214 Mr. J. Wliiteliead on Birds 



93. Calliope camtschatkensis (Gmel.). (Grant, Ibis, 

 1894, p. 508 ; 1895, p. 445.) 



This beautiful migrant from the north is common in the 

 highlands of Luzon, being met with from the coast-line up to 

 the summit of the highest mountains. It is shy and easily 

 alarmed, passing most of its time in the thick tangled growth, 

 where pursuit is almost impossible. I have seen this species 

 on the slopes of Monte Dulungan, in Mindoro, and in Negros 

 (within a few yards) in a native garden. At Cape Engano, 

 in the month of May (30th), a female of this species flew 

 into my tent and settled for a moment on one of my 

 collecting-boxes : the birds were then migrating north, and 

 were common in some low plants amongst the sea-drift. 

 The natives call this bird " Kerin,^' a word which resembles its 

 note, but it also has an alarm-cry, not unlike the croak of 

 a frog. It is a frequenter in North Luzon of the over- 

 grown banks of rocky streams, and is decidedly more active 

 after sunset, flying about after dark, when its note " kerin " 

 may be heard. 



Iris and upper mandible dark brown, lower mandible and 

 feet light brown. 



9i. MoNTicoLA soLTTARius (P. L. S. MUller). (Grant, 

 Ibis, 1894, p. 509.) 



This species is a winter migrant to the Philippines, though 

 it is possible that it may breed among the rocky mountains 

 of North Luzon. It has been recorded from most of the 

 Phdippine Islands, and extends its winter wanderings much 

 further south. 



95. Hypsipetes fugensis Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 113. 



This species was obtained on Fuga Island, to the north of 

 Luzon, to which island we were blown by adverse winds one 

 night in April, on our voyage to Cape Engano. It was 

 fairly common in the thick bush which fringes the shore of 

 Fuga Island, and I was first attracted by its peculiar harsh 

 note. 



Iris hazel ; bill dusky brown ; legs of a paler dusk}' brown. 



