xin, D, 5 Zimmer: Rare Birds from Luzon and Mindoro 231 



A male paratype was taken at the same locality on December 

 30, 1915. (No. 1326.) 



Rhabdornis minor Grant. 



I have a female creeper of this species, which I took at Sumilao, 

 Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, on May 14, 1915. It differs 

 slightly from the usual plumage of this form in that the feathers 

 of the breast and sides of lower throat are bordered with dull 

 grayish brown and the mantle feathers are not so conspicuously 

 white-shafted. (No. 1224.) 



Zosterops basilanica Steere. 



I shot a female Zosterops basilanica in the Mindanao high- 

 lands on May 18, 1915. It was taken from the trees bordering 

 a river at Mailag, Bukidnon Province. (No. 1234.) 



Zosterops aureiloris Grant. 



I have four males of this beautiful little silvereye taken on 

 the slopes of Mount Maquiling and Mount Mariveles at ap- 

 proximately 460 meters' elevation (1,500 feet). Each bird 

 taken was secured from a group of three or four of the species. 

 They are very active and energetic little creatures. 



Table IX. — Specimens of Zosterops aureiloris. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



960 

 1025 

 1154 

 1159 







March 29, 1914. 

 June 14, 1914. 

 December 20, 1914. 

 December 31. 1914. 



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Dicaeum xanthopygium Tweeddale. 



This flowerpecker was not common, but I occasionally saw 

 it in the mountains of south-central Luzon, usually in company 

 with D. papuense Gmelin. I have two specimens, both males. 

 They were collected on Mount Maquiling, Laguna Province, 

 Luzon, on February 22 and June 1, 1914, respectively. (Nos. 

 913 and 925.) 



Dicaeum obscurum Grant. 



I have collected Dicseum obscurum on Mount Maquiling, Lu- 

 zon, at about 600 meters' elevation (2,000 feet) and have two 

 males in my collection taken there on February 15 and June 14, 

 1914, respectively. (Nos. 908 and 1027.) 



Dicaeum nigrilore Hartert. 



I secured a female of the present species at Sumilao, Bukid- 



