26 BOURNS AND WORCESTER: PRELIMINARY NOTES. 



creamy white. Flanks and under tail coverts light fulvous brown. 

 Under surface of tail greyish white, shafts pure white. Axillaries 

 and under wing-coverts yellowish white. Under surface of wing 

 like that of tail. Darker at tip of feathers. Iris, legs, feet and 

 nails dark brown. Bill nearly black. Pour males average 8.62 

 inches in length. Wing, 3.94. Tail, 3.53. Culmen. .98. Tarsus, .72. 



Four females measure 8.09 inches in length. Wing, 3.69. Tail', 

 3.29. Culmen, .98. Tarsus, .70. Habitat: Cebu. 



lole monticola differs from lole siquijorensis its nearest ally in 

 its more ruddy upper surface, its lighter head with a wash of ashy 

 grey on front of crown, in its lighter ear- coverts and tawny throat 

 and in its lighter under wing and tail- coverts. 



So far as our observation goes it is a highland form. It was in- 

 variably met with by us in the forest on the tops and sides of the 

 hills in central Cebu and was never seen in open or flat country. 



33. Muscicapnia samarensis sp. nov. 



Adult male: Top of head, sides of face, ear- coverts and hind 

 neck nearly black. Back, rump and upper wing- coverts uniform 

 dark slaty blue. Quills and tail fulvous brown slightly washed 

 with slaty blue. Chin and throat white. Entire breast bluish grey, 

 lightest on center of breast. Abdomen white. Flanks washed with 

 bluish grey. Under wing- coverts light buff nearly white at base. 

 Sides dark slate color as are under wing-cpverts and axillaries the 

 latter, however, mottled with white. A superciliary stripe of 

 white beginning over eye and extending to nape, then inward, nearly 

 reaches the median line. Sexes alike. Iris very dark brown. Bill 

 black. Legs, feet and nails very light brown. Measurements from 

 four males: Length, 4.67. 'Wing, 2.41. Tail, 1.49. Culmen, .59. 

 Tarsus, .79. 



The specimens described are in breeding plumage. They were 

 shot close to, or on the ground in dense thickets in the deep woods. 



This species is closely allied to M. mindanensis Bias from which 

 it differs in its darker head, lighter tail, and much larger supercili- 

 ary stripe. None of our specimens show a white bar on the rump 

 but we find the Mindanao Basilan birds variable in this respect. 



Habitat: Samar. 



34. Bhipidura sanli sp. nov. 



Adult male: Head, crown and nape dull bluish grey, each of the 

 feathers of crown with a narrow decidedly lighter shaft mark, lack- 

 ing in feathers of nape and mantle. Back, rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 scapulars and upper wing-coverts chestnut. Wing black. Ter- 



