collected in the Philippine Islands. 499 



forests of the archipelago, where it is generally met with 

 singly. We discovered a small heronry in Albay in the 

 beginning of August, and although the birds were perched 

 ou and about their nests, we were unable to ascertain whether 

 they had eggs or not, owing to the great height of the trees. 

 Ad. Iris yellow ; bill black ; bare skin on face emerald- 

 green and blue ; feet yellow ; joint of tarsus light green ; in 

 the young the tarsus is brown. 



342. Nycticorax griseus (Linn.). 



This species also occurs in the Philippines ; we purchased 

 a specimen in Manila. 



343. GoRSACHius MELANOLOPHus (Raffl.). (Grant, Ibis, 

 1897, p. 250.) 



A specimen of this Heron was obtained in the forests of 

 Saraar. 



Juv. Iris straw-yellow ; bare skin on face dull green, 

 bluish about the eye; bill black, lower mandible dull white; 

 feet greenish olive-brown, back of legs pale yellow. 



344. BuTORiDEs JAVANICA (Horsf.). (Grant, Ibis, 1891, 

 p. 522; 1895, p. 267.) 



The Green Pond-Heron is common in the Philippines, 

 and was obtained in Benguet at an altitude of 4000 feet ; 

 also seen in Samar. 



345. Ardetta cinnamomea (Gmel.). (Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 5.22; 1895, p. 266; 1896, p. 127.) 



This is a common species met with in the paddi-fields ia 

 numbers in Luzon ; also seen by us in Samar. 



346. Ardetta sinensis. 



A specimen was obtained near Manila. 



347. Melanopelargus episcopus (Bodd.). (Grant, Ibis, 

 1895, p. 267.) 



This handsome Adjutant is not rare in the Philippines. 

 We obtained a specimen in Albay (South Luzon), and 

 observed it at Cape Engano, also in Negros and Saraar. It 

 is generally met with singly in swampy districts, but may 

 occasionally be noticed perched on the topmost bianch of 

 some forest-tree. 



