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ling" resulted in the production of two black down}' young on October 

 8, but no adults. 



Amaurornis olivacea (Meyen). 



One specimen from Calayan; several others seen. The local name is 

 "ba-na-ti-ran." 



Gallinula chloropus (Linn.). 



One immature specimen from Calayan. 



PODICIPES PHILIPPENSIS (Bonn.). 



There is no place on Calayan where one would expect to find grebes, 

 and I was surprised to get a specimen on the small river near town. 

 The specimen was taken November 15 and is in fall plumage, lacking 

 any trace of rufous. Skins taken by us at Jalajala, Laguna de Bay, 

 on January 5, 1902, have attained nearly the complete plumage of the 

 breeding bird. 



Oceanodroma, species. 



On July 28 while our steamer was weathering a typhoon at Mariveles 

 near the mouth of Manila Bay I secured a single mangled petrel still 

 alive. The native boy from whom I bought it said that two or three 

 had come aboard two nights before. The bird is an Oceanodroma of 

 the melania style of coloration, but the skin is in such bad condition, 

 lacking the tail altogether, that I can not make out the species. The 

 family appears to be unrecorded from the Philippines. 



I believe Puffinus leucomelas is the only species of Tubinares so far 

 recorded from these Islands. I have not yet taken a shearwater here, 

 but more than once have seen them off the west coast of Luzon, and when 

 going from Aparri to Calayan in a native boat large Tubinares, certainly 

 of two species, were seen. One may have been an albatross. 



Sterna pluviatilis Nanm. 



October 21, after a strong typhoon, two terns appeared off the beach 

 at Calayan. One killed appears to be an immature male of the above 

 species. 



Orthoramphus magnirostris ( Vieill. ) . 



Three specimens from Calayan and Fuga. Occurs sparingly along 

 the beaches of both islands. In Calayan known as "ta-ba-hi-lan." 



Glariola orientalis Leach. 



A ?v\v specimens taken on Calayan. 



Hydrophasis chirurgus (Scop.). 

 One killed December 5 on Calayan. 



Charadrius dominicus (P. L. S. Mull.). 



Abundant in flocks on both Calayan and Fuga. On Calayan it is 

 called "ca-sa-rmitV' We have a specimen in mottled plumage, a male. 



