'Vol. xiv.] 80 



the head glossy greenish black, instead of slaty, the vent 

 and under tail-coverts brighter yellow, and the sides of 

 abdomen darker olive-green. [Type. Mt. Apo, October 190.3, 

 collected by John Waterstradt.] 

 Hab. Mt. Apo, Mindanao. 



Dic/eum bonga, n. form. 



Differs from D. luzoniense and D. apo in being smaller 

 (wing only 47 mm. instead of 53 to 55 mm.). The sides of 

 the head as dark or even darker than those of D. apo, while the 

 upper surface seems to have a more steel-blue gloss. [Type 

 S ad. Bonga, Samar, June 18, 189G. J. Whitehead Coll.] 



Hab. Samar. (Cf. Ibis, 1897, p. 239.) 



Obs. Both these forms are doubtless subspecies of D. 

 luzoniense, but the latter may also be only a representative 

 form of another Dicceum. I therefore do not at present apply 

 trinomial names to these forms. 



STOPAROLA PANAYENSIS NIGRILORIS, 11. Subsp. 



Similar to St. panayensis panayensis, but the wing is 

 about 5 mm. shorter, the feathers on the lores black to the 

 tips, not only at the bases ; the feathers on the chin and 

 upper throat less squamiform, the bases not so blackish ; 

 the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts creamy buff, not 

 buffy white. [Type $ ad. October ]903, collected by 

 John Waterstradt.] 



Hab. Mt. Apo, Mindanao. 



Dr. V. Bianciii communicated the description of a new 

 species of Bunting, named by him : — 



EmPjEriza koslowi, n. sp. 

 Emberiza nullse speciei cognitse sat affinis; sed ab omnibus 

 speciebus subcaudalibus cinnamomeis abdomine fulves- 

 centi-albido multo saturatioribus et loris mentoque 

 castaneis, gula superciliisque latis longissimisque albis, 

 et pileo, genis, auricularibusque nigris (g) vel cineras- 

 centi-brunneis ( ? ) valde differentibus primo visu dis- 

 tinguenda. 



Hab. B. Re-tschu, Upper Mekong. [Kosloiv : typus in 

 Mus. Peter sburgensi.] 



