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and was 12 to 20 inches long. The nest chamber, as is usual 

 with the kingfishers, was enlarged and more or less flask shaped. 

 No nesting material was used, unless a few pieces of dead insects 

 and the bones of lizards can be regarded as such. However, these 

 remains were the exception rather than the rule. The eggs are 

 pure, glossy white in color and of the shape typical for kingfishers. 

 It is usual to find three eggs, although occasionally four are seen. 

 Three sets yield the following measurements : 



Set a, April 15; burrow in earth held between roots of large 

 fallen tree; incubation advanced; 1.28 by 1.09, 1.31 by 1.12, 1.31 

 by 1.08, and 1.27 by 1.08. 



Set m, April 22, burrow in sandy bank; fresh; 1.27 by 1.06, 

 1.23 by 1.09, and 1.27 .by 1.10. 



Set r, April 25, burrow in clay bank; incubation slight; 1.23 by 

 1.08, 1.23 by 1.08, and 1.24 by 1.10. 



Halcyon chloris (Bodd.). 



The white-collared kingfisher was seen at Chicago, but was not 

 noted at the Balete camp. 



Penelopides mindorensis Steere. 



The Mindoro hornbill was common along the lower river and 

 several individuals fed on the fruit of a tree standing within a 

 few feet of the Chicago house. Numerous birds were seen at 

 Balete, but nothing in regard to the nesting habits was observed. 



Merops americanus P. L. S. Miiller. 



Merops americanus P. L. S. Mulleb, Syst. Nat. SuppL, p. 95 (1776), 

 teste Sharpe. 



Merops bicolor Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl., p. 15 (1783), ex Sharpe, Cat. Bds., 

 XVII, p. 60; Hand-list, II, p. 73. 



Dr. Eichmond has called my attention to the necessary change 

 in the name of the Philippine bee-bird which is indicated above. 

 Specimens were obtained at Chicago. 



Lyncomis macrotis (Vigors). 



Seven specimens of Lyncomis were collected at Balete, all of 

 them killed within 100 yards of our camp. The birds flew during 

 the night and morning, passing from the forest on one side of the 

 river to that on the other. 



Caprimulgus griseatus Wald. 



Not uncommon along the river at Balete, where three specimens 

 were obtained. Two of these are males in the gray plumage, with 

 scarcelv a trace of fulvous bevond that on the wings; the under 



