bourns and Worcester. 

 Clttocincla nigrorum Grant, Ibis (1896), 547. 



Upon comparison of an adult male shama from ISTegros with adult 

 males from Ticao and Masbate, the characters given for Clttocincla 

 nigroi'um do not appear to be valid. In the first place the superciliary 

 stripe in all three species is practically of the same width. In K. luzon- 

 iensis alone the stripes are connected across the forehead. This species 

 is also distiuguished by the rusty brown rump, large white spots on 

 rectrices, and other characters. In K. superciliaris the spots on the 

 rectriees are much reduced or may be altogether obliterated. The length 

 of tarsus in the original description of K. supercilians is clearly a 

 mistake. 



A specimen from Cadiz, !N"egros, marked female, differs from the 

 male as follows: The superciliary stripes are continued forward above 

 the lores to the base of bill ; the upper parts are less glossy ; the chin and 

 throat are white and there is a narrow band of black across the .chest. 



