xni, D. 6 Zimmer: Birds of Southern Palawan 351 



Anthreptes malaccensis (Scopoli). 



The brown-throated sunbird was common, particularly about 

 the dap-dap trees. The localities of observation were Brooke's 

 Point, Sarong, Candauaga, Bonabona, and Balabac. Specimens 

 were taken at Brooke's Point. 



Arachnothera dilutior Sharpe. 



Pale spider-hunters were not common, but I saw them oc- 

 casionally at Brooke's Point, sometimes in company with other 

 birds about the fiery dap-daps, sometimes alone in the deeper 

 forest. To me they always appeared grave and solemn, with 

 owlish demeanor, this aspect being due, no doubt, partly to their 

 quiet habits and partly to their long bills and "spectacled" eyes. 

 Most of my records are from Brooke's Point as are all of my 

 specimens. One bird was seen at Bonabona. 



MOTACILLID^ 

 Motacilla ocularis Swinhoe. 



I noted the streak-eyed wagtail only at Brooke's Point. On 

 March 11 I saw two of these wagtails on the beach; they were 

 very wild and would not permit me to approach, but flew off 

 around a point where I could not follow them. The following 

 day I revisited the sandspit where I had seen the wagtails in the 

 hope of seeing them again and possibly of securing specimens. 

 I was partially successful. One bird was present. As before, 

 it flew immediately upon sighting me, but it alighted on the 

 beach nearby, and by keeping some shrubbery between myself 

 and the bird I managed to get close enough for a long shot. The 

 specimen I thus obtained was a female in molt with the chin and 

 throat black centrally and white laterally. Otherwise the plum- 

 age is the full summer one. 



Motacilla melanope Pallas. 



The gray wagtail was rather common about the cleared ground 

 near the settlement at Brooke's Point, but it was not seen 

 elsewhere. 



Budytes leucostriatus Homeyer. 



The Siberian yellow wagtail was noted at Brooke's Point and 

 Bonabona usually, except at the last named locality, in company 

 with the preceding species. One specimen was taken. 



Anthus gustavi Swinhoe. 



The Petchora pipit was frequently flushed from the ground 

 in the deep forest at Brooke's Point. Usually when flushed it 

 flew for only a short distance before alighting on the ground 



