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its much smaller size. Sexes alike. Exceedingly rare. Length, 

 5.37. "Wing, 2.71. Tail, 1.64. Culmen, 7.41. Tarsus, .96 

 Habitat: Samar. 



31: lole cinereiceps sp. nov. 



Sexes alike. -Pointed feathers of head olive brown at base, strongly 

 washed with ashy grey, and with nearly black shaft stripes, giving 

 the whole upper surface of the head a nearly uniform grey color. 

 Sid,es of face, ear coverts, hind neck, back, rump and upper wing- 

 coverts olive brown. Upper tail-coverts and tail blackish brown, 

 _ edges of feathers washed with olive brown. Chin and throat yel- 

 lowish white, the feathers with very distinct pure white shaft mark- 

 ings. Fore-breast and sides of breast light olive brown, the feathers 

 with distirict white shaft markings. Planks light olive brown with 

 faint white shaft markings. Center of breast, abdomen, and under 

 tail- coverts uniform yellowish white. Under surface of tail ashy 

 white, shafts pure white. Under wing coverts and axillaries yel- 

 lowish white, darker than abdomen. Under surface of quills like 

 under surface of tail. 



Average of nineteen males: Length. 11.33 inches. Wing; 5.15. 

 Tail, 4.53. Tarsus, .88. Culmen, 1 39. Of four females: Length, 

 10.78. Wing, 4.80. Tail, 4.29, Culmen, 1.39. Tarsus, .86. 



Iris dark brown. Legs, feet and nails dark brown. Bill dark 

 brown in some specimens, black in others. 



Habitat: Tablas, Romblon. 



This fine lole is the largest Philippine representative of the genus. 

 Its nearest allies are lole siquijorensis and lole monticola. It is a 

 woods bird very rarely met with in the open. 



32. lole monticola sp. nov. ' 



Adult male. Crown and nape blackish brown, feathers of fore- 

 crown and forehead washed with ashy grey. Upper surface of body 

 rusty brown. Feathers of back and scapulars with distinct lighter 

 shaft markings. Outer quills of wing, washed with rusty brown. 

 Rest of wing light fulvous brown. Feathers of lower back, rump 

 and upper tail-coverts distinctly washed with olive green. Feathers 

 of tail like wing but faintly edged with olive green on outer webs. 

 Shafts light brown. Lores whitish. Ear coverts rufous brown 

 with distinct lighter shaft markings. Sides of face somewhat 

 lighter but also with distinct shaft markings. Chin and throat 

 tawny white, the feathers with light shaft markings. Fore-breast 

 and sides of breast rusty brown fading into ta,wny white on breast, 

 all the feathers with well defined white shaft markings. Abdomen 



