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Measurements of Otus romblonis from Banton Island. 
Number, Sex. | Date. | Wing.| Tail. ‘Tarsus 
| 
4 mea ee 
LL eg ee eyes ee ees Be a Ale oe 3 | Aug. 3 6.25 3.50 | | 1,12 
I, Wy oa aber tee apt ee Va Sieg epee oy Gl Ney Sica fod July 25 6, 25 3.13 | | 1.20 
TGS Seek tore Sone ee adam a ben eaten 2. whe 9 July 27 6. 35 3.40 1,28 
Loriculus philippensis (P. L. 8. Miill.). 
Four males from Banton July 23-28; two are in immature plumage, the others 
do not differ from specimens of L. philippensis from Luzon. 
Ceyx bournsi Steere. 
One specimen of Bourns’s kingfisher appears to be typical. 
Halcyon chloris (Bodd.). 
One specimen. 
Salangana troglodytes (Gray). ; 
One specimen taken July 29. 
Salangana marginata (Salvad.). 
A small swift taken July 25 is undoubtedly of this species. 
Hierococcyx fugax (Horsf.). 
A female from Banton, July 28. 
Centropus viridis (Scop.). 
Several specimens. 
Cyornis philippinensis Sharpe. r 
One specimen. 
Hypothymis occipitalis (Vig.). 
One specimen. 
Rhipidura nigritorquis Vig. 
One specimen. 
Lalage niger (Forster). 
A nest holding two large young was taken on Banton July 30. 
(Pl. II.) 
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This nest is an extremely slight structure with a very shallow cup, reminding 
one of a dove’s nest. The material of which it is constructed consists of small 
plant stems and tendrils with which are mixed a few bits of bamboo leaves; there 
is no lining. The nest is 3 inches across the top and is but an inch deep by 
outside measurement. 
The two young which were nearly ready to leave the nest, are slate-brown above, 
most of the feathers widely tipped with ochreous brown, those of the back with 
a darker, subterminal band. The wing and tail feathers are black, with wide 
white, or buffy-white, edges; lower parts white, spotted with black on the chin, 
throat, breast, sides, and under tail coverts, these spots largest on the forebreast. 
lole philippensis (Gm.). 
Eleven fruit-thrushes from Banton, July 23 to August 12, are a trifle lighter 
in color than Luzon specimens, but the difference is very slight; in measurements 
they are much nearer philippensis than guimarasensis, as may be seen by an 
