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specimen. I saw this bird near the base of Monte Arayat, 

 and found a wing-feather on one of the mountain-paths in 

 Lepanto. 



c. Passeres (Part I.) . 



34. CoRvus PHiupPiNus Bonap. (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 504; 1895, p. 252; 1896, p. 531.) 



Common round about the native villages, where the 

 country is sufficiently open. In the Igorroti villages of 

 North Luzon these Crows are very tame, perching on the 

 houses in numbers. I have counted as many as 27 together. 

 In Negros they were often a great nuisance, following one 

 in the low jungles in small flocks, and making enough noise 

 to alarm the birds for some distance round. I was some- 

 times so annoyed that I murdered one and left his friends to 

 hold a post-mortem, giving me a chance to get away from 

 their noise. In Catanduanes we obtained a perfect albino. 



Iris, bill, and feet black. 



35. CoRvus pusiLLUs Tweedd. (Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 463.) 

 Common in Mindoro, chiefly frequenting the forests, as in 



Palawan. This little Crow is easily distinguished from the 

 preceding species by its different note, though sometimes both 

 species may be seen on the same tree in the neighbourhood 

 of native houses. 



Iris, bill, and feet black. 



36. Oriolus CHiNENsis Linn. (Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 407 ; 

 1895, pp. 108, 252 ; 1896, pp. Ill, 463, 532 ; 1897, p. 222.) 



Common in all islands visited by us, frequenting the 

 vicinity of native plantations. In Luzon we found several 

 nests, often close to the native villages. 



37. Oriolus samarensis Steere. (Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 533 ; 1897, p. 223.) 



This and the following three species are small forest- 

 loving Orioles, closely allied to the well-known O. xantho- 

 notus of the greater Malay Islands. 



We found some difficulty in obtaining specimens of the 



