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Show 1878.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 285 sides of the neck and margins to the secondary and tertiary quills and major coverts ; wing 2*56. 25. BRODERIPUS ACRORHYNCHUS (90). [Valencia, 5 (juv.), August: bill dark sepia-brown. Dumaguete, 6* (jnv.), August: bill dark vandyke-brown.] Judging by the series Mr. Everett sends (seven) and other examples of the Negros Oriole I have examined, it would appear that the extent of the yellow on the forehead is more restricted in the Negros and Guimaras forms than in examples from any of the other Philippine islands. 26. MEGALURUS RUFICEPS. Megalurus ruficeps, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx.; P.Z. S. 1877, p. 94. [Valencia, § , August: iris light clay-brown.] Males from the same locality are of equal dimensions. New to Negros. 27. DASYCROTAPHA SPECIOSA. Dasycrotapha speciosa, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, pl. ix. p. 114. [Valencia, <3, August: iris crimson ; bill orange-yellow.] 28. Ixus GOIAVIER (99). [Valencia and Dumaguete, o* and §, August.] A series of five, with ear-coverts and sides of head brown. 29. HYSPIPETES PHILIPPINENSIS (102). [Valencia and Dumaguete, $, August.] 30. COPSYCHUS MINDANENSIS (105). [Valencia, cS and $, August. Dumaguete, $, August.] 31. CISTICOLA, sp. ? [Valencia, J, August: iris light grey-brown; bill brown; legs pale tinged with brown.] Mr. Everett's note, above quoted, refers to a single example of the genus Cisticola which I am unable to determine. The example is in perfect plumage and belongs evidently to an adult; but the great variations in plumage the members of the genus exhibit make it possible that it belongs to some described species; and I refrain from bestowing what may be a useless title. Its dimensions are smaller than those of any species known to me. Wing 1*62, culmen 0*31, tarsus 0*62. The first primary is relatively long and broad, 0*53. Underneath the general colouring yellow-white, with a rufous tinge on the breast; flanks, under tail-coverts, wing-lining, and thigh-coverts pale ferruginous. Above the colouring is pale ferruginous- brown, each feather dark centred with brown ; the nape is uniform pale ferruginous-brown, the upper tail-coverts being brighter ferruginous; the quills are brown margined with the |