38 On the. Birds of Baldbac and Paldwan. 



Batrachostomus javensis (Horsf.) . 



Batrachostomus cornutus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 198 ; 

 Everett, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 226; id. Journ. Str. Br. R. As. 

 Soc. 1889, p. 165 ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1890, p. 46. 



The only specimen of this species known from Palawan 

 was collected by Mr. Whitehead, and it is now in the Tring 

 Museum. Mr. Hartert identifies it with B. javensis. 



Batrachostomus affinis, Blyth. 



A single specimen obtained at Rocky Bay on Feb. 7tli 

 was in pure rufous plumage. It was a female, and one of 

 the embryos in the ovarium was in an advanced stage of 

 development, showing that these birds were breeding at the 

 above date. The wing measured 4*85 in., the other measure- 

 ments agreeing with those given in the British Museum 

 Catalogue by Mr. Hartert, who, with Dr. Sharpe, considers 

 the bird to be undoubtedly B. affinis. The individual in 

 question was shot in the jungle close to the shore, and the 

 soft parts were as follows : — Iris golden yellow ; bill sienna- 

 brown, the mandible pale yellow, tinged more or less with 

 sienna-brown; gape pale yellowish, almost white; feet dirty 

 light brown ; nails sepia-brown. This specimen is also in 

 the Tring Museum. 



Circus spilonotus, Kaup. 



Mr. Wliitehead (Ibis, 1890, p. 43) mentions having seen 

 a Harrier in Palawan, which he identified with C. spilonotus. 

 The accuracy of his observation is now proved by the 

 acquisition of a young bird of the present species by my 

 hunters at Rocky Bay in January. 



Spilornis davisoni, Hume. 



See remarks above on the Balabac Spilornis. 



AcciPiTER virgatus (Rciuw.) . 



Not hitherto recorded from Palawan, where it occurs pro- 

 bably only as a winter migrant. 



BuTORiDES AMURENsis, Schrcnck. 

 Ardetta macrorhynchay Gould, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 39. 

 Butorides Javanica, Everett, Journ. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. 

 1889, p. 189 ipartim). 



