LIST OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 17 



ORIOLIEvE. 



161. Oriolus Chinensis. Negros, Panay, Mindanao, Basilan, 

 Guimaras, Siquijor, Leyte, Samar, Marinduque, Mindoro, Luzon. 



162. Oriolus Palawanensis. Paragua. 



163. Oriolus xanthonotus. Paragua. 



164. Oriolus assimilis. Masbate. 



165. Oriolus Steerii. Basilan. 



166. Oriolus Samarensis. sp. nov. Samar. Yellower than 

 Steerii. Central tail feathers unmarked. The gray of the wing 

 coverts and primaries and secondaries replaced by yellow. Feath- 

 ers of breast and flanks streaked as in Steerii, but washed with yel- 

 low. Under wing coverts light yellow. 



PITTIDiE. 



167. Melanopitta Steerii, Mindanao, Samar. 



168. Melanopitta sordidus. Paragua, Mindanao, Basilan, 

 Siquijor, Marinduque, Luzon. 



169. Erythropitta erythrogastra. Guimaras, Marinduque, 

 Mindoro, Luzon. 



170. Erythropitta propinquua. Mindanao, Samar. 



I have kept the specimens apart in deference to the authorities, 

 but with a series of some thirty red-bellied pittas from the various 

 islands before me I find the characters depended upon to sepa- 

 rate the species variable, and I think all of them, perhaps ex- 

 cepting Kochi of Luzon, will have to be returned to the specific 

 name E. erythrogastra of Temminck. 



TIMELIID^. 



171. Dasycrotopha speciosa. Negros. 



172. Macronus striaticeps.* Basilan. 



173. Macronus Mindanensis. sp. nov. Mindanao, Samar, 

 Leyte. Head and nape brown streaked with whitish. Throat 

 white washed with fulvous, this color becoming more pronounced on 

 the breast and abdomen, taking the place of the olivaceous coloring 

 of M. striaticeps. 



174. Mixornis Woodii. Paragua. 



175. Mixornis capitalis. Basilan. 



176. Mixornis nigrocapitatus. sp. nov. Samar, Leyte. 

 Head black tinged with dark rufous at the sides. Back dark ashy 

 with very narrow lighter shaft lines. Chin and moustachial 

 stripe dark rufous. Throat saffron yellow washed with rufous. 

 Rest of under surface yellowish white. 



