330 Mr. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay on Birds 



XXXVI. — Contributmis to the Ornithology of the Philippine 

 Islands. — On two Collections of Birds from the vicinity of 

 Manilla. By R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., 

 &c. 



(Plate IX.) 



In the course of the last four months I have received through 

 the kindness of my friend Mr. Frederick Maitland-Heriot, of 

 Manilla^ two collections of bird-skins which were made in 

 the neighbourhood of that town. 



The skins in the first collection were in a very ragged 

 condition, and in many cases barely recognizable ; but those 

 in the second collection were prepared by a skilful taxidermist, 

 by name Pio Oliva. 



In the first collection five species only require notice : — 



1. Hypotriorchis SEVERus (Horsf.) (13)'^. 

 Hypotriorchis severus (Horsf.), Wald. T. Z. S. ix. p. 139 



(p. 306) ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 937 (p. 629), Zamboanga. 

 One example in adult plumage. 



2. AcciPiTER MANiLLENSFs (18 partim). 



Accipiter stevensoni, Gurney apud Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, 

 p. 938, pi. Ivii. (p. 629). 



Accipiter manillensis, Meyen, Beitr. p. 69, j)l. 9. 



Mr. Gurney thus identifies a specimen sent from Manilla 

 by Mr. Maitland-Heriot in his ' List of the Diurnal Birds of 

 Prey in the Norwich Museum.' As Mr. Gurney has (App. O. 

 j)p. 173-177) treated of this species at considerable length, 

 I refer the readers of "^The Ibis' to his remarks there given. 



3. Circus melanoleucus (27). 



Circus melanoleucus (Forst.), Wald. T. Z. S. ix. p. 143 

 (p. 311). 



Three specimens, ^ , ^ juv., ? . 



The occurrence of this Harrier in the Philippine Islands is 

 thus fully established. 



* The numbers in brackets following the title are those of my revised 

 list of Philippine Birds, App. Tweedd. Orn. Mem., and those following 

 the references to Lord Tweeddale's writings indicate the page on which 

 they will be fnund in the Memoirs. 



