II. NOTES OX THREE RARE LUZON BIRDS. 



T5v RiciiAui) ('. ^IcGregor. 



Antigone sharpei Blanf. 



Antigone sharpei jNIcGregor, Bull. Philii)i)iiu' Mus., Xo. 4, p. 11 (Apani 

 and Candaba Swamp, Luzon ) . 



Altliough this species has been recorded from Luzon, the record 

 was based upon a mounted specimen and a bird in confinement. 

 Therefore it is not superfluous to note that Mr. Worcester observed 

 five individuals of the species in the Cagayan Valley, northern 

 Luzon, in January, 1905. 



Botaurusstellaris (Linn.). 



Holditnis st,ll(iris Sharpe, Cat. Bds., XXVI, p. 2.')3: Hand-list I, p. 204 

 (Temperate Palaearctic Region, N. W. India, Burma). 



A specimen of the bittern has been added to the Laboratories 

 collection through the kindness of Major Babbitt, who killed the 

 bird at Laguna, on the Laguna de Bay, Luzon, March 12, 1905. 

 The specimen was received in the flesh during my absence from 

 Manila and the sex was not determined. I believe this species has 

 not previously been recorded from the Philippines. 



Zosterornis nigrocapitatus (Steere). 



Mixoniin niijrornpihttus Steerk. List Bds. and Mams. Steere Kxp., p. 17 

 (Saniar, Leyte). 



Zosteroniis nif/rocapitatus Grant, Ibis, 18!)7. pp. -'■^- and 234; Sharpe, 

 Hand-li.st, IV. p. .tI. 



A single male specimen of a Zosterornis from Bataan Province, 

 Luzon, is provisionally referred to the above species, but there is 

 little doubt that it will be found to represent a distinct one 

 when com])ared with typical specimens. The specimen was col- 

 lected December :}, 1904, in the forest on the ;^[ariveU's ^rountains. 

 This makes the fourth species of the genus known rroiii Luzon, 

 Grant having descril)ed three {Z. stridhis. Z. irliilclictuli, and Z. 

 ilcnnis(ouni) from the collections obtained by Whitehead in the 

 northern part of the Ishiud. 



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