156 Mr. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsav on Birds 



A female Falcon^ not quite adult^ is identified by Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney as belonging to this species. The doubt expressed 

 by the late Lord TAveeddale^ Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 139 (Memoirs, 

 p. 306), as to the occurrence of this species in the Philip- 

 pines is thus removed. With reference to this specimen and 

 another, said to have come from the same islands, in the 

 Norwich Museum, Mr. Gurney writes in epist. as follows : — 



" Both these Philippine Falcons are in the very charac- 

 teristic plumage of the immature F. melanogenys ; but it 

 would be tinteresting to obtain, if possible, a fully adult 

 Philippine-Islands example. These two are a little longer 

 in the wing than Australian specimens; the largest Aus- 

 tralian female of which I have a note has a wing-measurement 

 of 13*50 inches, the Norwich example has it 13*70 inches, and 

 yours 13*90 inches, whilst that of the female of F. peregrimis 

 ranges from 14*10 to 11*75 inches.^' 



2. Ll.MNAETUS PHILIPPINENSIS (19)*. 



Limnaetus philippensis, Gld., Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 281 

 (p. 587). 



Three specimens have been sent. 



3. LOPHOTRIORCHIS KIENERI. 



A young bird from ]\Ianilla is thus identified by Mr. J. 

 H. Gurney. 



4. NiNOX PHILIPPINENSIS (29). 



5. NiNOX LUGUBRIS (31). 



Obtained in S. Mindanao by Mr. A. H. Everett. One 

 specimen now sent from Manilla. 



6. pseudoptynx philippinensis (32). 



7. Ceyx cyanopectus (54 & 60). 



8. Ceyx melanura (58). 



Both seem very common at Manilla. 



* 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 found in the Memoirs. 



