DO Mearns — Descriptions of Eight Neiv Philippine Birds. 



and olliers were seen on the Agusan and Rio Grande rivers. In the speci- 

 men taken the iris was pale yellow, almost white; hill yellow; legs and 

 feet pnrplisli hlack. The following measurements were taken from the 

 skin: Wing, 3o0 mm.; tail, 140; culmen, 98; middle toe and daw, 97; 

 tarsus, 141 ; bare portion of tibia, 94. 



Loriculus galgulus (Linnseus). 



BLUE-CROWNED LORIKEET. 



I obtained a pair of these birds alive, on the island of Cagayan Sulu, 

 P. I., February 2(), 1904. The female escai)ed at Zamboanga, Mindanao ; but 

 the male (No. 191,871, U. S. National Museum) was presei'ved. 



Collocalia francica inexpectata (Hume). 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS SWIFTLET. 



I collected four si)ei'irnenH (Nos. 191,886-9, U. S. National Museum) of 

 this swiftlet oil the island of Cagayan >Sulu, P. I., February 26, 1904. It 

 was very abundant about the mountain clifls of the island. 



Hirundo rustica rustica Linnaius. 



COMMON SWALLOW. 



I obtained a typical s))eciinen (No. 190,261, U. S. National Museum) at 

 Pantar, ^Mindanao, P. I., September 9, 1903. My series of swallows from 

 Mindanao shows intergra(hition l)etween the subspecies ru.'<llcu and 

 gull u rails. 



