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No. 3612, male. Calayan, October 12, 1903. — Abdomen and side of 

 hind neck each with one white feather. 



No. 3032, male. Faga, September 1, 1903. — Except wings and tail 

 entire plumage with many white feather, sides of neck, breast, and 

 abdomen more than half white. Six tail feathers more or less white 

 toward base. Wings black except primary coverts, which are all white 

 on one wing; nearly all white on the other wing; some of primaries 

 mottled with white. One secondary pure white in each wing. 



No. 31 S3, male; Calayan, September 17, 1903. — White much as in 

 No. 3032 except wings and tail, which are normal except one partially 

 white feather in right wing. Many feathers of abdomen and thighs and 

 sides of breast black barred with buff. This seems to be an aberrant 

 specimen. 



No. 1703, female; Puerto Galera, Mindoro, November 22, 1902. — Is 

 a specimen of Centropus mindorensis with a white feather in crown and 

 two or thr£e white feathers in breast. Captain Shelley notes a similar 

 albinism in the British Museum specimen. Steere (List of Bds. and 

 Mams. Philippines, p. 12) says of this species: "All black with bronze- 

 green reflections. Head duller black. Wings slightly shaded with 

 rufous, more apparent on edges of primaries." In this specimen of ours 

 the head is quite as green as any other part and there is no rufous what- 

 ever on wings. 



Cuculus canorus Linn. 



Five skins from Calayan, where the species is not rare. A half-grown 

 female taken October -1 seems to indicate a late breeding season. 



Centropus viridis (Scop.). 



Rather rare and shy on Fuga and Calayan. Usually travels through 

 the tops of thick clumps of brush or hides in bamboo thickets. Local 

 native name, "si-ga-cok'." 



CORONE PHILIPPINA Bp. 



Abundant on Fuga and I scarcely ever saw so many before as there 

 are on Calayan. It is known as "uac-uac," and this name seems to be 

 applied to the species in all the Islands. The above spelling is according 

 to native style. In English I would write "wak," the "a" broad. Uni- 

 versally hated, as it spoils corn, eats small chickens, and carries off any 

 fish or meat left unguarded. I have seen crows carry off young chickens, 

 but can not say how much they injure crops. 



Calornis panayensis (Scop.). 



A flock of fifteen or twenty on Fuga, but curiously this common bird 

 was not once seen on Calayan. 



Sturnia violacea (Bodd.). 



Abundant on Calayan for a short time. First seen October 8, when 

 a flock of fifty or more were feeding in a fruit tree. Small parties also 



