On Birds from the Island of Neyr as. 351 



PoRPHYRio sMARAGDiNUs Teinui. ; Shai'pe, Cat. B.Brit. 

 Mus. xxiii. p. 203 (1894). 



No, 31. ? ad. Pangkumu, Mallicollo, May 20, 1899.— Bill 

 and shield blood-red on a dirty whitish horn-coloured 

 ground ; feet yellowish horn with grey joints. 



Charadhius noMiNicus P. L. S. Miill. ; Sharpe, Hand-1. 

 B. i. p. 152 (1899). 



Charadrius fulvus (xm. ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 63. 

 No. 115. ? juv. Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Sept. 17, 

 1899. — Bill and feet fuscous ; iris brown. 



BuTORiDEs stagnatilis (Gould) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, 

 jSIus. xxvi. p. 183 (1898). 



Buiorides javanica (Horsf.) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 68. 

 No. 8. Ad. No. 9. ? juv. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 

 12, 1899. — P'eet yellowish brown. 



Demiegretta sacra (Gm.) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. Q>7 (1891) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 198 (1899). 

 No. 21. Imm. (dark phase). Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 



15, 1899. 

 No, 22. S ad. (dark phase). Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, 

 May 15, 1899. — Some dark plates in front of tarsi. 

 An adult and a young bird, the latter with a small white 

 plume or two on the edge of the wing and on the thiglis. 



XVIII. — On some Birds from the Island of Negros, Philippines. 

 By W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S.-Purt IV.* 



(Plate VIII.) 



Notwithstanding the extremely unsettled state of affairs in 

 the Philippine Archipelago, my friend Mr. W. A. Keay 

 returned to his sugar-plantation on the east coast of the 

 island of Negros in February 1899, and remained there 



* For previous papers on this subject see Ibis, 1894, pp. .531 . 53.') ; 189.5, 

 pp. 472-479; and 1898, pp. 119-124. 



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