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Hypocryptaditjs, gen. nov. Zoster opjidarum. 

 Bill rather higher and comparatively short, the culmen dis- 

 tinctly curved ; nasal groove less than one-third of the length 

 of the exposed portion of the culmen ; culminal ridge more 

 rounded. Wing as in Zosterops (i. e. " nine-primaried "), the 

 first (developed) primary only 5 mm. shorter than the next 

 and at least 1^ cm. longer than the secondaries. Larger 

 than Zosterops, coloration different from all Zosteropidce. 

 Sexes alike. Feet very strong, but structurally similar to 

 those of Zosterops. 



HYPOCRYPTADITJS CINNAMOMETJS, 11. sp. 



<$ 2 . Bill and feet (in skin) slaty blackish. Upperside 

 uniform cinnamon, distal half of tail darker, more brown ; 

 inner webs of remiges blackish brown, basal portion only 

 cinnamon ; primary-coverts slaty brown. Underside buff; 

 breast tinged with cinnamon, lower abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts paler and with a greyish tinge. Wing 92, tail 58, 

 bill (from end of feathering) 14, metatarsus 21 mm. 



Bab. Mt. Apo, 8000 feet, Mindanao. (Types $ ? , No. 121, 

 Good fellow Coll.) 



Zosterops goodeellowi, n. sp. 



2 . Above olive-green, crown and ear-coverts tinged with 

 brown. Remiges deep brown, with greenish outer edges and 

 pale sulphur-yellow inner margins; tail brown with olive- 

 green outer webs. Underside sulphur-yellow, chin and. upper 

 throat pale buff, fore-neck and sides of breast and abdomen 

 strongly tinged, with olive-greenish. No indication of a 

 white orbital ring ! Wing 71-75, tail 58, bill from feathers 

 12*5, tarsus 21 mm. 



Bab. Apo Volcano, Mindanao, 8000 feet. Type ? (Good- 

 fellow Coll. No. 124 a), April 1903. 



Zosterops whitehead^ n. sp. 



Obs. In the collection made by the late John Whitehead, in 

 the Lepanto district, North Luzon, is a pair of Zosterops 

 labelled Z. meyeni which somewhat resemble the true Z. meyeni 

 from Manilla, Calaman, and the neighbourhood, but differ 

 conspicuously in being darker above and not so yellow, 



