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Cisticola cisticola (Ternm.). 



Cisticola cursitans Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 710. 



I include this species on the authority of Tweeddale as above, but no specimen 

 was taken by us. 



Cisticola exilis (Vig. and Horsf.).* 



Four male specimens from Bohol agree with Sharpe's description of Cisticola 

 exilis in breeding plumage and must be referred to that species. The native name 

 is "pi-rot." 



Megalurus palustris Horsf.* 



Fairly abundant in all localities visited by us. An immature male in yellowish 

 plumage was taken near Guindulman, June 16. 



Megalurus ruficeps Tweed. 



Megalurus ruficeps Steere, List Phil. Bds. (1890), 20. 

 A male from Sevilla, April 2. 



Acanthopneuste borealis (Bias.).* 



One specimen of the northern willow warbler from Tagbilaran, May 4. 



Artamus leucorhynchus (Linn.). 



Artamus leucorhynchus Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 709. 

 The swallow shrike is known to the Boholanos as "it-it." 



Cephalophoneus nasutus (Scop.). 



Lanius nasutus Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. ( 1878 ) , 709. 



Very abundant; almost invariably found perched near the top of bamboo 

 clumps. 



Otomela lucionensis (Linn.). 



Lanius lucionensis Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 709. 



The four specimens collected, March 29 to April 24, are typical examples of 

 0. lucionensis. 



Hyloterpe apoensis Mearns.* 



Grant " in reporting on a collection of birds from Mindanao includes the 

 thickhead of Samar, Leyte, Dinagat, and Basilan with the species recently described 

 from Mount Apo, Mindanao. Eleven specimens from various localities in Bohol 

 agree in every way with a male in the Bureau of Science collection which was 

 taken on Mount Apo by Mearns. Between Hyloterpe apoensis and H. philip- 

 pinensis the most obvious differences are the longer bill and duller green back 

 of the latter species. 



Rhabdornis minor Grant.* 



This species is very distinct from R. myslacalis, having a much shorter bill. 

 The species was found in some abundance at Sevilla and at Guindulman. Speci- 

 mens from Bohol and from Basilan do not differ. 



Zosterops laeta, sp. nov.* 



Specific characters. — Similar to Zosterops basilanica Steere but more yellowish 

 above and the forehead and ear-coverts brighter; from Zosterops everetti 

 Tweeddale.it differs in lacking a black line under the eye and in having a much 

 wider median, abdominal, yellow streak. 



Type. — No. 5407, c?, Bureau of Science Collection ; Guindulman, Island of 

 Bohol, Philippines; June 21, 1900; McGregor, Celestino, .and Canton, collectors. 



13 On the Birds collected by Mr. Walter Good fellow on the Volcano of Apo and 

 in its vicinity, in Southeast Mindanao, Philippine Islands: Ibis (1906), 6, 475. 



