BIRDS PROM NORTHERN MINDANAO. 75 



Sharpe, ^ the type figured by Tweeddale ^ is a young bird. The adult 

 has chin, throat, and sides of head and neck black, the white being con- 

 fined to lores, a ring around eye, and a line over eye which extends back- 

 ward to occiput. There is also a trace of white on chin and jaw. 



Megalurus tweeddalei McGregor. 



One specimen of the rufous-headed grass warbler. 

 Acanthopneuste borealis (Blasius.) 



One specimen, taken in October. 

 Acanthopneuste xanthodryas (Swinhoe). 



A willow warbler, taken at Butuan in November, is identified as A. 

 xanthodryas, because of its yellowish coloration and comparatively long 

 first primary. 



ARTAMID/E. 



Artamus leucorynchus (Linnceus). 



A pair taken in November; the female has two white feathers on tlie 

 forehead. 



LANIID/E. 



Otomela lucionensis (Linnseus). 

 One male was taken, November 6. 



Hyloterpe apoensis Mearns. 

 A pair from Butuan. 



CERTHlfD/E. 

 Rhabdornis minor Grant. 



Four males and two females of this well-marked species. Males from 

 Mindanao have the bill a trifle longer than males from Bohol, but there 

 are no color differences correlated with this. 



D1C/EID>E. 

 Dicaeum papuense (Gmelin). 

 Three specimens. 



Dicasum davao Mearns. 



One male taken, November 4 ; wing, 43 mm. ; tail, 21 ; culmen from 

 base, 10; tarsus, 11. 



Dicaeum cinereigulare Tweeddale. 



Three males and three females from Butuan. The orange-breasted 

 flowerpecker of Bohol seems to belong to this species and not to D. iesti. 



'Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 7, 222. 

 ''Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1877), 828, pi. 85. 



