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53. Pericrocotus cinereus, La Fresn. *. 
Eye, feet, and bill black. 
54. Hyloterpe whiteheadi, sp. n., Sharpe. 
II. affinis II. grisolce, sed supra olivascenti-brunnea, pileo dorsoque concoloribus ; tectricibus alarum 
cinerascenti-brunneis nec rufescenti-brunneis distinguenda. 
Adult female. General colour above dingy mouse-brown, the head like the back ; wing-coverts rather 
more ashy than the back ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts brown ; quills dark brown, edged with ashy 
brown, the secondaries margined with rufous towards the ends ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers ashv 
brown ; lores and feathers round the eye ashy grey ; ear-coverts brown, like the head ; cheeks ashy grey, 
as also the throat and breast, the latter slightly washed with brown ; lower breast and abdomen white ; 
sides of body and flanks somewhat washed with ashy ; thighs white, with ashy bases ; under tail-coverts 
white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, with ashy bases ; quills below dusky, ashy along the inner 
edge. Total length 5'7 inches, cuhnen 065, wing 3‘15, tail 2*8, tarsus 075. 
Scarce ; met with in old forest. 
55. Chibia palawanensis (Tweedd.). |- 
Fairly common, frequenting the edges of forest. 
56. Buchanga palawanensis, sp. n. (Whitehead), t- 
This species is not II leucophcea, being a smaller and much darker bird, and having a jet-black patch 
of feathers over the nostrils. The eye in B. leucophcea is brick-red, and in this new species dark grey, so 
I venture to describe it under the name of Buchanga palawanensis. 
Adult male. General colour above dark steel-grey. Wings darker and with a greenish gloss ; quills 
black : inner web of primaries sooty black. Tail near the base slightly lighter than the back, but 
deepening to sooty black at the end, with a slight greenish gloss. Nasal bristles and a small part of the 
forehead next the bill black ; feathers round eye and ear-coverts sooty black. Under surface dark steel- 
grey, without much gloss on the throat ; under wing-coverts sooty grey, with steel-grey edgings. Bill 
and legs black ; iris dark grey. Total length 9*5 inches ; tail to tip of outer feather 4'8 ; wing 5'2. 
Female. Like the male, but slightly smaller. 
57. Hemichelidon sibiricus (Gray). *. 
58. Rhipidura nigritorquis, Vigors. P. 
59. Siphia lemprieri, Sharpe, t- 
60. Siphia erithacus, sp. n., Sharpe, f- 
Adult male. General colour above rufous brown, with a slight olivaceous tinge ; lesser wing-coverts 
like the back; median coverts, greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish brown, 
more or less broadly edged with the same colour as the back, a little more rufous on the latter ; upper tail- 
coverts and tail-feathers bright chestnut ; crown of head like the back, slightly washed with olive ; lores 
ashy grey ; feathers round the eye dusky ; ear-coverts olive-brown, washed with tawny ; cheeks, throat, 
and chest orange-rufous ; breast and abdomen pure white, as well as the sides of body and flanks ; 
thighs dusky brown ; under tail-coverts pale tawny rufous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; 
quills below dusky, whitish along their inner edge. Total length 4*2 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 2*35, 
tail 1*7, tarsus 0'8. 
Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the lores more tawny. Total length 4*2 inches, cuhnen 
05, wing 2*25, tail 1*5, tarsus 0*7. 
Fairly common, frequenting the low and tangled growth near the ground in old forest. I found a 
nest of this species on the lower slopes of one of the mountains ; it was placed amongst some dead palm- 
leaves, about three feet from the ground, and composed of the same leaves, but lined with fine plant-stalks. 
The eggs were two in number, of a pale blue colour, slightly spotted at the larger end with red. 
Eye black ; mandible black, lower light cobalt; feet white. 
