14 



Demiegretta sacra (Gm.). 



Observed about the beaches of Fuga and Calayan. 



BUBULCUS COROMANDUS (Bodd.). 



A small band always to be seen in company with the cattle on Calayan. 

 Local name, "la-gTiac." The species was not noted on Fuga. 



BUTORIDES JAVANICA (Horsf.). 



Bare; one specimen from Calayan. 



Akdetta sinensis (Gm.). 



From Calayan only, where a live bird was brought to us October 23. 

 Local name, "rat." 



Bolionetta zonoiuiyncha (Swinh.). 

 Anas zonorhyncha Salvadori, Cat. Bds., XXVII, p. 211. 



On December 1 a dozen birds of this species rested on a small river 

 near the beach, and a single female was killed. This is probably its 

 most southern capture. Bill jet black with a broad tip of bright yellow; 

 most of the nail black : irides tan brown ; legs and feet light salmon ; 

 nails black; webs dusky. 



Querquedula querquedula (Linn). 



A male in ragged plumage was collected October 29 on Calayan. 



Nettium crecca (Linn.). 



Querquedula crecea Whitehead, Ibis, 1899, p. 501 (Benguet Province). 



Secretary Worcester killed two males in Bulacan, Luzon, in January, 

 1903. A male, October 26, and a female, November 10, were killed ©n 

 Calayan. 



Fuligula fuligula (Linn.). 



Salvadori says of this species : "Accidental in the Malay Archipelago 

 (Philippines and Borneo)." I believe, however, that it is a regular fall 

 and winter visitant to our northern islands at least. We have specimens 

 from the Laguna de Bay, Luzon, and it was common on Calayan con- 

 sidering the scant accommodation for ducks. I have seen numbers of 

 them in Quinta Market, Manila. Parties of from two to five could 

 usually be found on a small river or some of the carabao wallows, where 

 they feed on small fresh-water mollusks or the larva? of frogs. 



Mareca Penelope (Linn.) ; Salvadori, Cat. Bds., XXVII, p. 231. 



A male from Calayan, November 26. No more were seen. Previously 

 unrecorded from the Philippines. 



Spatula clypeata (Linn.). 



One specimen from Calayan. "Dulumpapa" is the name used for 

 any species of the duck tribe. 



Pelecanus philipfensis Gm. 



The Philippine pelican has been recorded but rarely from the Islands 

 and probably it is strictly confined to fresh-water marshes and lakes 



