﻿330 m'gregor. 



Description of type. — Above, bright yellowish-green, brighter and more yel- 

 lowish on forehead and tail coverts ; top of head a little brighter than back ; wings 

 and tail, blackish-brown edged with yellowish-green ; edge of wing, sulphur-yellow; 

 wing lining washed with yellow; a circle of silky white feathers about eye; no 

 dusky spot on lores and no dark line under eye; entire side of head, yellow like the 

 crown; below, sulphur-yellow, except sides of breast and sides of abdomen which 

 are ashy-gray, lighter next the wide, median, yellow stripe. Lenght, 4.7 inches ; 

 wing, 2.36; tail, 1.70; tarsus, 0.04; exposed culnien, 0.40. 



The female is 1 scarcely different from the male. 



This species was found in abundance at Sevilla and at Guindulman. While of 

 the same style of coloration as Z. everetti and Z. basilanica the present species is 

 quite distinct from either. 



Dicasum papuense (6m.).* 



This common species was abundant in all parts of Bohol. A young male taken 

 June 25 is dull blackish-brown above and pale gray below with no red in center 

 of breast. A nest containing three fresh eggs was taken near Guindulman, 

 June 18. The nest is 3i inches in length with a diameter of 2 inches; it is 

 cylindrical in form with the opening at the top and side. The materials are 

 small bits of leaves fastened together by means of spider web. The eggs are 

 palest blue with small spots and points of lilac and light brown scattered over 

 the surface, but the markings are most numerous on the larger end; in one egg 

 the spots are larger and form a wreath near the larger end. The eggs are very 

 short and blunt but not equal ended. They measure 0.58 by 0.46; 0.57 by 

 0.47; 0.51 by 0.46. 



Dicaeum everetti Tweed.* 



Three male birds taken at Sevilla, April 5 to 18, are probably of the above 

 species but they require comparison with specimens from other islands. 



Dicaeum cinereigulare Tweed.* 



A fine series of orange-breasted flowerpeckers from Guindulman are very 

 satisfactorily identified as of the above species, but unfortunately no typical 

 specimens are at hand for comparison. 



Dicaeum pygmasum (Kittlitz).* 

 Very abundant. 



Prionochilus olivaceus Tweed.* 



A female bird taken at Sevilla, April 7, differs in no way from a specimen 

 taken in Basilan and undoubtedly belongs to the above species. 



Prionochilus inexpectatus Hartert.* 



A male from Guindulman, June 4, agrees closely with Hartert's description of 

 this species 14 and is similar to a specimen from Mariveles. The above male was 

 the only individual of the species seen in Bohol. 



Eudrepanis decorosa, sp. nov.* 



Specific characters. — This species differs from Eudrepanis pulcherrima (Sharpe) 

 and from E. jefferyi Grant in being much paler below, in wanting the red breast 

 patch which is represented by a few red spots only, and in having the wing- 

 coverts, tail, and upper tail-coverts metallic blue instead of metallic green. 



Type. — Xo. 5255, J 1 , Bureau of Science Collection; Guindulman, Island of 

 Bohol, P. I.; June 4, 1906; McGregor, Celestino, and Canton, collectors. 



Description of type. — Forehead back to opposite center of eye, metallic blue 

 mixed with violet; crown, neck, sides of neck and mantle, dark green; rump, pale 



"Nov. Zool. (1895), 2, 64. 



