28 BOUKNS AND WORCESTEll: PRELIMINARY NOTES. 



pine representatives of the genus. R. albigalari s is a deep woods 

 form and is extremely rare in the localities visited by us. 



36. Ehynomyias occularis sp. nov. 



Adult male: General color above uniform olive brown, slightly 

 brighter on the rump. Tail dark chestnut, much brighter on outer 

 webs of feathers which are very dull at tips. Wing- coverts like 

 back. Quills brownish black washed with rusty brown, this be- 

 coming whitish on first two or three primaries. Lores buffy white. 

 A ring of short feathers around eye chestnut. Ear- coverts and 

 sides of hind-neck fulvous brown, the former with lighter shaft 

 stripes. Center of throat and fore-breast white, greyish along sides. 

 Breast and flanks washed with light fulvous brown. Abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts white, the latter faintly tipped with brown. 

 Thighs olive brown. Under wing coverts and axillaries whitish. 

 Inner webs of secondaries edged with bufly white. Sexes alike. 

 The peculiar ring of feathers around the eye forms a noticeable char- 

 acter by which this species is readily distinguished from other Phil- 

 ippine representatives of the genus. Iris brown. Bill light slaty 

 brown. Feet slaty brown, nails darker. Sexes alike. Measure- 

 ments from five males: Length, 5 97 inches. Wing, 2.97. Tail, 

 2.60. Culmen, .69. Tarsus, .72. From four females: Length, 6 08. 

 Wing, 3.09. Tail, 2.60. Culmen, .72. Tarsus, .73. 



Habitat: Sulu, Tawi Tawi. 



Food usually insects but two specimens had been eating fruit 

 when shot. 



Feeling an especial interest in the Zoo-geographical problems 

 suggested by the previously ascertained facts in regard to the dis- 

 tribution within the group of the resident land birds we worked out 

 as carefully as possible the distribution of all the species of birds 

 and mammals met with. Following is a list of the species for which 

 new localities were determined. As has already been stated, Mr. A. 

 Everett visited Tawi Tawi some months after our departure from that 

 island. Species found thereby him as well as ourselves are marked 

 with a star placed after the name of the island. We found Dr. Platen 

 inMindoro on our arrival there and it would seem that the large col- 

 lections made by him in this interesting island must long since have 



