NEW SPECIES OF BlUDS. 9 



amethystiua. Back, rump and upper tail-coverts brown with bronze 

 reflections, the tail coverts slightly more ruddy than back. Four 

 outer pairs of tail feathers dark brown, lighter at base. Two cen- 

 tral pairs ruddy brown with bronze reflections. All the tail feathers 

 with ashy tips which form a distinct terminal band i inch in width. 

 Shafts of tail feathers blacli. Wing coverts and secondaries uni- 

 form with back. Primaries dark brown, the first five sharply edged 

 with rusty brown on outer web. A narrow black stripe under eye. 

 Sides of face, ear- coverts, fore- neck and breast rich ruddy brown, 

 the breast with slight metallic gloss. Chin and throat lighter. Ab- 

 domen and thighs fulvous brown. . Flanks darker with slight me- 

 tallic wash. Under tail- coverts clear ashy gray. Shafts of tail- 

 feathers with basal half black, apical half white. Under surface of 

 tail nearly black, the terminal grey band distinct and wider than on 

 upper surface, measuring .6 inch on outer pair of feathers. Under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries like the flanks. Under surface of quills 

 uniform dark brown. Bill black. Legs and feet dirty purplish. Nails 

 black. Iris in one specimen bright yellow, in another orange red. 

 Length, 10.25 in. Culmen, .80. "Wing, 5.29. Tail, 3.90. Tarsus, 

 .70. Sexes alike. 

 Habitat: Tawi Tawi. 



3. Phabotreron brunneiceps sp. nov. 



Above dark brown with greenish reflections. Airethystine spot 

 on hind neck less blue than P. amethystina. Top of head brown, 

 the forehead slightly lighter and nape slightly darker than crown. 

 Narrow dark brown streak under eye. Sides of face and ear-coverts 

 brown, paler than crown. Narrow dark brown streak under eye. 

 Chin and throat grayish fulvous. Breast pearly ash. Abdomen, 

 flanks, thighs and under tail-covefts ochraceous brown. Under 

 surface of tail brownish black, with broad grey terminal band. 

 Under wing-coverts and axillaries fulvous brown. Primaries with 

 sharply defined light edges on upper web. Below slightly more 

 ashy. Tail-feathers brown above with distinct terminal bands of 

 grey. Central pair with slight metallic gloss. Shafts of quills 

 black above and below except th^ terminal half inch which is white. 

 Bill black. Feet dark pink. Nail's brown. Iris orange red. Length, 

 10.33 inches. Culmen, .94. Wing, 5.21. Tail, 3.50. Tarsus, .72. A 

 well defined species readily distinguished from P. amethystina by 

 its smaller size and the entirely different color of its under surface. 



Habitat: Basilan. 



