from, the Island of Negros. 121 



49. HiRUNDO RusTicA (Liiin.). 



The Common Swallow is a new bird to the fauna of Negros. 

 An adult and a young bird in the collection belong to the 

 form described asi/. gutturalis by Scopoli. The Swallow is a 

 winter visitor to other islands of the Philippine Archipelago. 



Centura celebensis Sclater; Eagle Clarke, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 533, 1896, p. 497. 



Mr. Keay sends another fine specimen of this very rare 

 Spine-tailed Swift — the fourth known example — and has 

 kindly presented it to the Edinburgh Museum of Science 

 and Art. 



Mr. Keay also communicates the following remarks on 

 the habits of this species : — The bird is somewhat rare in 

 Eastern Negros, but when it appears it does so in considerable 

 numbers and always flies over the mangrove-swamps, appar- 

 ently in pursuit of insects. The natives tell him that it 

 builds its nest in caves in the island : a statement which 

 Mr. Keay regards as probable. It seems that the bird 

 has visited this neighbourhood oftener than he at first was 

 aware, for on questioning the '' boys '' he found that the 

 Swifts had been seen on several occasions not reported to 

 him, because the birds were flying so high as to be out of 

 shot. Mr. Keay thinks that they may also appear without 

 the " boys '^ noticing them. 



50. Macropteryx cornuta (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. (2) Zool. i. p. 319 (1876). Negros {Steere). 



51. Caprimulgus manillensis G. R. Gray. 



This Goatsucker has not hitherto been obtained in Negros. 

 It is represented by a single specimen in Mr. Keay's col- 

 lection. 



Thriponax hargitti Sharpe; Eagle Clarke, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 534. 



It is incorrect to suppose that there is an entire absence 

 of white at the base of the primaries in all specimens of this 

 species. All the three specimens of Hargitt's Woodpecker 

 in Mr. Keay's 1895-96 collection show a small and varying 

 quantity of this colour. In one the extreme basal portion 



