572. HORORNIS MINUTUS (Swinhoe).
LITTLE BUSH WARBLER.
- Arundinax minutus Swinhoe, Ibis (1860), 52.
- Cettia minuta Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1881), 5, 141.
- Horornis minuta Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 236; McGregor, Bull. Phil. Mus. (1904), 4, 30; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 91.
Calayan (McGregor). Hainan, Askold Island, southern China.
Adult.—This species differs from H. canturians in being much smaller, and the tail-feathers appear to be less pointed. Length, about 145. A male from Calayan measures: Wing, 62; tail, 61; culmen from base, 14; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 22. A female, wing, 62; tail, 60; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 22. Exposed portion of first primary little more than one-half of second; fourth and fifth equal and longest.
In the Philippine Islands the little bush warbler is known only as a winter visitant to Calayan Island.
573. HORORNIS SEEBOHMI (Grant).
PHILIPPINE BUSH WARBLER.
- Cettia seebohmi Grant, Ibis (1894), 507; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 211 (habits, note).
- Horornis seebohmi Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 236; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 90.
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor).