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black edges, producing a more or less striped effect; belly and under tail 

 coverts white; lining of wing, axillaries, and flanks yellowish huff. In 

 the hack of this specimen there are several new bluish slate feathers of 

 the adult plumage. 



The female specimen is very much like the male, but upper parts 

 slightly dull olive and washed rather than spotted with rusty buff. The 

 tail is brown like the wings. Bill dusky above, lighter at tip, lower 

 mandible and angle of mouth yellowish; legs white, nails light gray. 



Chelidon dasypus Bp. 



Two specimens from Calayan. These agree well with Sharpe's descrip- 

 tion of Japanese birds (Cat. Bds., Vol. X, p. 93). Both our birds are 

 females. In one of October 31 the feathers of hind breast and belly 

 haw narrow but distinct dusky shaft stripes. In the other of November 

 2 these feathers are pure white with a slight gray wash along sides. In 

 both the rump feathers show dusky shafts. Bill black; irides dark 

 brown; legs pale flesh; nails light brownish. 



This species was rare on Calayan and seemed to affect the company 

 of Hirundo striolata, sailing slowly about usually well out of reach. It 

 was only by extreme patience that the two examples were taken. 



Clivicola pjpaeia (Linn.). 



Two specimens from Calayan, taken October 30 and November 6 

 respectively, are undoubtedly of this species, which seems to be a new 

 record for the Philippines. Both are immature birds, showing the 

 whitish to wing coverts, secondaries, upper tail coverts, and rump said 

 to be characteristic of the young (cf. Ridgway, Man. X 1 . A. Bds., 

 p. 463, 1887). 



Hirundo gutturalis Scop. 



Obtained on Fuga and Calayan. On the latter island it was abundant, 

 hawking from early morning till late in the evening and in all weathers. 

 "Salumpipingau" is the native name of the swallow on Calayan. 



Hirundo striolata (Boie). 



Seen only near the town on Calayan, where it appeared irregularly. 

 Two or three were seen October 15, but on the 17th during a light rain 

 50 to 100 flew low about the church and rested on the roof. The next 

 day and for several days not one was seen. Again on the 29th several 

 were collected, and so on during our stay; at times feeding over rice 

 fields or open grassy places at considerable altitude ; rarely resting on 

 the ground. On one such occasion I killed seven with a single load of 

 No. 12 shot. 



I am following previous Philippine records in referring the mosque 



swallow of Calayan to H. striolata, but there are several points in which 



our birds do not agree with the description. In the key to the species 



of Hirundo, japonica and striolata come together under "stripes on rump 



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