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with rather fine, somewhat wavy, brownish-black bars, except 

 on the middle of the belly, which is paler and nearly devoid 

 of markings ; the under tail-coverts have the ground-colour 

 more rufous buff; the rest of the plumage also resembles 

 that of the female. The latter does not appear to have 

 any different breeding-plumage, or, if she changes, the 

 feathers are very similar to those of the autumn dress. 



Charadrius fulvus, Gmel. ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. 

 Charadr. p. 99 (1888). 



Two adult birds from Albay district shot on 8rd Septem- 

 ber still retain part of the black breeding-phimage on the 

 under surface of the body. 



tEgialitis dubius (Scop.). 



Charadrius minor. Wolf & Meyer ; Seebohm, Geogr. 

 Distr. Charadr. p. 130 (1888). 

 From Catanduanes. 



Tringoides hypoleucus (Linn,). 



Totanus hypoleucus (Linn.) ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. 

 Charadr. p. 371 (1888). 



An adult female from Albay district. 



Rhynch^a bengalensis (Linn.). 



Rhynchcea capensis, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. 

 p. 456 (1888). 



Adult males from Catanduanes. 



Nycticorax manillensis. Vigors ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 117. 



Five adult male specimens in moult from Albay and 

 Catanduanes. 



Ardetta cinnamomea (Gmel.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 522. 

 Male from Catanduanes. 



Phoyx manillensis (Meyen) ; Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. 

 vol. iii. p. xxxviii (1894). 



A fine adult male from Albay district, bearing out the 

 characters of the species. 



