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male type of the species, with which I have carefully com- 

 pared it. 



The birds were usually associated with PardalipariLS elegans 

 and Acanthopneuste borealis, although my first specimen was 

 a solitary individual. The habitat was the area of lower moun- 

 tain slopes of the forest up to 610 meters (2,000 feet) . 







Table VI. — Specimens of Zosterornis affinis. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



956 



1023 



1201 



«1195 



1212 



d 

 ? 

 9 



Mount Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon _ 



March 29, 1914. 

 June 14, 1914. 

 March 28, 191B. 

 March 21, 1915. 

 April 11, 1915. 



do 



do 



do 



do 





" Type of the female. 



Brachypteryx poliogyna Grant. 



I have a male of Grant's shortwing, which I took at 2,012 

 meters' elevation (6,600 feet) on Mount Banahao, Laguna Prov- 

 ince, on January 1, 1916. (No. 1334.) 



Pratincola caprata (Linnaeus). 



This species does not seem to have been recorded from Min- 

 danao, but it is certainly abundant over the Bukidnon highlands. 

 I was under the impression that the species was knovvTi from 

 that island, or I should have taken specimens in May, 1915, when 

 I was in the region. I had left the locality when I discovered 

 my mistake. 



Orthotomus chloronotus Grant. 



Most of the tailorbirds in the region about Manila are Orthoto- 

 mus derbianus, but on the lower slopes of some of the mountains 

 there are a few of the present form. I have a male from Anti- 

 polo, Rizal Province, and another from Lamao, Bataan Province. 

 The habits of the two species are alike. 



Table VII. — Specimens of OrthotomMs chloronotus.^ 



No. 



896 

 1163 



Sex. 





Locality. 



Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon. 

 Lamao, Bataan Province, Luzon. 



Date. 



February 1, 1914. 

 December 31, 1914. 



Acanthopneuste xanthodryas (Swinhoe). 



I find among my series of Acanthopneuste several specimens 

 that are referable to A. xanthodryas rather than to A. borealis, 



