﻿DESCRIPTIONS OF A NEW GENUS, ETC. 357 



claw, 17. Adult male No. 4667, Bureau of Science collection: Length, 135; wing, 

 75; tail, 65; culmen, 14; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 19; middle toe with 

 claw, 17. 



Remarks. — All of the series of specimens of Cyornis philippinensis in the collec- 

 tion of the Bureau of Science have the crissum white, the Mindoro form being the 

 only one, of all the islands represented, in which this part is orange. 



Rhipidura hutchinsoni, sp. nov. 



Mount Malindang fan-tailed flycatcher. 



Type. — No. 52, collection of Robert Schroder. Adult male from Mount Bliss, 

 Malindang group (altitude 5,750 feet), northwestern Mindanao, Philippine 

 Islands, June 9, 1906. 



Geographic distribution. — Peaks of Mount Malindang, northwestern Mindanao, 

 from 4,C00 to 9,000 feet. 



Characters. — Similar to Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea Hartert, but larger, with- 

 out white on chest, this being replaced by deep cinnamon; and the short 

 supraorbital white stripes unite in front, forming a band across the forehead which 

 encroaches upon the black which edges the bill. The cinnamon color of the under 

 parts is darker in hutchinsoni than in nigrocinnamomea. In two adult males, 

 taken May 20, the colors of the soft parts were noted as follows: Iris, dark 

 brown; bill, black; feet, plumbeous, with claws nearly black. 



Measurements. — An adult male (No. 14166, Mearns collection), measured in 

 the flesh, presented the following dimensions: Length, 178; alar expanse, 233; 

 wing, 77; tail, 90; culmen, 11.5; tarsus, 20; middle toe with its claw, 14. Skin 

 measurements of the type (adult male) are as follows: Length, 155; wing, 

 78; tail, 95; culmen, 11.7; tarsus, 19.5. Skin measurements of adult female 

 (No. 14167, Mearns collection): Length, 153; wing, 73; tail, 84; culmen, 11; 

 tarsus, 20. 



Material. — Five specimens from the type locality, where the species is abundant. 



Hypsipetes batanensis, sp. nov. 



Batan red-eared bulbul. 



Type. — No. 15199, collection of Edgar A. Mearns. Adult male from Santo 

 Domingo de Baseo, Batan Island, Philippine Islands, May 27, 1907. 



Characters. — Exactly like topotypes of Hypsipetes fugensis Grant, but larger, 

 and with the forehead rufescent instead of cinereous. 



Measurements. — Type (skin of adult male) : Length, 262; wing, 130; tail, 

 127; culmen (chord), 28; bill from anterior margin of nostril, 20; tarsus, 26; 

 midde toe with its claw (about), 27. Average of 3 adult males (including the 

 type) : Length, 264; wing, 128; tail, 127; culmen (chord), 28; bill from anterior 

 margin of nostril, 26; middle toe with its claw (about), 27. Adult female: 

 Length, 245; wing, 116; tail, 112; culmen (chord), 25; bill from anterior margin 

 of nostril, 17.5; tarsus, 25; middle toe with its claw (about), 25.5. 



Remarks. — Following, for comparison with Hypsipetes batanensis, are average 

 measurements of three adult male topotypes of typical Hypsipetes fugensis, taken 

 by the author on Fuga Island, May 30, 1907: Length, 261; wing, 123; tail, 125; 

 culmen (chord), 25.2; bill from anterior margin of nostril, 17.1; tarsus, 21.3: 

 middle toe witli its claw (about), 23.3. 



Merula malindangensis, sp. nov. 



Mount Malindang blackbird. 



Type. — No. 14134, Mearns collection. Adult male from Mount Malindang 

 (Lebo Peak, 5,750 feet), northwestern Mindanao, Philippine Islands, May 15, 

 1906. 



Geographic distribution. — Peaks of Mount Malindang, northwestern Mindanao, 

 from 5.000 to 9,000 feet. 



